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Mystery!; Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Series III: Childsplay
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- Series
- Mystery!
- Program
- Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Series III: Childsplay
- Program Number
2020
- Series Description
Premiered in 1980 -- offshoot of MASTERPIECE THEATRE. Showcase for the best of British drama in the mystery genre. Current producer, Rebecca Eaton. See individual episode titles for more information. Host: 1980: Gene Shalit; 1981-1989: Vincent Price; 1989-present: Diana Rigg Series release date: 1980
- Program Description
Convinced that her nephew Tom (Joe Roberts) has been framed for drug possession, Hetty (Patricia Routledge) poses as a cafeteria worker to get the inside dope on Tom's school. Geoffrey (Dominic Monaghan) goes even farther by infiltrating the drug ring itself, emboldened by his new driving permit and his crush on Janet (Suzanne Maddock), the auto mechanic.
- Duration
00:60:00
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Drama
- Creators
- Eaton, Rebecca (Series Producer)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Mystery!; Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Series III: Childsplay,” WGBH Media Library & Archives, accessed June 22, 2018, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A9F429101F1741038D28B0D2F9A990F8.
- MLA: “Mystery!; Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Series III: Childsplay.” WGBH Media Library & Archives. Web. June 22, 2018. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A9F429101F1741038D28B0D2F9A990F8>.
- APA: Mystery!; Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Series III: Childsplay. Boston, MA: WGBH Media Library & Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A9F429101F1741038D28B0D2F9A990F8