- Dandelion Dead
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Dandelion Dead Format Drama Written by Michael Chaplin Directed by Mike Hodges Starring Michael Kitchen,
Sarah Miles,
David Thewlis,
Lesley SharpOpening theme Barrington Pheloung Country of origin UK No. of episodes 4 Production Executive producer(s) Sarah Wilson Producer(s) Patrick Harbinson Editor(s) Malcolm Cooke Broadcast Original channel LWT Original airing 6 February 1994 Dandelion Dead is the title of a British TV mini-series produced in 1994, telling the true story of Herbert Rowse Armstrong, a practising solicitor in the provincial town of Hay-on-Wye, Wales, who was convicted and hanged in May 1922 for the murder of his wife and the attempted murder of a fellow solicitor and business rival, Mr. Oswald Martin.
The series starred Michael Kitchen as Major Armstrong, Sarah Miles as Catherine Armstrong, David Thewlis as Oswald Martin and Lesley Sharp as Martin's wife. It was directed by Mike Hodges and won a BAFTA in 1995. As well as telling the main story of Major Armstrong's crimes, the series develops the courtship of Martin and his wife and shows the effects of events on Armstrong's children.
Cast
- Michael Kitchen as Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong
- Sarah Miles as Catherine Armstrong
- David Thewlis as Oswald Martin
- Lesley Sharp as Constance 'Connie' Martin, née Davies
- Peter Vaughan as Doctor Hinks
- Diana Quick as Marion Glassford-Gale
- Bernard Hepton as Mr. Davies
- Don Henderson as Chief Inspector Crutchett
- Robert Stephens as Henry Vaughan
- Roger Lloyd-Pack as Phillips
External links
Categories:- 1994 in British television
- British television miniseries
- BAFTA winners (television series)
- ITV television programmes
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