''The Blackheath Poisonings'' is a British
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in 3 episodes between 7 and 9 December 1992.
[Baskin p.266] It is an adaptation of the 1978
novel of the same title by
Julian Symons
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.
Cast
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Christine Kavanagh
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Kavanagh was educated in Brussels, and trained as a drama teacher at Bretton Hall College and as an actor at Bristol Old Vic Theatr ...
as Isabel Collard
*
Ian McNeice
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as George Collard
*
Zoë Wanamaker
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as Charlotte Collard
*
Judy Parfitt
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as Harriet Collard
*
Patrick Malahide
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as Robert Dangerfield
*
James Faulkner as Roger Vandervent
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Christien Anholt
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as Paul Vandervent
*
Julia St John
Julia St John is an English actress. Her television credits include ''A Touch of Frost'', ''The Brittas Empire'', ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'', '' Lovejoy'', ''Minder'', ''Harry Enfield and Chums'', ''Lewis'', and ''Victoria Wood'', appearing in ...
as Beatrice Vandervent
*
Nicholas Woodeson
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Woodeson was born in Sudan and lived in the Middle East as a boy. He started performing at prep sc ...
as Bertie Williams
*
Ronald Fraser as Doctor Porter
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George Anton
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as Doctor Hassall
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Danny Schiller
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as Morley
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Andrew Robertson
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as Landlord
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Donald Sumpter
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One of his early television appearances was the 1968 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Wheel in Space'' with Patrick Troug ...
as Inspector Titmarsh
*
Ian Bartholomew
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as Jenkins
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Dafydd Hywel
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as Sergeant Davis
*
Gabrielle Cowburn
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as Hilda
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Ralph Nossek
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as Family Solicitor
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Basil Hoskins
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Hoskins, a native of Edmonton, London, was educated at the Edmonton County School. Hoskins studied acting at RADA and joined the Nottingham Playhous ...
as Napier
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Rosalind Knight
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as Lady Reading Poetry
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Bob Goody
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Bob Goody trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (1973-1975). He was a founder member of the acclaime ...
as Thompkins
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Douglas McFerran
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* Film directed by Peter Howitt
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as Bookie's Clerk
*
Lucy Briers
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as Maid
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Kenneth Haigh
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as Sir Charles Russell
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Colin Jeavons
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Jeavons' earliest television role was as Jules Neraud in an episode of the 1956 anthology series of teleplays ''Nom-de-Plume''. Broadcast live, it is unkno ...
as Makepeace
* James Coyle as Chaplain
*
Richard Strange
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as
Oscar Wilde
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Robert Flemyng
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as Judge
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Robert Longden as Flossie
* Neville Phillips as Clerk of Court
References
Bibliography
*Baskin, Ellen . ''Serials on British Television, 1950-1994''. Scolar Press, 1996.
* Forshaw, Barry. ''British Crime Film: Subverting the Social Order''. Springer, 2012.
* Tanitch, Robert. ''Oscar Wilde on Stage and Screen''. Methuen, 1999.
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