Böcker av Peter Coke

Jane and Catherine have an antique cluttered house, unpaid bills, and a memory of marriage to the same man, now deceased. His will states they can live in the house if they don't sell its contents. They discover some jewels and a wily antique dealer gets them to accept a down payment and from then on everything they do to rectify matters gets them in deeper.6 women, 2 men

Isabel Merryweather runs an antique shop with her Rear-admiral father. One of her eccentric customers leaves a baby in the shop and Isabel's strong maternal feelings are aroused.Assisted by her most eccentric visitor of all she sets about an unconventional adoption plan.The unexpected results are astonishingly successful, affecting not least the Rear-admiral.6 women, 4 men

In Winter Glory, we meet once again the redoubtable quartet of Dame Beatrice and her lodgers Nan, Hattie and the Brigadier who featured in Peter Coke's earlier comedies Breath of Spring, Midsummer Mink and Autumn Manoeuvres. This, however, will be positively their last appearance, as due to an unfortunate slip up in their schemes to put a pathetic pet out of its misery and to help an ageing actress fade away at a peak of happiness, they dispatch themselves heavenward as well!7 women, 3 men

When Dame Beatrice is given a mink stole by her maid, she is reminded of the maid's shady past and immediately suspects that it was stolen from the the next flat. A former army officer and other lodgers endeavour to return the stole. The plan is devised with care and all of them take such delight in the secretive scheme that they wonder why they don't do this more often.-5 women, 3 men