Malice Aforethought (film)
Appearance
Malice Aforethought | |
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Created by | Anthony Berkeley Cox (Novel), Andrew Payne (Screenplay) |
Starring | Ben Miller Barbara Flynn Richard Armitage |
Composer | Stephen McKeon |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 2 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Charles Elton Rebecca Eaton |
Producer | Keith Thompson |
Running time | 180 min |
Production companies | Granada Television WGBH World 2000 Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 10 April 11 April 2005 | –
Malice Aforethought is a 2005 ITV drama based on Anthony Berkeley Cox’s 1931 novel of the same name, made by Granada Television. There was an earlier BBC television adaptation of this novel in 1979.
Synopsis
Set in a 1920's village in Devon. The plot concerns the complicated love life of Dr. Edmund Bickleigh and his plans to resolve his unhappy marriage by murdering his wife. It is an early and well-known example of the "inverted detective story".
Cast
- Dr Edmund Bickleigh – Ben Miller
- Julia Bickleigh – Barbara Flynn
- Ivy Ridgeway – Lucy Brown
- Madeleine Cranmere – Megan Dodds
- Mrs Ridgeway – Kate O’Toole
- Widdicombe – Peter Vaughan
- William Chatford – Richard Armitage
External links
- ITV 2005: Malice Aforethought at IMDb
Categories:
- 2005 British television programme debuts
- 2005 British television programme endings
- 2000s British drama television series
- British television miniseries
- ITV television dramas
- Television programs based on novels
- English-language television programs
- Television programmes produced by Granada Television
- Television series by ITV Studios
- British films
- British television film stubs