Malice Aforethought (film)

For the legal concept, see Malice aforethought. For the novel, see Malice Aforethought.

Malice Aforethought
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Created by	Anthony Berkeley Cox (Novel), Andrew Payne (Screenplay)
Starring	Ben Miller Barbara Flynn Richard Armitage
Country of origin	UK
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	2
Production
Running time	180 min
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	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 Devonshire village, 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 the Internet Movie Database

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