Malice Aforethought
“Falling in love with this Doctor could be bad for your health.”
2005•1 Seasons•2 Episodes•4.5•Ended
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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.
Network
ITV1
Origin
GB
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
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