When Henry Mann inherits The Laurels he also inherits its assorted resident oddballs, who include ill-tempered alcoholic Duncan, blonde temptress Dolly Delights and several Chinese waiters. Then comes the arrival of retired Water Board official Hamish James Ordway, a nosey parker and colossal fusspot with a flair for what he euphemistically calls 'organisation' and Mann offers him free accommodation at The Laurels in return for straightening out the chaos prevailing within...

• Fulton Mackay
• Barry Stanton
• Bernard Bresslaw
• Barbara Hicks
• Patricia Brake
• Clive Merrison
• Sara Corper
• Liz Smith