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1/1/1990
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.
Ray Brooks
as Alex Conway/Eddie Weary
Celia Imrie
as Birdie
Connie Booth
as Madge
Anita Dobson
as Roxanne
Brian Glover
as Strip Club MC
Anthony Daniels
as Bruce
Ella WIlder
as Fern
Kitty Aldridge
as Barbara Daniels
Melanie Kilburn
as Mrs Hebdon
Martyn Whitby
as Mr Hebdon
Sandra Maitland
as Mrs McDermott
Judy Flynn
as Maureen
Josephine Antosz
as Gran
Neil Dickson
as Raymond Knight
Francesca Ryan
as TV Awards Hostess
Anthony Dutton
as Police Sergeant
Ian Bleasdale
as Disco Club Man
Alex Hall
as Disco Club Woman
Greg Powell
as Strip Club Bouncer
Marcus Romer
as Kevin
Emma Rawson
as Emma
Jeffrey Robert
as Gravedigger
Yusef Sultan
as Indian police officer
Johnny Maxfield
as Hotel Porter
Mohammed Ashiq
as Fat Accountant
Dennis Conlon
as Bicycle Man
Matthew Sandland
as Youth
Greg Powell
as Strip Club Bouncer