Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Premiered: Jan 03, 1996 | 4 seasons | 27 episodes
Popularity: 19
| Creator: | David Cook, John Bowen |
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| Details: | 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. |
| Updated: | Feb 11, 2025 (Update) |
| Entered: | Feb 11, 2025 |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Dominic Monaghan | Geoffrey Shawcross | 27 |
| Patricia Routledge | Hetty Wainthropp | 27 |
| Derek Benfield | Robert Wainthropp | 27 |
| John Graham Davies | D.C.I. Adams | 17 |
| Suzanne Maddock | Janet Fraser | 15 |
| Frank Mills | Frank Wainthropp | 5 |
| Wanda Ventham | Margaret Balshaw | 2 |
| Julie Walters | Agnes | 1 |
| Siobhan Finneran | Peggy Rainford | 1 |
| Harriet Thorpe | Carol Singer | 1 |
| Felicity Dean | Sandra Lever | 1 |
| Jacqueline King | Connie | 1 |
| Tenniel Evans | Royle | 1 |
| Emma Cunniffe | Chrissie | 1 |
| John Normington | Mayor Makepeace | 1 |
| Rebecca Callard | Hannah | 1 |
| Emma Tate | Pam Pardew | 1 |
| Nasser Memarzia | Jamir Assan | 1 |
| Sue Johnston | Helga Allowby | 1 |
| Celia Imrie | Nightclub owner | 1 |
| David Hargreaves | Picture Editor | 1 |
| Rachel Davies | Myra | 1 |
| Joan Sims | Adele McCarthy | 1 |
| Keith Barron | Gordon Gregson | 1 |
| Richard Coyle | Dr Miles Miller | 1 |
| Anne Reid | Hilda | 1 |
| Mary Larkin | Shirley Griffin | 1 |
| Trevor Fox | Luke Shadwell | 1 |
| Vivien Heilbron | Lillemor Pickering | 1 |
| Andrew-Lee Potts | Shane Broderick | 1 |
| Ronald Pickup | Lester Rose | 1 |
| Tom Georgeson | Harry Carter | 1 |
| James Greene | Sir Peter | 1 |
| Polly Hemingway | Brenda Makepeace | 1 |
| Matthew Scurfield | Oliver Hardiman | 1 |
| Matyelok Gibbs | Grace Todd | 1 |
| Gary Waldhorn | Bernard Shawcross | 1 |
| Jean Anderson | Alice Marsden | 1 |
| Ian Burfield | Martin Kenyon | 1 |
| Emily Hamilton | Caroline Langley | 1 |
| Andrew Paul | Photographer | 1 |
| Richard Huw | Malcolm Rainford | 1 |
| Felicity Montagu | Susan Dent | 1 |
| Dinah Stabb | Ella Parsons | 1 |
| Sally Ann Matthews | Tracey | 1 |
| Ben Pullen | Lt. Thomas Watkinson | 1 |
| David Bamber | Reg | 1 |
| Maxine Peake | Photocopy Assistant | 1 |
| Sara Stewart | Mrs Laura Swinbank | 1 |
| Joseph Long | Guido | 1 |
| Amelia Bullmore | Karen | 1 |
| Charles Kay | Monty Francis | 1 |
| Sarah Flind | Noreen | 1 |
| Joe McGann | Police Inspector | 1 |
| Bill Fellows | Stan Griffin | 1 |
| Ram John Holder | Chalky White | 1 |
| Gwenllian Davies | Lottie | 1 |
| Darren Tighe | Lenny Thornber | 1 |
| Gabrielle Blunt | Molly Putman | 1 |
| Philip Martin Brown | Philip Hoskins | 1 |
| Rita May | Supermarket Shopper | 1 |
| Frederick Treves | Col. Forbes-Jones | 1 |
| Lesley Dunlop | Moira Pridwell | 1 |
| Nigel Betts | Betting Shop Manager | 1 |
| Jean Kent | Phillida Meadowhite | 1 |
| Duncan Preston | Sopwith Heckmondwike | 1 |
| Michael Troughton | Harry Sholton | 1 |
| Gillian Kearney | Debra Woolmer | 1 |
| Tyler Butterworth | Freddy Slater | 1 |
