![]() ![]() Initially scornful of Harry's spook-hunting activities, not least because of her own mother's spendthrift infatuation with bogus spiritualists, she became a vital partner in his investigation, which steadily uncovered a trail of infidelity, unhappiness and attempted murder. If Grace could not be cured of her delusions, she would be institutionalised for the good of the party (pictured above, Tom Ward and Zoe Boyle as Edward and Grace Goodwin).Įxtra light was thrown on the theme of an arrogant, misogynist male establishment by the Goodwins' combative maid, Sarah Grey (Cara Theobold). ![]() The fate of Mrs Goodwin was entwined with the trajectory of her husband's career, which was heading upwards under the patronage of senior statesman Sir Charles Harwood (a tarantula-like Michael Byrne). ![]() ![]() Mrs Goodwin had been hearing banging noises in the night, and eerie voices calling her name.ĭoubt was naturally cast upon Grace Goodwin's sanity, but screenwriter Jack Lothian (who had adapted Neil Spring's novel The Ghost Hunters) had deftly knitted several strands into the narrative. Part of the problem was that she and her husband, Liberal MP Edward Goodwin, had moved into a rambling old house, formerly a workhouse, which seemingly suffered some kind of supernatural infestation. Anyhow, Spall Jr was shrewd, witty and skilful in the role of a 1920s spookbuster called in to investigate the mysterious case of a politician's wife, Grace Goodwin, who had been found wandering naked in a London market. ![]()
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