| EPISODE
In the Bleak Midwinter | |
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| Season 14, Episode 13 | |
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| Written by | Johnny Byrne |
| Directed by | Gerry Mill |
| Episode guide | |
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Plot
The Frankie Rio Trio once belonged at the top of the charts, but popularity has dropped and now they are struggling for a comeback. Now finances are so low they have to skip a hotel bill. They are on their way to Aidensfield, where they will stay with their old friend Vernon Scripps until an important gig in Whitby. On the way pick up a young woman, Rachel Godwin, and her baby and give her a lift to Aidensfield where her parents live. She has run away from a maternity hospital because she does not want to give up the baby for adoption and is now on her way to her parent's house in the village. While she calls her mother to prepare her Frankie is scared off by the sight of PC Walker and the trio drives off without knowing they have an extra passenger.
Cast
- Allan Corduner as Gerard Lowe
- Ram John Holder as Danny Flowers
- Alan Price as Frankie Rio
- David Lonsdale as David Stockwell
- Geoffrey Hughes as Vernon Scripps
- Vicki Lee Taylor as Rachel Goodwin
- Mark Jordon as PC Phil Bellamy
- Jonathan Kerrigan as PC Rob Walker
- Derek Fowlds as Oscar Blaketon
- Peter Benson as Bernie Scripps
- William Simons as Alf Ventress
- Jamie De Courcey as Adam Turner
- Ken Bones as Trevor Goodwin
- Tim Carlton as Brian Turner
- David Woodcock as Vicar
- Sophie Ward as Dr Helen Trent
- Rachel Davis as Jean Godwin
- Vanessa Hehir as Rosie Cartwright
- Tricia Penrose as Gina Ward