| Richard Pasco | Hansi Bauer | 1 |
| Jean Heywood | Enid Weston | 1 |
| Jean Heywood | Edith Cross | 1 |
| Aline Mowat | Marianne Clark | 1 |
| George Costigan | Wallace Pickering | 1 |
| Lloyd McGuire | Reg | 1 |
| Judy Flynn | Paula Kenyon | 1 |
| Kate Lonergan | Dawn Halliwell | 1 |
| Jane Cox | Aileen | 1 |
| Jonathan Coy | Doug Arkwright | 1 |
| Geoffrey Leesley | Brian Weston | 1 |
| Gawn Grainger | Jack Branagan | 1 |
| Eamon Boland | Mr Lister | 1 |
| Jennifer Hennessy | Cheryl Wright | 1 |
| Richard Syms | Rev. Toft | 1 |
| Tony Melody | Robert Wainthropp | 1 |
| Geoffrey Wilkinson | Hotel Porter | 1 |
| Tony Audenshaw | Ray Lever | 1 |
| Patrick Pearson | Dixon | 1 |
| Tim Dantay | Peter Parmenter | 1 |
| Poppy Miller | Susie | 1 |
| John Middleton | Simon Letby | 1 |
| Neil Finnighan | Stuart Pridwell | 1 |
| Badi Uzzaman | Uncle Mo | 1 |
| Paul Popplewell | Frank Starling | 1 |
| Margot Leicester | Annie Mosscrop | 1 |
| Gwyneth Powell | Marian Horner | 1 |
| Gillian Raine | Violet Ward | 1 |
| Bruce Jones | Les Battersby (uncredited) | 1 |
| Terence Budd | Ken Kavanagh | 1 |
| Angela Lonsdale | Jackie | 1 |
| Peter Gunn | Bryan | 1 |
| Matthew Kelly | Matthew Kelly | 1 |
| Ray Nicholas | Sean Flintoff | 1 |
| Michelle Holmes | Ruth Kilbride | 1 |
| Katherine Dow Blyton | Kelly | 1 |
| Tabitha Wady | Sara Rome | 1 |
| Alan David | Bill Jason | 1 |
| Nicholas Lamont | Carl P. Unsworth | 1 |
| Beatrice Kelley | Fishmonger | 1 |
| Ann Rye | Landlady | 1 |
| Bruce Byron | Joe Doolan | 1 |
| Chris Hargreaves | Gary | 1 |
| Roger Morlidge | Ian | 1 |
| Jane Lowe | Alice Baynes | 1 |
| Joyce Kennedy | Neighbor | 1 |
| Jack Ellis | Brian Powell | 1 |
| Bobby Knutt | Caravanner | 1 |
| Lorraine Peters | Mrs Mabbthorpe | 1 |
| David Fleeshman | Immigration Officer | 1 |
| David Bower | Malcolm Stone | 1 |
| Shobna Gulati | Café Assistant | 1 |
| Freddie Davies | Sidney Sturridge | 1 |
| Colin MacLachlan | Gerald Putman | 1 |
| Joe Belcher | Arnold Wittle | 1 |
| Alicya Eyo | Trisha Grice | 1 |
| Alan Rothwell | Peter Stone | 1 |
| Alan Rothwell | Dr. Fisher (voice) | 1 |
| Linda Broughton | Mrs Garbet | 1 |
| Irene Sutcliffe | Helen Rance | 1 |
| Vivienne Moore | Ivy | 1 |
| Kriss Dosanjh | Radio Taxi Controller | 1 |
| Cherith Mellor | Amy Bartlett | 1 |
| John Webber | Biker | 1 |
| Ian Kershaw | Kev Haycroft | 1 |
| Will Tacey | Clergyman | 1 |
| Sheila Burrell | Agnes Stubbs | 1 |
| Shenagh Govan | Brenda Shotton | 1 |
| Angela Richards | Glenda Jason | 1 |
| Karl Haynes | Morgan Ashby | 1 |
| Kate Rutter | Janet Bransby | 1 |
| William Roache | Ken Barlow (uncredited) | 1 |
| Tyrone Huggins | Ezekial Alebua | 1 |
| Michelle Butterly | Rita Locheed | 1 |
| Shirin Taylor | Conchita Flintoff | 1 |
| Rodney Litchfield | Taxi Driver | 1 |
| Ian Kelly | Rev. Peter Hodgkin | 1 |
| Jean Stevens | Bessie Simcox | 1 |
| Rod Arthur | Les Maynard | 1 |
| Madeleine Moffat | Rachel McIver | 1 |
| Ronnie Stevens | Mr Cullimore | 1 |
| Ian Curtis | Adrian Atherton | 1 |