Malice Aforethought (2005)

04/10/2005 (EN) • 55m

Crime, Drama

Falling in love with this Doctor could be bad for your health.

Overview

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. Dr. Edmund Bickleigh is married to a particularly overbearing woman who reminds him at every turn that he is living in her house. But the good doctor has outside interests to help him cope.

Top Billed Cast

Ronnie Masterson

Miss Janet Wapworthy

2 Episodes

Phyllis Ryan

Miss Adele Peavey

2 Episodes

Fiona O'Shaughnessy

Florence

2 Episodes

Barbara Flynn

Julia Bickleigh

2 Episodes

Ben Miller

Dr. Edmund Bickleigh

2 Episodes

Megan Dodds

Madeleine Cranmere

2 Episodes

Peter Vaughan

Widdicombe

2 Episodes

Joseph Beattie

Denny Bourne

2 Episodes

Richard Armitage

William Chatford

2 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

2005 | 2 Episodes

Season 1 of Malice Aforethought premiered on April 10, 2005.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

Keywords

poison

based on novel or book

wife murder

1920s

murder plot

unhappy marriage

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