H
ARRISON
A frumpy feature writer.
G
RANVILLE
‘G
RANNY
’ H
ASTINGS
English bass, singing the Grand Inquisitor in
Outwardly cosy old pussy-cat.
L
YSANDER
H
AWKLEY
Formerly a man who made husbands jealous, now happily married to Rannaldini’s third wife Kitty. Rupert Campbell-Black’s assistant.
T
HE
R
EV
P
ERCIVAL
H
ILLARY
A portly parson, who confines his pastoral visits to drinks time.
G
EORGE
H
UNGERFORD
An extremely successful property developer, chief executive of Rutminster Symphony Orchestra. Live-in lover of Flora Seymour.
J
ANICE
Rannaldini’s head groom.
J
ESSICA
Ravishing production secretary,
.
B
EATTIE
J
OHNSON
A seductive, totally unprincipled journalist.
S
EXTON
K
EMP
An extremely fly East End film producer. Chief Executive of Liberty Productions, who are making
.
L
UCY
L
ATIMER
Make-up artist on
Still centre and agony aunt to entire cast and crew.
C
LAUDINE
L
AUZERTE
Actress and Gallic goddess, married to a French government minister.
D
ETECTIVE
C
ONSTABLE
L
IGHTFOOT
Eager young constable, traumatized by steamy stint at the 1991 Valhalla orgy.
I
SA
L
OVELL
A brilliant, obsessive jump jockey. A Heathcliff of the gallops.
J
AKE
L
OVELL
His father, ex-world show jumping champion. Now National Hunt trainer.
T
ORY
L
OVELL
Isa’s mother and Jake’s wife — loving and super-efficient, a hard act for a daughter-in-law to follow.
M
ARIA
An ace cook.
D
ETECTIVE
C
ONSTABLE
D
EBBIE
M
ILLER
A pulchritudinous policewoman.
