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Malice Aforethought is a 1979 BBC TV adaptation of the novel of the same name. It is a four-part serial It later aired in 1981 when it was featured in the US PBS series, Mystery!, introduced by Vincent Price.
It was praised as a faithful adaptation, which retained the atmosphere and 1920s setting of the book. Cheryl Campbell was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress for her role as Madeleine Cranmere, along with her performance in Testament of Youth, winning for the latter at the 1980 Baftas.
Original Release
03/15/1979 on BBC
US Release
01/20/1981
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hywel Bennett | Dr. Edmund Bickleigh |
Cheryl Campbell | Madeleine Cranmere |
Belinda Carroll | Ivy Ridgeway |
David Ashford | William Chatford |
Vivienne Moore | Maid |
Christopher Guard | Denny Bourne |
Harold Innocent | Rev. Hessary Torr |
Susan Porrett | Florence |
Judy Parfitt | Julia Bickleigh |
Antony Brown | Supt. Allhayes |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Episode #1.1 | Thursday, 15 March 1979 |
2 | Episode #1.2 | Thursday, 22 March 1979 |
3 | Episode #1.3 | Thursday, 29 March 1979 |
4 | Episode #1.4 | Thursday, 05 April 1979 |
Directors
Writers
Anthony Berkeley, Philip Mackie
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hywel Bennett | Dr. Edmund Bickleigh |
Cheryl Campbell | Madeleine Cranmere |
Belinda Carroll | Ivy Ridgeway |
David Ashford | William Chatford |
Vivienne Moore | Maid |
Christopher Guard | Denny Bourne |
Harold Innocent | Rev. Hessary Torr |
Susan Porrett | Florence |
Judy Parfitt | Julia Bickleigh |
Antony Brown | Supt. Allhayes |
Rohan McCullough | Gwynyfryd Rattery |
Anthony Woodruff | Mr. Gunhill |
Elizabeth Stewart | Mrs. Torr |
Briony McRoberts | Quarnian Torr |
Shirley Cain | Miss Peavy |
Mary Laine | Miss Wapsworthy |
Thorley Walters | Sir Francis Lee-Bannerton |
James Grout | Chief Insp. Russell |
Michael Aldridge | Sir Bernard Deverell |
Doreen Mantle | Hilda |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Richard Beynon | Producer |