Creators:
Kenny McBainDirected by:
Stuart OrmeScreenplay:
Simon RavenCinematography:
Dick PopeComposer:
Colin TownsCast:
Christine Kavanagh, Ian McNeice, Zoë Wanamaker, Judy Parfitt, Patrick Malahide, James Faulkner, Christien Anholt, Julia St. John, Nicholas Woodeson (more)Plots(1)
At first glance, the two toymaking families who share a spacious villa in the leafy London suburb of Blackheath appear to be the era's picture-perfect examples. But looks can be murderously deceiving.
The Collards and Vandervents are not alone in their house they are also living with wicked secrets. Thrown together for the sake of the family business, they each harbor dangerous emotions and equally dangerous habits. Led by the frosty hand of a diabolic matriarch, the extended family also includes a selfish, debauched son; a bitter spinster; an adulterous wife; and a sharp young man who suspects his father's sudden death wasn't caused by the hand of God, but by poison.
A police investigation reveals unseemly secrets and an illicit affair that leads to a shocking and riveting conclusion.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
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Ian McNeice
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Zoë Wanamaker
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Judy Parfitt
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