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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.
Keywords
northern england
amateur detective
retirement
missing person
female private detective
Casts
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
Crews
David Cook
Screenplay
David Cook
Novel
Derek Bennett
Producer
Peter Jackson
Director of Photography
Lee Corbett
Sound Recordist
Ian Fisher
Production Design
Trevor Hodgson
Graphic Designer
Pam Fox
Makeup Artist
Keith Richardson
Executive Producer
Paddy Stern
Casting
David Aspinall
Editor
John Fraser
Costumer
Patricia Robertshaw
Continuity
Andrew Potts
Electrician
Dave Proctor
Props
Pat Brown
Production Assistant
Liz Westbrook
Unit Manager
David Nightingale
Unit Manager
Derek Bennett
Director
David Snell
Original Music Composer
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