Jennifer Wilson, who has died aged 89, played a pivotal role in The Brothers, a hugely popular 1970s BBC television drama about conflicts in a Midlands family haulage business. Her character, Jennifer Kingsley, was the secretary revealed as the secret lover of her boss, the patriarch and owner of the firm, Robert Hammond – who died while making love to her.
The drama began with the reading of the will and the family’s shock at discovering that Hammond Transport Services had been left equally to the road haulage magnate’s three sons – and his secretary, with provision for her daughter with him.
