The Widow of Bath (TV 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

• 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

1. Reilly p.97

Bibliography

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

External links

• The Widow of Bath at IMDb