Guest Stars Samantha Bond as Julia Simmons Kevin Whately as Detective Sergeant Fletcher Joan Sims as Miss Murgatroyd Simon Shepherd as Patrick Simmons Paola Dionisotti as Miss Hinchcliffe Sylvia Syms as Mrs. Easterbrook Richard Bebb as Rydesdale Matthew Solon as Edmund Swettenham Mary Kerridge as Mrs. Swettenham David Collings as Reverend Harmon Elaine Ives-Cameron as Hannah Ralph Michael as Colonel Easterbrook Ursula Howells as Miss Blacklock John Castle as Detective Inspector Craddock Nicola King as Phillipa Haymes Vivienne Moore as Mrs. Harmon Liz Crowther as Myrna Harris Renée Asherson as Miss Bunner David Pinner as Rowlandson