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Malice Aforethought

2005 · 1 season, 2 episodes · 69m episodes · Crime, Drama · ITV1 · United Kingdom

Falling in love with this Doctor could be bad for your health.

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.

Based on the novel by
Anthony Berkeley Cox
Starring
Ronnie Masterson, Phyllis Ryan, Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Barbara Flynn, Ben Miller, Megan Dodds
6.8Smart score

The TMDB rating, pulled toward the TV average (7.08) as if it had 85 extra average votes. Few votes means more pull.

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1920sbased on novel or bookmurder plotpoisonunhappy marriagewife murder

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