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.
Cast
Patricia Routledge
Hetty Wainthrop
Tony Melody
Robert Wainthrop
Jimmy Jewel
Frank Cross
Jean Heywood
Edith Cross
Gary Waldhorn
Bernard Shawcrose
Gary Halliday
Geoffrey Shawcross
Ram John Holder
Chalky White
Jean Kent
Phillida Meadowhite
Janet Allen
Mrs. Lilium
Andrew Paul
Photographer
Jenna Russell
Jan
Julie Foy
Madge
Cathy Underwood
Beryl Lilium
Matthew C. Vaughan
Hairdresser
Nigel Collins
Betting Shop Manager
Fran O'Shea
Betting Shop Assistant
Maureen Lunt
P.C. Alice
Rosemary Hirst
Myra
Emma Garner-Clarke
Sheila
Deborah Fairfax
TV Interviewer
David Credell
Postman
Joyce Kennedy
Neighbour
Philip Wright
P.C.
Judith Scott
P.C.
Susie Hawthorne
Young Edith
Carolyn Dewhirst
Young Hetty
Tom McGill
Young Frank
Mary Wray
Edith's Mother
Luke Branagan
Man In Betting Shop
Crew
Derek Bennett
Director, Producer
David Cook
Screenplay, Novel
David Aspinall
Editor
Peter Jackson
Director of Photography
Keith Richardson
Executive Producer
Pat Brown
Production Assistant
Ian Fisher
Production Design
Paddy Stern
Casting
John Fraser
Costumer
Pam Fox
Makeup Artist
Lee Corbett
Sound Recordist
David Snell
Original Music Composer
Dave Proctor
Props
Andrew Potts
Electrician
Patricia Robertshaw
Continuity
David Nightingale
Unit Manager
Liz Westbrook
Unit Manager
Trevor Hodgson
Graphic Designer
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