Melissa
1997 • 1 SeasonAward-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.
Top Series Cast
Jennifer Ehle
as Melissa McKensie
Tim Dutton
as Guy Foster
Julie Walters
as Paula Hepburn
Adrian Dunbar
as Graeme Hepburn
Bill Paterson
as DCI Cameron
Michael Angelis
as D.I. Kilshaw
Gary Cady
as Don Page
Christopher Ryan
as Les Maurice
Hugh Quarshie
as George Bond
Andrew Schofield
as Charlton Ffoulkes
Diana Weston
as Hope Magenta
Gary Bleasdale
as Statto
David Ross
as Selwyn-Swanton
Faith Edwards
as Bonnie Foster
David Ross
as Dr Selwyn Swanton
Nigel Pegram
as South African Doctor
Neville Phillips
as South African Priest
Alice Brighton
as Physiotherapist
Joan Hooley
as Physiotherapist
Kevin Rooney
as John Paul Bird
Clarence Smith
as Stevie Charleston
John Ringham
as Norman
Laura Davenport
as Francesca Morris
Ben Miles
as Editor
Terence Harvey
as Awards Presenter
Christopher Adamson
as 1st Hood
Jamie Foreman
as 2nd Hood
Paul Henry
as Removal Man
Pat Jennings
as Himself, Party Guest
Victor Ubogo
as Himself, Party Guest
Ian St. John
as Himself, Party Guest
Lionel Blair
as Himself, Party Guest
Pat Cash
as Himself, Party Guest
Willie Thorne
as Himself, Party Guest
Morgan Deare
as American Reporter
Yuri Stepanov
as Leo the Driver
Giles Watling
as Gangster at Airport
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