In Suspicious Circumstances Poisoned Whispers/The Man Who Melted Away (Season 4, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Drama

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In Suspicious Circumstances

Poisoned Whispers/The Man Who Melted Away (Season 4, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Drama

April 1879; Liverpool merchant James Maybrick is poisoned with arsenic. His wife Florence is found guilty but did she get a fair trial? 6 Jan 1931; Evelyn Foster drives a man to Ponteland. Hours later she is found badly burned on moorland.

Director

Richard Signy

Writers

Glenn Chandler | Frank Cottrell Boyce

Producer

Leslee Udwin

Editor

Anthony Ham

Production Designer

Tim Farmer

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Updated Jan 4, 1994

Release date

Jan 4, 1994 (United Kingdom)

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15 cast members

Name	Known for
Edward Woodward Storyteller Storyteller See fewer	The Wicker Man (1973)
David Burke James Maybrick James Maybrick See fewer	The Woman in Black (2012)
Andrina Carroll Nurse Yapp Nurse Yapp See fewer	How to Kill Monsters (2023)
Ian Cullen Joseph Foster Joseph Foster See fewer	The Paper Lads (1977)
Andrew Dunn Journalist Journalist See fewer	How to Kill Monsters (2023)
Natasha Hausdorff James Maybrick's Daughter James Maybrick's Daughter See fewer	In Suspicious Circumstances (1991)
George Irving The Man The Man See fewer	This Year Next Year (1977)
Anne Jameson Margaret Foster Margaret Foster See fewer	The Boy Friend (1971)
Annie Lambert Matilda Briggs Matilda Briggs See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Laurel Lefkow Florence Maybrick Florence Maybrick See fewer	The Diplomat (II) (2023)
Gina McKee Evelyn Foster Evelyn Foster See fewer	Notting Hill (1999)
John Middleton Edwin Maybrick. Edwin Maybrick. See fewer	Emmerdale Farm (1972)
Simon Molloy The Prison Governor The Prison Governor See fewer	Ashes to Ashes (2008)
Terence Skelton Capt. Fullarton James Capt. Fullarton James See fewer	In Suspicious Circumstances (1991)
Michael Wardle Cecil Johnstone Cecil Johnstone See fewer	Withnail & I (1987)