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"Love In Her Heart, Murder On Her Mind"

A woman is wrongly accused of murdering her husband in Edwardian London. Just before the outbreak of World War I, Edith Graydon married her boyfriend Percy Thomson. He survives the war but theirs is not a happy marriage. She doesn't really love him and he feels it every day. He's also possessive and their daily life is a constant battle. She meets and falls in love with Frederick Bywaters, her sister's one-time boyfriend. They have a long affair and her desperate attempts to get either a formal separation of divorce from her husband falls on deaf ears. They are at their wits end and Bywaters decides to do something about it. On a dark evening when Edith is walking with her husband, Bywaters stabs him to death. Edith is charged with murder along with Bywaters and both are found guilty. She claims her innocence right up until the day they are both executed by hanging in 1923. Based on a true story.

Top Cast

  • Natasha Little

    Natasha Little

    Edith Jessie Thompson

  • Nick Moran

    Nick Moran

    Percy Thompson

  • Ioan Gruffudd

    Ioan Gruffudd

    Frederick Edward Francis Bywaters

  • Imelda Staunton

    Imelda Staunton

    Ethel Graydon

  • Tom Wilkinson

    Tom Wilkinson

    Mr. Carlton

  • Rachael Stirling

    Rachael Stirling

    Avis Graydon

  • Diana Coupland

    Diana Coupland

    Mrs. Lester

  • Michael Bertenshaw

    Michael Bertenshaw

    William Graydon

  • Daniel Brocklebank

    Daniel Brocklebank

    Newnie

Overview

A woman is wrongly accused of murdering her husband in Edwardian London. Just before the outbreak of World War I, Edith Graydon married her boyfriend Percy Thomson. He survives the war but theirs is not a happy marriage. She doesn't really love him and he feels it every day. He's also possessive and their daily life is a constant battle. She meets and falls in love with Frederick Bywaters, her sister's one-time boyfriend. They have a long affair and her desperate attempts to get either a formal separation of divorce from her husband falls on deaf ears. They are at their wits end and Bywaters decides to do something about it. On a dark evening when Edith is walking with her husband, Bywaters stabs him to death. Edith is charged with murder along with Bywaters and both are found guilty. She claims her innocence right up until the day they are both executed by hanging in 1923. Based on a true story.

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