Malice Aforethought

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.

Cast

Ronnie Masterson

Miss Janet Wapworthy

Phyllis Ryan

Miss Adele Peavey

Fiona O'Shaughnessy

Florence

Barbara Flynn

Julia Bickleigh

Ben Miller

Dr. Edmund Bickleigh

Megan Dodds

Madeleine Cranmere

Peter Vaughan

Widdicombe

Joseph Beattie

Denny Bourne

Richard Armitage

William Chatford