He Knew He Was Right (TV serial)

British TV series or programme

He Knew He Was Right is a 2004 BBC TV adaptation^[1] of the Anthony Trollope novel He Knew He Was Right. It was directed by Tom Vaughan from a screenplay by Andrew Davies, produced by Nigel Stafford-Clark and starred Oliver Dimsdale, Laura Fraser, David Tennant, and Bill Nighy. It was originally broadcast on the BBC in four hourly episodes.^[2]

Plot summary

The series portrays the failure of a marriage caused by the unreasonable jealousy of a husband exacerbated by the stubbornness of a wilful wife.

Cast

• Oliver Dimsdale — Louis Trevelyan
• Laura Fraser — Emily Trevelyan
• Anna Massey — Miss Stanbury
• Bill Nighy — Colonel Osborne
• Geoffrey Palmer — Sir Marmaduke Rowley
• Christina Cole — Nora Rowley
• Geraldine James — Lady Rowley
• Jane Lapotaire — Lady Milborough
• Raymond Coulthard — Mr. Glascock
• Maggie Ollerenshaw — Martha
• Stephen Campbell Moore — Hugh Stanbury
• Caroline Martin — Dorothy Stanbury
• Amy Marston — Priscilla Stanbury
• Joanna David — Mrs. Stanbury
• Barbara Flynn — Mrs. French
• Anna-Louise Plowman — Caroline Spalding
• David Tennant — Mr Gibson
• John Alderton — Mr Outhouse
• Fenella Woolgar — Arabella French
• Claudie Blakley — Camilla French
• Matthew Goode — Brooke Burgess
• Ron Cook- Mr. Bozzle
• Patsy Palmer - Mrs. Bozzle
• Sinead Matthews — Mary

References

1. "BBC press pack". Retrieved 16 December 2011.
2. "He Knew He Was Right - a new Andrew Davies adaptation of an Anthony Trollope novel for BBC ONE". BBC. BBC Press Office. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

External links

• He Knew He Was Right BBC programme page.
• He Knew He Was Right at IMDb