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"Who said dying in your sleep was peaceful?"
Detective Cooper investigates the bizarre circumstances surrounding the murder of Matilda who was found dead in her bath wearing the Scold's Bridle.
16 Cast Members
Bob Peck
Detective Sergeant Cooper
Miranda Richardson
Dr. Sarah Blakeney
Douglas Hodge
Jack Blakeney
Trudie Styler
Joanna Lascelles
Beth Winslet
Ruth Lascelles
Siân Phillips
Mathilda Gillespie
Virginia McKenna
Violet Orloff
Paul Brooke
Duncan Orloff
Miles Anderson
Detective Inspector Harmer
Hugh Bonneville
Tim Duggan
Finbar Lynch
Dave Hughes
Alan MacNaughtan
James Gillespie
Alan Williams
Bob Spede
Christine Moore
Jenny Spede
Clare Clifford
Headmistress
John Pirkis
Sir William Cavendish (as John Duval)
