Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

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Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Series titles. The background is formed from multiple "photographs".
Genre Crime/Comedy drama
Created by David Cook (book)
Starring Patricia Routledge
Derek Benfield
Dominic Monaghan
John Graham Davies
Suzanne Maddock
Composer(s) Nigel Hess
Country of origin United Kingdom
Language(s) English
No. of series 4
No. of episodes 27 (+ 1 special) (List of episodes)
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Michael Wearing
Producer(s) Carol Parks
Running time 60 minutes (per episode)
Broadcast
Original channel BBC One
Original run 3 January 1996 – 4 September 1998

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates is a British crime-comedy drama television series which aired from 1996 to 1998 on BBC One. The series starred Patricia Routledge as the title character, Derek Benfield as her patient husband Robert, Dominic Monaghan as their boarder (and her assistant) Geoffrey Shawcross and John Graham Davies as DCI Adams. 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 Griffith 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. In many episodes Hetty seeks the help and advice of DCI Adams of the local constabulary.

The series was very popular with viewers, although no further episodes have been comissioned.

Contents

[edit] Episode list

Pilot:

  • Missing Persons, 1990

Series 1:

Series 2:

Series 3:

Series 4:

Specials:

[edit] Trivia

The series was filmed primarily in areas of Lancashire such as Burnley, Darwen, Blackburn, Rossendale and Bolton. Music for the series was composed by Nigel Hess, and in 1997 was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for best television theme.

Patricia Routledge was keen to carry on with the show, as she's stated she enjoyed making the series, but no further series has been commissioned.

[edit] DVD Releases

In the United States, the DVD releases were distributed by Acorn Media; the DVD's were released by BBC Home Video in the UK, with Madman Films releasing "Hetty Wainthropp" in Australia.

DVD Name
Release Date
Region 1
Region 2
Region 4
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: The Complete Series 1 September 7, 2004 October 11, 2004 October 31, 2007
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: The Complete Series 2 August 9, 2005 January 22, 2007 April 9, 2008
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: The Complete Series 3 January 31, 2006 March 5, 2007 N/A
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: The Complete Series 4 N/A September 10, 2007 N/A
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: The Complete Collection September 4, 2007 January 7, 2008 N/A

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