Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
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Hetty Wainthropp Investigates is a semi-humorous English crime drama television series which aired from 1996 to 1998 on the BBC. The series starred Patricia Routledge as the title character, Derek Benfield as her patient husband Robert, and Dominic Monaghan as their boarder (and her assistant) Geoffrey Shawcross. Many of the episodes have been featured on the American PBS series Mystery!.
A feature-length pilot episode, originally broadcast in 1990, was based on the 1986 novel, Missing Persons by David Cook (who co-wrote the series with John Bowen). The incidents in Cook's book were inspired by his own mother's real-life experiences.
Hetty Wainthropp is a retired working-class woman in Lancashire, North West England, who has a knack for jumping to conclusions and solving crimes of varying bafflement which often are too minor to concern the police. Although on occasion her husband offers assistance, he more often than not tends to the home while Hetty gads about the countryside with young Geoffrey in search of resolution and justice.
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[edit] Episode list
Pilot:
- Missing Persons, 1990
Series 1:
- The Bearded Lady, 3 January 1996
- Eye Witness, 10 January 1996
- Fingers, 17 January 1996
- Widdershins, 24 January 1996
- A High Profile, 31 January 1996
- Safe as Houses, 7 February 1996
Series 2:
- Poison Pen, 30 November 1996
- Lost Chords, 5 December 1996
- Runaways, 13 December 1996
- The Astral Plane. 20 December 1996
- A Rose by Any Other Name, 3 January 1997
- Woman of the Year, 10 January 1997
Series 3:
- All Stitched Up, 28 November 1997
- Daughter of the Regiment, 5 December 1997
- Serving the Community, 12 December 1997
- Fisticuffs, 19 December 1997
- Childsplay, 2 January 1998
- Pursuit by Proxy, 9 January 1998
- A Minor Operation, 16 January 1998
- Helping Hansi, 23 January 1998
- How Time Flies, 30 January 1998
Series 4:
- Something to Treasure, 24 July 1998
- Family Values, 31 July 1998
- Digging for Dirt, 7 August 1998
- Mind over Muscle, 14 August 1998
- Blood Relations, 21 August 1998
- For Love nor Money, 4 September 1998
Specials:
- Comic Relief Episode, 1999
[edit] Trivia
The series was filmed primarily in areas of Lancashire such as Darwen, Blackburn and Bolton.
[edit] See also
David Giles, director of several episodes.
[edit] External links
- Hetty Wainthropp Investigates at the Internet Movie Database
- PBS website listing
- Episode descriptions
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