Melissa 27 years old

Award-winning war correspondent Guy Foster, distraught after the loss of his first wife, joins a cruise to Cape Town, where he meets beautiful and mysterious Melissa. A sophisticated blonde PR girl, Melissa is travelling with an exuberant group of media friends. Guy falls desperately in love with the exotic Melissa and she suggests they marry. But while they celebrate, dark events begin to take place. An elderly widower is ‘accidentally’ lost overboard. The bodies of a middle-aged couple are discovered in Cape Town. Then one of Melissa’s friends is brutally killed. The finger of suspicion falls on Guy – and when Melissa herself is killed, he is found bending over her bloodied corpse.

Credits

Julie Walters
Julie Walters

Paula Hepburn

Jennifer Ehle
Jennifer Ehle

Melissa McKensie

Adrian Dunbar
Adrian Dunbar

Graeme Hepburn

Ben Miles
Ben Miles

Editor

Andrew Schofield
Andrew Schofield

Charlton Ffoulkes

Michael Angelis
Michael Angelis

D.I. Kilshaw

Cast

Name Character
Julie Walters She was 47 , now 74 years old as Paula Hepburn
Jennifer Ehle She was 27 , now 54 years old as Melissa McKensie
Adrian Dunbar He was 38 , now 66 years old as Graeme Hepburn
Ben Miles He was 29 , now 57 years old as Editor
Andrew Schofield He was 38 , now 66 years old as Charlton Ffoulkes
Michael Angelis He was 45 , now 72 years old as D.I. Kilshaw
Bill Paterson He was 51 , now 79 years old as DCI Cameron
Hugh Quarshie He was 42 , now 70 years old as George Bond
Joan Hooley She was 60 , now 88 years old as Physiotherapist
Lionel Blair He was 65 , now 93 years old as Himself, Party Guest
Terence Harvey He was 52 , 72 years old when he died as Awards Presenter
Jamie Foreman He was 38 , now 66 years old as 2nd Hood
John Ringham He was 69 , 80 years old when he died as Norman
Tim Dutton He was 33 , now 60 years old as Guy Foster
Alice Brighton as Physiotherapist
Yuri Stepanov He was 29 , 42 years old when he died as Leo the Driver
Faith Edwards as Bonnie Foster
Neville Phillips He was 69 , now 97 years old as South African Priest
Christopher Adamson He was 40 , now 68 years old as 1st Hood
Nigel Pegram as South African Doctor

Crew

Name Job title
Richard Harvey Sound He was 43 , now 71 years old Original Music Composer
Francis Durbridge Writing He was 84 , 85 years old when he died Novel
Keith Thompson Production Producer
Alan Bleasdale Writing He was 51 , now 78 years old Screenplay
Bill Anderson Directing He was 59 , 60 years old when he died Director
Melissa poster
Melissa (27 years)

Ended

  • First Air Date: 1997-05-12
  • Runtime: [55] minutes
  • Number of Episodes: 5