Premiering in October 1989, this four-part BBC miniseries starred former Avengersstar Diana Rigg in a BAFTA award-winning portrayal of the embittered and dangerously unhinged Helena Vesey, whose obsessive love for her only son has terrifying repercussions.
Based on a novel by Domini Taylor, the story centred on Helen’s bitter hatred of her former husband Alex (David McCallum) and her overbearing smothering of their only son, Kit (James Wilby), a promising young barrister.
For years, she has denied Kit any contact with his father – but when she discovers he and his new wife Angela (Fiona Gilles) have been seeing Alex without her knowledge, revenge is anything but sweet – and starts with a murder.
Helena Vesey
Diana Rigg Kit Vesey
James Wilby Alex Vesey
David McCallum Angela Vesey
Fiona Gillies Emily
Holly Aird Harriet
Amelia Shankley Young Helena
Louisa Janes Leo
Grant Parsons George Batt
James Grout Danuta
Liliana Komorowska Ruth Vesey
Isla Blair Vicky
Elizabeth Ash Jordan Tennyson-Vesey
Cordelia Roche Laura
Claire Shepherd Rachel Turner
Natasha Byrne Lavinia
Rebecca Sabin Maureen
Anna Price
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