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.

Cast & crew

P

Philip Mackie

Creator

Hywel Bennett

Dr Edmund Bickleigh

Cheryl Campbell

Madeleine Cranmere

B

Belinda Carroll

Ivy Ridgeway

David Ashford

William Chatford

V

Vivienne Moore

Maid

Christopher Guard

Denny Bourne

Harold Innocent

Reverend Hessary Torr

Susan Porrett

Florence

R

Rohan McCullough

Gwynyfryd Rattery

E

Elizabeth Stewart

Mrs Torr

Briony McRoberts

Quarnian Torr

M

Mary Laine

Miss Wapsworthy

S

Shirley Cain

Miss Peavy

Judy Parfitt

Julia Bickleigh

A

Antony Brown

Supt Allhayes

A

Anthony Woodruff

Mr Gunhill

C

Christopher Bramwell

Harford Ridgeway

Doreen Mantle

Hilda

Michael Lees

Victor

John Harvey

Sir Tamerton Foliott

Seasons

4 episodes

Miniseries1979 · 4 episodes