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Malice Aforethought

on BBC One London

by Frances Iles
The last of four parts dramatised by Philip Mackie
Starring Hywel Bennett as Dr Bickleigh
with Thorley Walters as Sir Francis Lee-Bannerton, Michael Aldridge as Sir Bernard Deverell and Cheryl Campbell as Madeleine

Though Dr Bickleigh has been arrested for the murder of Julia, the main evidence against him is his attempted poisoning of Madeleine and Chatford. Everything hinges on the potted meat sandwiches.

"An immaculate production distinguished by fine performances" (Evening Standard)
"The most impressive thing of its kind the BBC has ever done" (Observer)

(First shown on BBC2)

Contributors

Author:
Francis Iles [billed as Frances Iles]
Dramatised by:
Philip Mackie
Music composed by:
Ron Grainer
Producer:
Richard Beynon
Director:
Cyril Coke
Dr Bickleigh:
Hywel Bennett
Sir Francis Lee-Bannerton:
Thorley Walters
Sir Bernard Deverell:
Michael Aldridge
Madeleine:
Cheryl Campbell
Court Usher:
Douglas Barlow
Judge:
Christopher Banks
Clerk to the Court:
Arnold Peters
Mr Gunhill:
Anthony Woodruff
Mr Hankin:
Brian Jameson
Foreman:
Derrick Fincham
William Chatford:
David Ashford
Dr Ryder:
Frank Duncan
Dr Sourby:
Peter Mann
Mr Pymm:
Noel Johnson
Maid:
Vivienne Moore
Ivy Chatford:
Belinda Carroll
Supt Allhayes:
Antony Brown
Second Foreman:
Richard Martin
Second Judge:
William Fox

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