Malice Aforethought
8.1
Season 1
S1 · E1 · Mar 15, 1979
Part 1 Episode 1
S1 · E2 · Mar 22, 1979
Part 2 Episode 2
S1 · E3 · Mar 29, 1979
Part 3 Episode 3
S1 · E4 · Apr 5, 1979
Part 4 Episode 4
4 episodes in Season 1
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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.
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Cast
37 people
Hywel Bennett
Dr Edmund Bickleigh
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Cheryl Campbell
Madeleine Cranmere
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Denny Bourne
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Harold Innocent
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Susan Porrett
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Elizabeth Stewart
Mrs Torr
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Briony McRoberts
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Mary Laine
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Philip Mackie Creator · Cyril Coke Director Anthony Berkeley Cox Author
Total runtime 3h 40m · Episode length 55 min · Type Miniseries
Show info
Premiered
March 15, 1979
Final episode
April 5, 1979
Status
Ended
Network
BBC Two
Country
United Kingdom
Type
Miniseries
Episode length
55 min
Total runtime
3h 40m
Original language
English
Production
BBC
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Spoken on screen
English
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