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Malice Aforethought

1979 • 6.0 • Mystery, Drama, Comedy • 55m

GB • English

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

Hywel Bennett

as Dr Edmund Bickleigh

Cheryl Campbell

as Madeleine Cranmere

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Belinda Carroll

as Ivy Ridgeway

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David Ashford

as William Chatford

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Vivienne Moore

as Maid

Episodes

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Part 1

E1 69m

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

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Part 2

E2 68m

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

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Part 3

E3 55m

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

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Part 4

E4 55m

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