The Franchise Affair Episode #1.3 (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | Drama

The Franchise Affair

Episode #1.3 (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | Drama

The newspaper article has enough fact that the Sharpe's can not sue. Robert Blair interviews Betty Cox foster mother Mrs Wynn and discovers on the night she returned she still had her lipstick. Insp Grant returns with an arrest warrant.

Director

Leonard Lewis

Writers

James Andrew Hall (dramatisation) | Josephine Tey (novel)

Producer

Terrance Dicks

Composers

Joe Campbell | Paul Hart

Production Designer

Rob Hinds

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 9, 1988

Release date

Oct 9, 1988 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

1 nomination

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Cast	+ Add Cast
21 cast members

Name	Known for
Patrick Malahide Robert Blair Robert Blair See fewer	The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Joanna McCallum Marion Sharpe Marion Sharpe See fewer	Tom & Viv (1994)
Rosalie Crutchley Mrs. Sharpe Mrs. Sharpe See fewer	The Haunting (1963)
Jean Heywood Aunt Lin Aunt Lin See fewer	Billy Elliot (2000)
Alex Jennings Nevil Bennet Nevil Bennet See fewer	The Lady in the Van (2015)
David Ellison Inspector John Hallam Inspector John Hallam See fewer	Juliet Bravo (1980)
John Vine Detective Inspector Grant Detective Inspector Grant See fewer	Gandhi (1982)
Miranda Bell Miss Tuff Miss Tuff See fewer	The Imitation Game (2014)
James Garbutt Mr. Heseltine Mr. Heseltine See fewer	Superman (1978)
Peter James Holloway Herbert Herbert See fewer	The Franchise Affair (1988)
Edward Wilson Benjamin Carley Benjamin Carley See fewer	Rockliffe's Babies (1987)
Jo Rowbottom Mildred Pinner Mildred Pinner See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Catherine Terris Anita Kenton Anita Kenton See fewer	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
Penelope Nice Mrs. Wynn Mrs. Wynn See fewer	The Franchise Affair (1988)
Grant Parsons Leslie Wynn Leslie Wynn See fewer	Dark Season (1991)
Timothy Block Stanley Peters Stanley Peters See fewer	The Theban Plays by Sophocles (1986)
David Doyle Wallis Wallis See fewer	Rocketman (I) (2019)
Frances Atkinson Rose Glyn Rose Glyn See fewer	The Franchise Affair (1988)
Gordon Salkilld Bus Inspector Bus Inspector See fewer	Potter (1979)
Philip Praeger Mechanic Mechanic See fewer	Poirot (1989)
Gareth Milne Pressman Pressman See fewer	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)