07 Feb 1963
This Sporting Life
In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.
Missing Persons
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.
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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
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