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Fisticuffs

  • Episode aired Dec 19, 1997
  • TV-14
  • 49m
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Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1995)
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: Fisticuffs
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A woman distracted by her cell phone inadvertently causes a fender bender, but the other driver is so overcome by road rage she assaults her.A woman distracted by her cell phone inadvertently causes a fender bender, but the other driver is so overcome by road rage she assaults her.A woman distracted by her cell phone inadvertently causes a fender bender, but the other driver is so overcome by road rage she assaults her.

  • Director
    • Don Leaver
  • Writers
    • John Bowen
    • David Cook
    • Jeremy Paul
  • Stars
    • Patricia Routledge
    • Derek Benfield
    • Dominic Monaghan
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    7.8/10
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    • Director
      • Don Leaver
    • Writers
      • John Bowen
      • David Cook
      • Jeremy Paul
    • Stars
      • Patricia Routledge
      • Derek Benfield
      • Dominic Monaghan
    • 2User reviews
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    Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: Fisticuffs
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    Patricia Routledge
    Patricia Routledge
    • Hetty Wainthropp
    Derek Benfield
    Derek Benfield
    • Robert Wainthropp
    Dominic Monaghan
    Dominic Monaghan
    • Geoffrey
    John Graham-Davies
    • D.C.I. Adams
    • (as John Graham Davies)
    Suzanne Maddock
    • Janet Fraser
    Rebecca Lamb
    • Magda Devlin
    Vivien Heilbron
    Vivien Heilbron
    • Lillemor Pickering
    George Costigan
    George Costigan
    • Wallace Pickering
    Callum Dixon
    Callum Dixon
    • Liam Pickering
    Carl Cieka
    • Ivan Pejic
    Terence Budd
    • Ken Kavanagh
    Fine Time Fontayne
    Fine Time Fontayne
    • Graham Skully
    Andrew Lee Potts
    Andrew Lee Potts
    • Shane Broderick
    Krysia Pepper
    • Cindy Bell
    Stephanie Roscoe
    Stephanie Roscoe
    • Judith Swarbrick
    Peter Stevenson
    • Roger Butterworth
    Sue Parkinson
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    • Director
      • Don Leaver
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      • John Bowen
      • David Cook
      • Jeremy Paul
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    8Sleepin_Dragon

    Very original.

    Hetty is called in by a motorist involved in an accident. The woman drove into the back of another motorist whilst distracted by her mobile phone, the woman subsequently assaults Hetty's client and flees the scene.

    It's a very good episode, it's a totally original story, where everything on the surface isn't all it seems. There seems to be no clear victim of miscreant, both are at fault, both behaved badly. I can think of no other drama with a similar story, it's so original. It's a real tragedy.

    Top performances, Vivien Heilbron is excellent, George Costigan is very good as the overbearing husband.

    It's a very good episode. 8/10

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      First appearance of Suzanne Maddock as Janet Frazer
    • Quotes

      Hetty Wainthropp: [trying to get Geoffry to think more logically] Use your loaf Geoffrey!

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      • December 19, 1997 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Darwen, Lancashire, England, UK
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      • BBC-TV Productions
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      • 49m
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