Malice Aforethought
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Created by	Anthony Berkeley Cox (Novel), Andrew Payne (Screenplay)
Starring	Ben Miller Barbara Flynn Richard Armitage
Composer	Stephen McKeon
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producers	Charles Elton Rebecca Eaton
Producer	Keith Thompson
Running time	180 min
Production companies	Granada Television WGBH World 2000 Entertainment
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	10 April (2005-04-10) – 11 April 2005 (2005-04-11)

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 village in Devon. 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