Malice Aforethought
EndedBBC Two1979-03-15

Malice Aforethought

MysteryDramaComedy~55 min

Seasons

1

Episodes

4

Networks

BBC Two

Countries

GB

First aired

1979-03-15

Last aired

1979-04-05

Language

en

Rating

6.0 / 10

Episode release dates

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Synopsis and details

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.

Seasons and episodes

Miniseries

4 episodes · 1979-03-15

For ten years, Julia Bickleigh has despised and bullied her husband. For ten years Dr Bickleigh has dreamed of romance ... and escape.

Cast

Hywel Bennett

Hywel Bennett

Dr Edmund Bickleigh

Cheryl Campbell

Cheryl Campbell

Madeleine Cranmere

B

Belinda Carroll

Ivy Ridgeway

D

David Ashford

William Chatford

V

Vivienne Moore

Maid

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