Missing Persons (1990)

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.

Director

Derek Bennett

Writers

David Cook

Themesamateur detectivefemale private detectivemissing personnorthern englandretirement