Malice Aforethought EPISODE: 1

EPISODE: 1

First of a two-part drama set in the summer of 1930, starring Ben Miller as the long-suffering Dr Edmund Bickleigh, a man worn down by a 10-year marriage to an older woman with a fearsome reputation. When wife Julia refuses to grant him a divorce after he falls for the charms of the younger Madeleine Cranmere, Bickleigh hatches a devious plan to be rid of her once and for all, but discovers her lack of co-operation is not the only obstacle standing in his way. Co-starring Barbara Flynn, Megan Dodds, Lucy Brown and Joseph Beattie. Concludes tomorrow