Acorn Media announces the June 27, 2006, DVD release of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Complete Fourth Series, starring Patricia Routledge (Keeping Up Appearances) as the BBC’s most unlikely sleuth. The BBC’s beloved matron of mystery returns to tackle her most challenging cases yet. Word of the Wainthropp Detective Agency has spread, and Hetty (Patricia Rutledge) finds herself taking on clients beyond the cozy confines of Lancashire. With her characteristic combination of shrewdness and compassion, she sleuths out truth in a Cumbrian iron mine, a stately country mansion, and even a historic coastal fishing village. As always, Hetty gets plenty of help from her able young partner Geoffrey (Dominic Monaghan, ABC’s Lost) and doting husband Robert (Derek Benfield, Rumpole of the Bailey) as she roots out crime and plumbs the mysteries of the human heart. The DVD 3-Volume Boxed Set of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Complete Fourth Series, is priced at $59.99 SRP. Its six episodes have a total running time of 294 minutes. The DVD features include production notes and cast filmographies. Pre-book is May 30, 2006.

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. The DVD features production notes and cast filmographies.

Acorn’s Hetty Wainthropp releases are available from select retailers, catalog companies, and direct from Acorn Media at 1-888-870-8047 or www.acornonline.com.

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