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15/03/1979 Mystery, Drama, Comedy 0h 55m
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Overview

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 billed cast

  1. Hywel Bennett

    Dr Edmund Bickleigh

  2. Cheryl Campbell

    Madeleine Cranmere

  3. Belinda Carroll

    Ivy Ridgeway

  4. David Ashford

    William Chatford

  5. Vivienne Moore

    Maid

  6. Christopher Guard

    Denny Bourne

  7. Harold Innocent

    Reverend Hessary Torr

  8. Susan Porrett

    Florence

  9. Rohan McCullough

    Gwynyfryd Rattery

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Full Cast & Crew

Current Season

Season 1

 1979 | 4 Episodes

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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Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
Malice Aforethought

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