Malice Aforethought (TV)

For the legal concept, see Malice aforethought. For the novel, see Malice Aforethought.

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.

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

• Dr Edmund Bickleigh – Ben Miller

• Julia Bickleigh – Barbara Flynn

• Ivy Ridgeway – Lucy Brown

• Madeleine Cranmere – Megan Dodds

• Mrs Ridgeway – Kate O’Toole

• Widdicombe – Peter Vaughan

• William Chatford – Richard Armitage

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

• ITV 2005: Malice Aforethought at the Internet Movie Database

• BBC 1979: Malice Aforethought at the Internet Movie Database