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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