Patricia Routledge stars as the BBC's no-nonsense sleuth
HETTY WAINTHROPP INVESTIGATES
Complete Third Series
Acorn Media announces the January 31, 2006, DVD release of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Complete Third Series, starring Patricia Routledge ( Keeping Up Appearances) as the BBC's most unlikely sleuth. Armed with a fully loaded handbag of common sense and intuition, the world's shrewdest, nosiest, and most unlikely private detective returns in her quest to take the mystery out of northern England. Hetty Wainthropp, housewife-turned-detective finds herself face to face with the most mysterious, perplexing, and unsavory characters of her career in nine new adventures. Hetty's unlikely partners in crime fighting include her devoted husband Robert (Derek Benfield, Rumpole of the Bailey) and enthusiastic teenager Geoffrey (Dominic Monaghan, Lost, The Lord of the Rings trilogy). With a total running time of 441 minutes, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Complete Third Series, is available in a 3-volume DVD boxed set, priced at $59.99 SRP. The DVD features production notes and cast filmographies. Pre-book December 20, 2005.
Routledge is probably best known in this country for her role as Hyacinth Bucket, the madcap social climber in the BBC comedy Keeping Up Appearances. Her abundant talent is on display as Hetty Wainthropp, a character who is almost the exact opposite of Hyacinth.
This new release and other Hetty Wainthropp Investigates DVDs, including the series pilot Hetty Wainthropp: Missing Persons, are available from select retailers, catalog, and direct from Acorn at 1-888-870-8047 or www.acornonline.com.
Headquartered in suburban Washington, D.C., Acorn Media is one of North America's most active providers of British television on home video.
DVD 3-Volume Boxed Set
Catalog #AMP-8113
ISBN: 1-56938-811-3
UPC: 0-54961-8113-9-7
SRP: $59.99 U.S./$76.99 CAN
Running Time: 441 minutes.