Dandelion Dead (TV Miniseries) (1994)

Name: Dandelion Dead (TV Miniseries)
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, 1920s, Based on real facts, TV miniseries
Released: 1994
Duration: T240 .M
Cast: Michael Kitchen, Sarah Miles, David Thewlis

Dandelion Dead

Running time: 240 min. | Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, 1920s, Based on real facts, TV miniseries

Synopsis

This is a dramatisation of the true story of Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong, a solicitor and magistrate's clerk who lived in the small Welsh town of Hay-on-Wye. In 1921 he was arrested and charged with poisoning his domineering wife, Catherine, and later attempting to poison a business rival, Oswald Martin, by administering arsenic to them.

Cast

Michael Kitchen

( Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong 4 episodes, 1994)

Sarah Miles

( Catherine Armstrong 4 episodes, 1994)

David Thewlis

( Oswald Martin 4 episodes, 1994)

Lesley Sharp

( Constance 'Connie' Martin, née Davies 4 episodes, 1994)

Peter Vaughan

( Dr. Hinks 4 episodes, 1994)

Diana Quick

( Marion Glassford-Gale 4 episodes, 1994)

Bernard Hepton

( Mr. Davies 4 episodes, 1994)

Don Henderson

( Chief Inspector Crutchett 4 episodes, 1994)

Robert Stephens

( Henry Vaughan 4 episodes, 1994)

Chloe Tucker

( Eleanor Armstrong 4 episodes, 1994)

Alexandra Milman

( Margaret Armstrong 4 episodes, 1994)

Joseph Steel

( Pearson Armstrong 4 episodes, 1994)

Lucy Jenkins

( Inez 4 episodes, 1994)

Roger Lloyd-Pack

Patrick Godfrey

( Griffiths 4 episodes, 1994)

Nominations & Awards

BAFTA

Best Production Design - TV WINNER

Details

Original title

Dandelion Dead

Director

Mike Hodges

Producer

London Weekend Television (LWT)

Running time

240 min.

Screenwriter

Michael Chaplin

Music

Barrington Pheloung

Cinematography

Gerry Fisher

Year

1994

Country

United Kingdom

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