The ‘M’ in the title stands for manana, meaning “tomorrow”, and typifies a “put-it-off-until-tomorrow” mood of lethargy engendered in hot climes.
Set in a hot and humid summer in the (fictional) seaside town of Sidwell, the six-part BBC series begins when the premature death of his mysterious client, Mr Hassett, brings a rush of business to the detective agency of Johnny Treherne (Michael Bryant) – located next door to the office of Chriopodist. Fred Creech (Peter Wyatt).
Hasset had engaged the lazy, cowardly, and slightly seedy Treherne to identify the parties behind a protection racket that was applying pressure on himself and his business interests. Johnny is now confronted with the realisation that not only has his client been murdered, but the police – led by Inspector Scott (Barry Linehan) and Inspector Spain (Victor Brooks) – believe he is involved in the suspicious death.
Determined to clear his name, he is spurred into action when many “interested parties” approach him to find out why Mr Hassett hired him in the first place.
His investigations into the protection racket eventually lead him back to Hassett’s family and, more importantly, to Seymour Tancred (Reginald Marsh), Hassett’s business partner and apparently close personal friend.
Joining forces with Hassett’s daughter Verity (Mitzi Rogers), Treherne pursues his enquiries to a logical conclusion and eventually clears his name – but not before he discovers the details of an illicit affair involving Hassett’s widow Candy (Ann Hamilton) and the part she played in her husband’s demise.
Johnny Treherne
Michael Bryant Verity Hassett
Mitzi Rogers Seymour Tancred
Reginald Marsh Candy Hassett
Ann Hamilton Inspector Scott
Barry Linehan Inspector Spain
Victor Brooks Gordon Stratton
Michael Wynne China Berry
Stephen Bradley Fred Creech
Peter Wyatt Sgt. Probert
Christopher Wray Jack Berry
Bernard Martin Victor
Frank Williams Savile
John Kidd
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Set in a hot and humid summer in the (fictional) seaside town of Sidwell, the six-part BBC series begins when the premature death of his mysterious client, Mr Hassett, brings a rush of business to the detective agency of Johnny Treherne (Michael Bryant) – located next door to the office of Chriopodist. Fred Creech (Peter Wyatt).
Determined to clear his name, he is spurred into action when many “interested parties” approach him to find out why Mr Hassett hired him in the first place.
