Summary Alex Conway is an actor who plays the part of 'Eddie Weary', a sympathetic, down-at-heel, shabby, Northern, working-class private detective, in a TV show. Except Conway is actually a complete idiot in real-life: stuck up, pretentious and selfish, the constant focus of tabloid interest for his bad, usually drunken behaviour. But then he discovers he gets truckloads of mail from fans who think he really is Eddie Weary, asking for his help, so he decides to help them - with the aid of his assistant, Birdie. View more details
Directed : Alan Grint
Written : Roy Clarke
Stars : Anita Dobson Ray Brooks Connie Booth Celia Imrie
Genres : Comedy Crime Drama
Release date : Aug 30, 1990
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : Yorkshire Television (YTV) Fingertip Production
Summary Alex Conway is an actor who plays the part of 'Eddie Weary', a sympathetic, down-at-heel, shabby, Northern, working-class private detective, in a TV show. Except Conway is actually a complete idiot in real-life: stuck up, pretentious and selfish, the constant focus of tabloid interest for his bad, usually drunken behaviour. But then he discovers he gets truckloads of mail from fans who think he really is Eddie Weary, asking for his help, so he decides to help them - with the aid of his assistant, Birdie. View more details
Genres : Comedy Crime Drama
Release date : Aug 30, 1990
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : Yorkshire Television (YTV) Fingertip Production
