The Widow of Bath (TV series)

1959 British TV thriller series

The Widow of Bath

Genre| Thriller
Based on| The Widow of Bath
by Margot Bennett
Written by| Margot Bennett

Starring| Guy Rolfe
Barbara Murray
John Justin
Composer| Ron Grainer
Country of origin| United Kingdom
Original language| English
No. of series| 1
No. of episodes| 6
Production
Producer| Gerard Glaister
Production company| BBC
Original release
Network| BBC One
Release| 1 June (1959-06-01) –
6 July 1959 (1959-07-06)

The Widow of Bath is a British thriller television series which first aired on the BBC in six episodes between 1 June and 6 July 1959. Margot Bennett adapted her own 1952 novel of the same title.[1] The show starred Guy Rolfe, Barbara Murray and John Justin. Art director Roy Oxley designed the sets. It is now considered lost.

## Cast

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* Guy Rolfe as Charles Atkinson (6 episodes)
* Barbara Murray as Lucy Bath (6 episodes)
* John Justin as Hugh Everton (6 episodes)
* Peter Sallis as Cady (6 episodes)
* Walter Horsbrugh as Simmons (6 episodes)
* Jennifer Wright as Jan Deverill (6 episodes)
* Arthur Shepherd as Myopic waiter (6 episodes)
* Fay Compton as Mrs. Leonard (5 episodes)
* Andrew Cruickshank as Det. Insp. Leigh (5 episodes)
* William Sherwood as Hotel manager (5 episodes)
* George Roderick as Guido (4 episodes)
* John Forbes-Robertson as Police Constable (3 episodes)
* John Ebdon as Det. Sgt. Harkness (3 episodes)
* Lesley Nunnerley as Zoe (3 episodes)
* Fred Ferris as Bathing-hut attendant (2 episodes)
* David Davenport as English waiter (2 episodes)
* Malcolm Keen as Gregory Bath (1 episode)
* Robert Vahey as Photographer (1 episode)
* Freda Bamford as Customer (1 episode)
* Harry Littlewood as Peters (1 episode)
* Van Boolen as Castros (1 episode)
* John Kidd as Stokes (1 episode)

## References

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1. ^ Reilly p.97

## Bibliography

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* Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.

## External links

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* The Widow of Bath at IMDb

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