Blue Herrings

With a week off work to redecorate part of his house, DCI Barnaby also visits his elderly aunt, Alice Bly, who is convalescing in the Lawnside residential nursing home for the elderly in Aspern Tallow, and she prompts him to investigate a series of suspicious deaths there, after people have changed their wills.

CAST

Alice Bly- Phyllis Calvert

Williams Smithers- Nigel Davenport

Arthur Prewitt- Geoffrey Bayldon

George Watson- Mary Wimbush

Celia Armstrong- Gudrun Ure

Pru Bennett- Angela Down

Mungo Mortimer- Colin Tierney

Dr. Clive Warnford- Clive Wood

Hilary Richards- Deborah Findlay

Sister Lovelace- Carolyn Pickles

Nurse Bartlett- Miranda Kingsley

Nurse O'Casey- Mali Harries

Cyril Toft- Sam Beazley

Muriel Harrap- Matyelok Gibbs

Madge Fielding- Georgine Anderson

Miss Laybourne- Daphne Goddard

Landlord- Arthur Cox

Jeweller- Cyril Snaps

Florist- Caroline John

Shop Assistant- Sarah Bull

Hotel Receptionist- Katherine Tozer

Waiter- David Killick

Written by:

Hugh Whitemore

Directed by:

Peter Smith

Produced by:

Peter Cregeen, Betty Willingale and Brian True-May