Hetty Wainthropp Investigates - S2E1

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Poison Pen

Series 2, episode 1

Written by John Bowen

Directed by Roger Bamford

Originally Aired On: Saturday, 30 November 1996

Hetty Wainthropp is shrewd and formidable - a real character who belies her age. Marshalling her troops, husband Robert and teenage sidekick Geoffrey, the housewife turned sleuth makes her knack for nosiness into a career. And she is much in demand. Starring Patricia Routledge. A local village is being plagued by poison pen letters and Hetty goes undercover, disguised as a painter, to investigate. Meanwhile, her sidekicks, husband Robert and teenager Geoffrey, get into a mess when investigating a bride- to- be.

Cast

Patricia RoutledgeHetty Wainthropp
Derek BenfieldRobert Wainthropp
Image for Dominic MonaghanDominic MonaghanGeoffrey Shawcross
John Graham-DaviesD.C.I. Adams
Image for Sue JohnstonSue JohnstonHelga Allowby
Ronnie StevensMr. Cullimore
Linda BroughtonMrs. Garbet
Barbara KeoghBeryl Pacey
John PicklesJim Pacey
Stephen TomlinJohn Winterton
Kate RutterJanet Bransby
Nick BaylyBen Harrow
Nicola BarnfieldGeraldine Harrow
Alison SwannMandy Salthouse
Susan PorrettJoyce Parmby
Olivia JardithMrs. Fairbrother
Colin MeredithHarold Skimmer
Ian KershawKev Haycroft
Jennifer HennessyCheryl Wright