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Malice Aforethought

55m1 SeasonTMDb 6.0

MysteryDramaComedy

EnglishEnded

1 · Part 1

2 · Part 2

3 · Part 3

4 · Part 4

Crew and Cast

Philip MackieCreatorHywel BennettHywel BennettDr Edmund BickleighCheryl CampbellCheryl CampbellMadeleine Cranmere
Belinda CarrollIvy RidgewayDavid AshfordDavid AshfordWilliam Chatford
Vivienne MooreMaidChristopher GuardChristopher GuardDenny BourneHarold InnocentHarold InnocentReverend Hessary TorrSusan PorrettSusan PorrettFlorence
Rohan McCulloughGwynyfryd Rattery
Elizabeth StewartMrs TorrBriony McRobertsBriony McRobertsQuarnian Torr
Mary LaineMiss Wapsworthy
Shirley CainMiss PeavyJudy ParfittJudy ParfittJulia Bickleigh
Antony BrownSupt Allhayes
Anthony WoodruffMr Gunhill
Christopher BramwellHarford RidgewayDoreen MantleDoreen MantleHildaMichael LeesMichael LeesVictorJohn HarveyJohn HarveySir Tamerton FoliottJames GroutJames GroutCI RussellJohn WoodnuttJohn WoodnuttDr Lydston
Kristine HowarthMrs Holne
Lionel TaylorDS TannerThorley WaltersThorley WaltersSir Francis Lee-BannertonMichael AldridgeMichael AldridgeSir Bernard Deverell
Christopher BanksJudgeWilliam FoxWilliam Fox2nd Judge
Derrick FinchamForemanRichard MartinRichard Martin2nd Foreman

Storyline

Malice Aforethought is a four-part 1979 BBC Two miniseries by Philip Mackie, adapted from Anthony Berkeley Cox's (pen name Francis Iles) 1931 noir novel of the same name. For ten years, Julia Bickleigh has despised and bullied her husband. For ten years Dr Bickleigh has dreamed of romance ... and escape.

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Info

Status
Ended
First aired
15 March 1979
Last aired
5 April 1979
TMDB score
6.0 / 10 (3 votes)

Production

Created by
Philip Mackie
Studios
BBC
Countries
United Kingdom
Networks
BBC Two

Episodes

Seasons
1
Episodes
4
Runtime
55m
Type
Miniseries
In production
No

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English