Malice Aforethought (1979)

Malice Aforethought is a four-part 1979 BBC Two miniseries by Philip Mackie, adapted from Anthony Berkeley Cox's (pen name Francis Iles) 1931 noir novel of the same name. For ten years, Julia Bickleigh has despised and bullied her husband. For ten years Dr Bickleigh has dreamed of romance ... and escape.

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Philip Mackie

Themes1920sbased on novel or bookfilm noirminiseriesmurder plotperfect murderscotland yardunhappy marriage