
S1·E6 – Safe as Houses
1996-02-07 • 50 min
An old friend of Hetty's - her partner in a music-hall routine years ago -- seeks her help in locating her troubled foster daughter, Chrissie. A teenage mother, Chrissie has disappeared just as a series of arson attacks on local homes have occurred --and Chrissie has a history of setting fires! As Hetty and Geoffrey look for Chrissie, a local newspaper photo competition reveals more than the photographer intended, prompting Geoff to dress in drag -- blonde wig, high heels and all -- to confront the arsonist. Hetty picks up a much-needed reward for her work in this case, and at the presentation of the check, proves that the new gumshoe hasn't lost her knack for the ol' soft-shoe!
Cast

Patricia Routledge
Hetty Wainthropp

Dominic Monaghan
Geoffrey Shawcross

Derek Benfield
Robert Wainthropp

Jane Lowe
Alice Baynes

Emma Cunniffe
Chrissie
Alan Partington
Stanley

Amanda Walker
Miss Apthwaite
Charlie Dickinson
Butcher
Tom Higgins
Cookery Instructor
Paul Gibbon
Damien

Bobby Knutt
Caravanner
Tricia Ford
Caravanner