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Dandelion Dead( 1994)

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Overview

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.

    Series Cast

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      Peter Vaughan

      Dr. Hinks

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      Bernard Hepton

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      Don Henderson

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      Lesley Sharp

      Constance 'Connie' Martin, nee Davies

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      Diana Quick

      Marion Glassford-Gale

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      Michael Kitchen

      Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong

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      David Thewlis

      Oswald Martin

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      Sarah Miles

      Catherine Armstrong

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      Robert Stephens

      Henry Vaughan

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      Roger Lloyd Pack

      Phillips

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      Patrick Godfrey

      Griffiths

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      Paul Brooke

      Arthur

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      Amanda Walker

      Bessie

    Current Season

    Season 1

    1994 | 4 Episodes

    Season 1 of Dandelion Dead premiered on Feb 06 1994

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    A review by Peter McGinn

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    Written by Peter McGinn on Tue Dec 13 2022
    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 after reading about it, I feel they stuck pretty close to what happened, throwing in some extra details to make it more interesting, such as the Lesley Sharp character’s subplot mentioned above. One of ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Ended

    Status

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    Type

    Miniseries

    Original Language

    English

    Keywords

    • poison
    • miniseries
    • 1920s