| EPISODE
Secrets and Lies | |
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| Season 14, Episode 2 | |
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| Air date | 12th September 2004 |
| Written by | Johnny Byrne |
| Directed by | Jonas Grimås |
| Episode guide | |
| Previous Money, Money, Money |
Next Fakers and Frauds |
Somebody tries to break in at Jean and Derek Lester's cottage. Derek does not want to report it, because nothing was taken, but his wife is sure she heard voices. Dr. Merrick discovers that her patient William Seaton is being blackmailed. He has paid 300£ and left the money in a telephone box in Malthouse Street. He is not the only victim of the blackmailer. So is Barry Jones, who runs a refuge next door to the telephone box, and Mrs. Ventress' goddaughter Susan. The only common denominator to all three of them is Derek Lester who becomes the prime suspect, but he is being blackmailed too. Vernon Scripps has an appointment with the famous publisher Howard Dufton. Dufton wants Scripps to sell advertising space for a new magazine, but the new magazine may never happen because Dufton is nearly bankrupt. Vernon Scripps has an idea that might save him.
Cast
- Colin Edwynn as William Seaton
- Tricia Penrose as Gina Ward
- Geoffrey Hughes as Vernon Scripps
- Peter Benson as Bernie Scripps
- David Lonsdale as David Stockwell
- Aislin McGuckin as Dr Liz Merrick
- Philip Lightfoot as Ted Allen
- Jonathan Kerrigan as PC Rob Walker
- Mark Jordon as PC Phil Bellamy
- Duncan Bell as Sgt Dennis Merton
- William Simon as Alf Ventress
- Christine Anderson as Jean Lester
- Jonathan Newth as Derek Lester
- Mary Healey as Mrs. Neal/Anna Croft
- Roger Walker as Barry Jones
- David Ryall as Howard Dufton
- Olivia Jardith as Maria Dalton
- Tara Moran as Susan Cramer
- Peter Diamond as Stunt Co-ordinator