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Patricia Routledge: Hetty Wainthropp
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Missing gems and precious metals drive a mining community to madness as Hetty (Patricia Routledge) searches for buried treasure stashed by a miner killed in a cave-in. Hot on the trail of the lost loot, Geoffrey (Dominic Monaghan), too, is caught in an underground accident.
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Patricia Routledge stars as 60-year-old housewife Hetty Wainthropp, a late bloomer who sets up shop as a private eye to supplement her husband's meager pension. With moral authority, salt-of-the-earth candor, and a fully-loaded handbag, Hetty dispenses hard-boiled justice and motherly empathy in equally satisfying doses.
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Life as a private detective begins at 60 for sprightly Lancashire housewife Hetty Wainthropp (Patricia Routledge, Keeping Up Appearances). Her newly retired husband, Robert (Derek Benfield, Rumpole of the Bailey), thinks she ought to be winding down with him, but Hetty takes a job to make ends meet and accidentally discovers her natural gift for sleuthing. Finding an eager sidekick in destitute teenager Geoffrey Shawcross (Dominic Monaghan, The Lord of the Rings trilogy), Hetty sets up her own detective agency, puts her sensible pumps to the pavement, and proves she has what it takes to be a gumshoe of distinction. Includes two episodes not seen on Mystery! DVD BONUS FEATURES INCLUDE exclusive interview with Patricia Routledge, photo gallery, and cast filmographies.
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Routledge’s West End credits include Little Mary Sunshine, Noises Off, The Importance of Being Earnest andThe Solid Gold Cadillac. She played Aunt Nettie in the 1993 production of Carousel and was recently seen in the The Best of Friends at the Hampstead Theatre. She made her Broadway debut in the musical Darling of the Day, for which she won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She has appeared in films including To Sir, With Love and Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River, and on television in Hetty Wainthrop Investigates, Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads and as her most famous creation, Hyancinth Bouquet, in Keeping Up Appearances.
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Hansi (Richard Basco), a German pensioner, hires Hetty (Patricia Routledge) to find his lost sister and nephew -- family he's been searching for since the Second World War. The plot thickens when Hetty learns he is the victim of Nazi-baiting at his retirement home. Who is trying to drive Hansi out and why? Hetty wraps up the case with a denouement worthy of Hercule Poirot.
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