The read
The series ran 1 season across 2 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
10 audience votes
Seasons
| 1 | Season 1 | 2 ep2005 |
Key crew
- Andrew PayneScreenplay
- David BlairDirector
- Stephen McKeonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ronnie MastersonMiss Janet Wapworthy
- Phyllis RyanMiss Adele Peavey
- Fiona O'ShaughnessyFlorence
- Barbara FlynnJulia Bickleigh
- Ben MillerDr. Edmund Bickleigh
- Megan DoddsMadeleine Cranmere
- Peter VaughanWiddicombe
- Joseph BeattieDenny Bourne
- Richard ArmitageWilliam Chatford
Themes
poisonbased on novel or bookwife murder1920smurder plotunhappy marriage