Plot
This is a dramatisation of the true story of Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong, a solicitor and magistrate's clerk who lived in the small Welsh town of Hay-on-Wye. In 1921 he was arrested and charged with poisoning his domineering wife, Catherine, and later attempting to poison a business rival, Oswald Martin, by administering arsenic to them. At his trial, Armstrong claimed that he had bought the arsenic simply to kill the dandelions on his lawn. However he was convicted of murder and executed in 1922.
Cast
as Dr. Hinks
as Constance 'Connie' Martin, nee Davies
as Marion Glassford-Gale
as Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong
as Oswald Martin
as Catherine Armstrong
as Henry Vaughan
as Phillips
Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
October 30, 1994
Last Aired Date
February 27, 1994
Production Companies
LWT
Type
Miniseries
Number of Season
1
Number of Episodes
4
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Reviews
This mini-series won the prestigious British BAFTA award, but the reason I watched it was because Michael Kitchen and Lesley Sharp are in it, two performers I have always enjoyed watching in action. Kitchen does an excellent job with a complex character portrayal, and Ms. Sharp also excels in a supporting role that serves to give more depth to the story. The plot is based on actual events and …