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Pig in the Middle

A long lost friend of Claude's comes to stay called Ellen Highwater, she moves in with him for a brief period. At first Claude takes full advantage of her cooking and cleaning but eventually she takes things too far, especially when she takes some of his money for the shopping and she even suggests Alfred should have a kennel! Sweaty Betty' has a vendetta against Special Constable Cowley, who mysteriously goes missing. Betty is the suspected of having something to do with it but Nick is surprised when she tells him that she has an alibi, in that she was with her 'boyfriend' on the night in question. Jo has to move out of her cottage when her dad can't renew the lease, but luckily Maggie offers her, her spare room.

English
  • Originally Aired September 7, 1997
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Network ITV1
  • Created March 20, 2015 by
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  • Modified July 11, 2025 by
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Name Type Role
Brian Finch Writer
Una Stubbs Guest Star Anthea Cowley
Julie T. Wallace Guest Star Betty Sutch
Tom Cotter Director
Tricia Penrose Actor Gina Ward
William Simons Actor PC Ventress
Anne Stallybrass Actor Eileen
Russell Dixon Actor Hector Cowley
Mark Jordon Actor PC Bellamy
Bernard Gallagher Actor Graham Weston
Nick Berry Actor PC Nick Rowan
Juliette Gruber Actor Jo Weston
Zena Walker Actor Ellen Birley
Bill Maynard Actor Claude Jeremiah Greengrass
James Hooton Actor Simon Sutch
Kazia Pelka Actor Maggie Bolton
Hugh Lloyd Actor Archie Birley
Derek Fowlds Actor Sergeant Blaketon