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Malice Aforethought

Created by Philip MackieHywel BennettCheryl CampbellBelinda Carroll
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15 Mar 1979First aired
1Season
12BBFC rating
MysteryGenre

The series

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.

Episodes

Season 1 · 4 episodes · 1979

  1. Episode 115 Mar 19791h 9m

    Part 1

    It is not until several weeks after deciding to murder his wife Julia that Dr Edmund Bickleigh takes any active steps in the matter.

  2. Episode 222 Mar 19791h 8m

    Part 2

    Julia's behavior becomes increasingly erratic as her husband's affair with Madeleine Cranmere intensifies.

  3. Episode 329 Mar 197955m

    Part 3

    At last able to pursue the beautiful Madeleine, Bickleigh is alarmed to find her less amourous than he'd supposed.

  4. Episode 45 Apr 197955m

    Part 4

    Bickleigh finds himself on trial for murder — which has an unexpected conclusion.

Cast

Hywel Bennett

Hywel Bennett

Dr Edmund Bickleigh
Cheryl Campbell

Cheryl Campbell

Madeleine Cranmere

Belinda Carroll

Ivy Ridgeway
David Ashford

David Ashford

William Chatford
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