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