
Plot
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.
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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