Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
tv show
27 total episodes
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4 seasons
First Aired January 03, 1996
Overview
Instead of spending her golden years lying down, the indomitable Hetty Wainthropp found her calling late in life. Combining common sense, her husband, and her pocketbook, this senior sleuth takes on all the cases the police deem too minor.
A Rose by Any Other Name
Season 2 - Episode 5 - 1h 50m
Air Date
January 03, 1997
Overview
The children of well-to-do widow Gillian Snape are worried that her photographer-fiancé Lester Rose is marrying her for her money, and hire Hetty to investigate Rose's past. With Geoffrey's help, Hetty learns that Rose is a gambler and a gigolo with several previous identities. Surprising facts revealed by two women from his past and Hetty's tense undercover visit to his studio expose a somewhat less thorny side of the man. Still, is he the marrying kind?
Guest Stars
Ronald Pickup
as
Lester Rose
Janet Hargreaves
as
Gillian Snape
Katherine Dow Blyton
as
Kelly
Peter Gunn
as
Bryan
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Barbara Dryhurst
as
Lysette
Joan Sims
as
Adele McCarthy
Freddie Davies
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Sidney Sturridge
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Susan Edmonstone
as
Vanessa Webb
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Gordon Langford Rowe
as
William Pollard
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Judith Davis
as
Ida Wittle
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Joe Belcher
as
Arnold Wittle
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Laura Crossley
as
Wendy