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Malice Aforethought
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Malice Aforethought

2005-04-10 · 69 min / episode · ★ 4.5

Crime · Drama

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.

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Ronnie MastersonRonnie MastersonMiss Janet Wapworthy
Phyllis RyanMiss Adele Peavey
Fiona O'ShaughnessyFiona O'ShaughnessyFlorence
Barbara FlynnBarbara FlynnJulia Bickleigh
Ben MillerBen MillerDr. Edmund Bickleigh
Megan DoddsMegan DoddsMadeleine Cranmere
Peter VaughanPeter VaughanWiddicombe
Joseph BeattieJoseph BeattieDenny Bourne
Richard ArmitageRichard ArmitageWilliam Chatford

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