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Yorkshire Television
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The debut of the popular sleuth
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
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
Andrew Paul
Photographer
Jenna Russell
Jan
Deborah Fairfax
TV Interviewer
Philip Wright
P.C.
Keith Richardson
Executive Producer
David Snell
Original Music Composer
David Cook
Novel
David Cook
Screenplay
Tokyo Story
An Unstable Marriage
Threads
Winter Sleep
Nobody's Fool
Chan Is Missing
Billy Liar
Tension
Harper
Brother Orchid
Harrison's Flowers
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
The Good Thief
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Flock
Spinning Man
Dwellers
A Case of Blue
Moonamghattam
I Keep My Eyes Closed
The Maltese Falcon
Shadow of a Doubt
An Inspector Calls
Enola Holmes 2
Enola Holmes
Detective Story
Insomnia
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
Enola Holmes 3
Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die
The Bygone
Agatha and the Truth of Murder
The Seven-Ups
The Organization
Islands
The Mirror Crack'd
Marlowe
Limbo
The Limits of Control
The Detective
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