Malice Aforethought

Overview

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.

Created by Philip Mackie

Network

• BBC Two

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Hywel Bennett

  Dr Edmund Bickleigh

  4 eps

• 

  Cheryl Campbell

  Madeleine Cranmere

  4 eps

• Belinda Carroll

  Ivy Ridgeway

  4 eps

• 

  David Ashford

  William Chatford

  4 eps

Themes

• scotland yard
• based on novel or book
• film noir
• miniseries
• 1920s
• murder plot
• unhappy marriage
• perfect murder

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