Malice Aforethought (TV)

Malice Aforethought (TV)
Malice Aforethought
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Format Drama
Created by Anthony Berkeley Cox (Novel), Andrew Payne (Screenplay)
Starring Ben Miller
Barbara Flynn
Richard Armitage
Country of origin  United Kingdom
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 2
Production
Running time 180 min
Broadcast
Original channel Granada Television
Original airing 2005


Malice Aforethought is an ITV drama based on Anthony Berkeley Cox’s 1931 novel of the same name.

Contents

Synopsis

Set in a 1920's Devonshire village, the plot concerns the complicated love life of the Dr. Edmund Bickleigh and his plans to resolve his unhappy marriage.

Cast

  • Mrs Ridgeway – Kate O’Toole


BBC adaptation

A four-part BBC adaptation - with Hywel Bennett, Judy Parfitt and Cheryl Campbell - was broadcast in March 1979 and repeated in 1981.


External links


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