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.

Hywel Bennettas Dr Edmund Bickleigh
Cheryl Campbellas Madeleine Cranmere
David Ashfordas William Chatford
Christopher Guardas Denny Bourne
Harold Innocentas Reverend Hessary Torr
Susan Porrettas Florence
Ron Grainer