Melissa (1997)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Julie Walters
Paula Hepburn
Tim Dutton
Guy Foster
Adrian Dunbar
Graeme Hepburn
Christopher Ryan
Les Maurice
Gary Cady
Don Page
Diana Weston
Hope Magenta
Hugh Quarshie
George Bond
Bill Paterson
D.C.I. Cameron / DCI Cameron
Michael Angelis
D.I. Kilshaw / DI Kilshaw
Andrew Schofield
Charlton Ffoulkes
Jennifer Ehle
Melissa McKensie
David Ross
Selwyn-Swanton
Gary Bleasdale
Statto
Faith Edwards
Bonnie Foster
Nigel Pegram
South African Doctor
Neville Phillips
South African Priest
Alice Brighton
Physiotherapist
Joan Hooley
Physiotherapist
Kevin Rooney
John Paul Bird
Pat Jennings
Himself, Party Guest
Victor Ubogo
Himself, Party Guest
John Ringham
Norman
Laura Davenport
Francesca Morris
Yuri Stepanov
Leo the Driver
Ben Miles
Editor
Terence Harvey
Awards Presenter
Clarence Smith
Stevie Charleston
Christopher Adamson
1st Hood
Jamie Foreman
2nd Hood
Paul Henry
Removal Man
Ian St. John
Himself, Party Guest
Lionel Blair
Himself, Party Guest
Pat Cash
Himself, Party Guest
Willie Thorne
Himself, Party Guest
Morgan Deare
American Reporter
Alan Bleasdale
Screenplay / Executive Producer
Francis Durbridge
Novel
Keith Thompson
Producer
Richard Harvey
Original Music Composer
Bill Anderson
Director
Details.
Wiki.
Melissa is a five-part British television crime drama series, written and produced by screenwriter Alan Bleasdale, that broadcast across five nights from 12 to 20 May 1997 on Channel 4. Based upon the 1964 play by playwright Francis Durbridge, the series stars Tim Dutton, Julie Walters and Adrian Dunbar in the principal roles, and is the fourth adaptation of the play for television, following the 1964 original, an Italian adaptation in 1966, and a BBC adaptation in 1974 starring Peter Barkworth and Joan Benham.Notably, the first three episodes are based entirely upon a single line of dialogue featured in the original play, and have been described as somewhat of a "prequel" to the original. The complete series was released via 4DVD on 12 June 2006, available as an individual title or in a box set with two of Bleasdale's other Channel 4 productions, G.B.H and Jake's Progress.