

30/05/1990
During a visit to childhood friend Edith, retired housewife Hetty Wainthropp discovers that Edith's husband, Frank, has a son by a previous marriage. Hetty decides to turn amateur detective to trace him. When this gives her a taste for detection, Hetty decides to set up a private detective agency.

Patricia Routledge
as Hetty Wainthrop

Tony Melody
as Robert Wainthrop

Jimmy Jewel
as Frank Cross

Jean Heywood
as Edith Cross

Gary Waldhorn
as Bernard Shawcrose

Gary Halliday
as Geoffrey Shawcross

Ram John Holder
as Chalky White

Jean Kent
as Phillida Meadowhite

Janet Allen
as Mrs. Lilium

Andrew Paul
as Photographer

Jenna Russell
as Jan

Julie Foy
as Madge

Cathy Underwood
as Beryl Lilium

Matthew C. Vaughan
as Hairdresser

Nigel Collins
as Betting Shop Manager

Fran O'Shea
as Betting Shop Assistant

Maureen Lunt
as P.C. Alice

Rosemary Hirst
as Myra

Emma Garner-Clarke
as Sheila

Deborah Fairfax
as TV Interviewer

David Credell
as Postman

Joyce Kennedy
as Neighbour

Philip Wright
as P.C.

Judith Scott
as P.C.

Susie Hawthorne
as Young Edith

Carolyn Dewhirst
as Young Hetty

Tom McGill
as Young Frank

Mary Wray
as Edith's Mother

Luke Branagan
as Man In Betting Shop
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