Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: Season 4 (1998)

• Season 4 Episode 6: For Love Nor Money

  Robert's brother comes to stay - and presents the private detective with another intriguing case. Light-hearted drama, with Patricia Routledge, Dominic Monaghan and Derek Benfield

• Season 4 Episode 5: Blood Relations

  The sleuth goes to Yorkshire to meet her long-lost cousin Kate, and ends up investigating a case of demonic visitations. Amiable Geoffrey joins her in an attempt to provide moral support - and is soon drawn into his own little mystery. Starring Patricia Routledge and Dominic Monaghan

• Season 4 Episode 4: Mind Over Muscle

  Robert begins a career as a journalist and Geoffrey joins a gym to help Hetty solve a case for her hairdresser, whose errant husband has a lot to hide. Detective drama, starring Patricia Routledge

• Season 4 Episode 3: Digging for Dirt

  The sleuth is called upon to mediate in a dispute at a condemned block of flats, and soon discovers the man responsible for their construction has a shady past. Further investigations send the part-time sleuth on a tense race against time as she strives to prevent the cowboy builder from profiting from his shoddy work. Detective drama, starring Patricia Routledge

• Season 4 Episode 2: Family Values

  The sleuth delves into a suspicious death, while loyal sidekick Geoffrey and her put-upon husband Robert become involved in a delicate undercover operation. Light-hearted drama, with Patricia Routledge, and Derek Benfield

• Season 4 Episode 1: Something to Treasure

  Now that Hetty and her husband are back from their trip to Australia, the Wainthropp Detective Agency can get back to some serious sleuthing. However, the first case to crop up is far from typical - it involves hunting for buried treasure in the wilds of Cumbria. Patricia Routledge stars as the modern-day Miss Marple, with Derek Benfield, Dominic Monaghan and Lesley Dunlop

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: Season 3 (1997 - 1998)

• Season 3 Episode 9: How Time Flies

  A forgetful clock-mender calls upon the sleuth when he becomes the target of a couple of small-time crooks. Patricia Routledge stars

• Season 3 Episode 8: Helping Hansi

  A victimised German pensioner in a residential home asks Hetty to help trace his long-lost sister. Intent on setting the world to rights, the tenacious old-timer soon finds the elderly gentleman has a few surprises in store. Detective drama, starring Patricia Routledge, Richard Pasco and Suzanne Maddock

• Season 3 Episode 7: A Minor Operation

  Although she is laid up in hospital, Hetty doesn't let this prevent her from investigating her latest case. Meanwhile, Frank agrees to help a lusty widow whose son is in trouble. Light-hearted drama, with Patricia Routledge, Dominic Monaghan and Derek Benfield

• Season 3 Episode 6: Pursuit by Proxy

  The die-hard dame of the Wainthropp Detective Agency sets about flushing out a missing company director who is sought by his creditors. Patricia Routledge plays the latter-day Miss Marple, with Dominic Monaghan and Suzanne Maddock

• Season 3 Episode 5: Childsplay

  The Wainthropps' nephew is suspended from school for drugs possession, but doubts remain as to whether he has been falsely accused. Patricia Routledge stars

• Season 3 Episode 4: Fisticuffs

  Lancashire's answer to Miss Marple dons her best tweed outfit and attempts to help a road rage victim but lands right in the middle of a family tragedy she may not be able to control. Detective drama, starring Patricia Routledge, George Costigan and Derek Benfield

• Season 3 Episode 3: Serving the Community

  At the behest of a local businessman, unlikely manhunter Hetty fearlessly sets out in search of the thugs responsible for attacking Asian businessmen. Patricia Routledge and Derek Benfield star

• Season 3 Episode 2: Daughter of the Regiment

  A concerned mother hires Hetty to find out who is stalking her daughter just days before her wedding. It's not long before the unlikely sleuth is on the trail of a disgraced soldier with a grudge against the father of the bride-to-be. Light-hearted drama, starring Patricia Routledge and Derek Benfield

