Malice Aforethought (1979)

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.

Malice Aforethought

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as Dr Edmund Bickleigh

Cheryl Campbell

Cheryl Campbell

as Madeleine Cranmere

Belinda Carroll

Belinda Carroll

as Ivy Ridgeway

as William Chatford

Christopher Guard

Christopher Guard

as Denny Bourne

Harold Innocent

Harold Innocent

as Reverend Hessary Torr

Rohan McCullough

Rohan McCullough

as Gwynyfryd Rattery

Elizabeth Stewart

Elizabeth Stewart

Briony McRoberts

Briony McRoberts

as Quarnian Torr

as Miss Wapsworthy

as Julia Bickleigh

as Supt Allhayes

Anthony Woodruff

Anthony Woodruff

Christopher Bramwell

Christopher Bramwell

as Harford Ridgeway

as Sir Tamerton Foliott

Kristine Howarth

Kristine Howarth

Thorley Walters

Thorley Walters

as Sir Francis Lee-Bannerton

Michael Aldridge

Michael Aldridge

as Sir Bernard Deverell

Christopher Banks

Christopher Banks

Derrick Fincham

Derrick Fincham

as Clerk of the Court

Paul Williamson

Paul Williamson

as Psychiatrist

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Seasons

Season 1

Miniseries

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