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Plot

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. At his trial, Armstrong claimed that he had bought the arsenic simply to kill the dandelions on his lawn. However he was convicted of murder and executed in 1922.

Cast

Peter Vaughan as Dr. Hinks
Peter Vaughan

as Dr. Hinks

Lesley Sharp as Constance 'Connie' Martin, nee Davies
Lesley Sharp

as Constance 'Connie' Martin, nee Davies

Diana Quick as Marion Glassford-Gale
Diana Quick

as Marion Glassford-Gale

Michael Kitchen as Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong
Michael Kitchen

as Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong

David Thewlis as Oswald Martin
David Thewlis

as Oswald Martin

Sarah Miles as Catherine Armstrong
Sarah Miles

as Catherine Armstrong

Robert Stephens as Henry Vaughan
Robert Stephens

as Henry Vaughan

Roger Lloyd Pack as Phillips
Roger Lloyd Pack

as Phillips

Network

Status

  • Ended

First Aired Date

  • October 30, 1994

Last Aired Date

  • February 27, 1994

Production Companies

  • LWT

Type

  • Miniseries

Number of Season

  • 1

Number of Episodes

  • 4

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Reviews

This mini-series won the prestigious British BAFTA award, but the reason I watched it was because Michael Kitchen and Lesley Sharp are in it, two performers I have always enjoyed watching in action. Kitchen does an excellent job with a complex character portrayal, and Ms. Sharp also excels in a supporting role that serves to give more depth to the story. The plot is based on actual events and …

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Season 1

1994|4 Episodes

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