• Season 3 Episode 1: All Stitched Up

  An arsonist terrorises a housing estate, and Hetty goes undercover in a quilt-making circle in her search for the culprit. Light-hearted drama, with Patricia Routledge, Dominic Monaghan and Derek Benfield

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: Season 2 (1996 - 1997)

• Season 2 Episode 6: Woman of the Year

  The amateur sleuth disguises herself as a battered wife in an attempt to find out who is threatening the future of a women's refuge. Light-hearted drama, with Patricia Routledge, Dominic Monaghan and Derek Benfield

• Season 2 Episode 5: A Rose by Any Other Name

  A middle-aged widow's family become convinced a photographer is only marrying her for money and ask Hetty to investigate. Given a week to probe his past and find out whether he's a gold-digging cad or a 24-carat gentleman, the unlikely sleuth unearths some extremely interesting facts. Drama based on the novel by David Cook, starring Patricia Routledge and Derek Benfield

• Season 2 Episode 4: The Astral Plane

  The sleuthing housewife investigates a spiritualist who appears to be blackmailing her customers, while Geoffrey falls in love. Light-hearted drama, with Patricia Routledge, Dominic Monaghan and Derek Benfield

• Season 2 Episode 3: Runaways

  Mayor Makepeace hires Hetty to track down his runaway daughter, revealing that she has absconded with her boyfriend and could be in grave danger since both suffer from learning disabilities. Drama, starring Patricia Routledge and Derek Benfield

• Season 2 Episode 2: Lost Chords

  A local music festival celebrates its 50th birthday, bringing with it fierce competition. The sleuth is called in to investigate why competitors have mysteriously started to lose their voices. Light-hearted drama, with Patricia Routledge, Dominic Monaghan and Derek Benfield

• Season 2 Episode 1: Poison Pen

  Following their recent success, the detectives find themselves swamped with work. Hetty turns her attention to a troubled village, while Robert and Geoffrey embark on a case of their own. Private eye drama based on the novel by David Cook, starring Patricia Routledge and Derek Benfield

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: Season 1 (1996)

• Season 1 Episode 6: Safe as Houses

  The offer of a substantial reward inspires Hetty to find the bright spark behind a spate of arson attacks, and she begins by investigating the activities of a neighbour's foster daughter whose absences from home coincide with the fires. Housewife-detective series, starring Patricia Routledge, with Derek Benfield and Dominic Monaghan

• Season 1 Episode 5: A High Profile

  The elderly sleuth makes a determined effort to drum up more business, and is hired to find a woman's missing son - a schizophrenic released into the community. She faces a race against time to track down the troubled youngster before he decides there's no point in going on. Detective drama, starring Patricia Routledge

• Season 1 Episode 4: Widdershins

  Hetty investigates the apparent suicide of Robert's uncle, and discovers the whole village where he lived is gripped by superstition. Drama, with Patricia Routledge, Derek Benfield and Dominic Monaghan

• Season 1 Episode 3: Fingers

  The owners of the Tuscan Inn believe their son has been kidnapped by the Mafia and hire Hetty to help get him back. Light-hearted drama, with Patricia Routledge, Dominic Monaghan and Derek Benfield

• Season 1 Episode 2: Eye Witness

  Hetty and amiable sidekick Geoffrey become embroiled in a convoluted case involving a deaf birdwatcher who goes missing at the same time as a woman's body is found at the bottom of a cliff he is known to frequent. Light-hearted drama, with Patricia Routledge and Dominic Monaghan, featuring a guest appearance by David Bower

• Season 1 Episode 1: The Bearded Lady

  Patricia Routledge stars as Lancashire housewife Hetty Wainthropp, a part-time Post Office worker with a sideline in sleuthing. In this first episode, the mysterious death of a pensioner leaves a few unanswered questions, but Hetty smells a rat and with her young assistant Geoffrey, sets about solving the mystery the police have little interest in. Drama, also starring Dominic Monaghan and David Benfield