The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Summary After a pram containing Queen Victoria's grandson Prince Alexander accidentally rolls away and nearly collides with the monarch the nursemaid is sacked, creating a vacancy. The child's parents want young, progressive Miss Temple but the queen is in favour of her daughter's old nurse, Mrs. Innocent, an austere, gin-swigging old dragon. The child's father Prince Henry asks Cribb to investigate Mrs. Innocent, currently employed in caring for the 2 children of an eccentric composer, for proof of unsuitability through senility. Cribb investigates and finds that the pram was sabotaged in order to create a vacancy close to the Crown. The two candidates for the nursemaid position come under suspicion.

S2.E3 ∙ The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Alan Dobie William Simons David Waller Alfie Curtis

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Genres : Mystery Crime Drama

Release date : Apr 11, 1981

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Granada Television

Summary After a pram containing Queen Victoria's grandson Prince Alexander accidentally rolls away and nearly collides with the monarch the nursemaid is sacked, creating a vacancy. The child's parents want young, progressive Miss Temple but the queen is in favour of her daughter's old nurse, Mrs. Innocent, an austere, gin-swigging old dragon. The child's father Prince Henry asks Cribb to investigate Mrs. Innocent, currently employed in caring for the 2 children of an eccentric composer, for proof of unsuitability through senility. Cribb investigates and finds that the pram was sabotaged in order to create a vacancy close to the Crown. The two candidates for the nursemaid position come under suspicion.

Details

Genres : Mystery Crime Drama

Release date : Apr 11, 1981

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Granada Television

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