Malice Aforethought
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.
Top cast
Hywel Bennett
Dr Edmund Bickleigh
Cheryl Campbell
Madeleine Cranmere
Belinda Carroll
Ivy Ridgeway
David Ashford
William Chatford
Vivienne Moore
Maid
Christopher Guard
Denny Bourne
Harold Innocent
Reverend Hessary Torr
Susan Porrett
Florence
Rohan McCullough
Gwynyfryd Rattery
Elizabeth Stewart
Mrs Torr
Briony McRoberts
Quarnian Torr
Mary Laine
Miss Wapsworthy
Shirley Cain
Miss Peavy
Judy Parfitt
Julia Bickleigh
Antony Brown
Supt Allhayes
Seasons
Details
- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- March 15, 1979
- Last air date
- April 5, 1979
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 4
- Episode runtime
- 55m
- Network
- BBC Two
- Original language
- EN
Gallery
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