Patricia Routledge

Whether or not there was some room for disagreement between either long-suffering school head George Mason (Michael Hordern) and his wife Lettice (Joan Greenwood) about their son Laurie (Clive Francis), or whether united they simply argued with their friends about him, the boy was cause for dissension. There was his dress, his hair, his ideas, his friends - especially his friends!

While her husband works, the wife of a bra manufacturer leads a secret life with her lover, whom she conveniently hides in her attic.