He Knew He Was Right (TV serial)

He Knew He Was Right
Genre	Costume drama
Written by	Andrew Davies
Directed by	Tom Vaughan
Starring	Geoffrey Palmer Bill Nighy
Composer(s)	Debbie Wiseman
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producer(s)	Bill Boyes Rebecca Eaton Sally Haynes Laura Mackie
Producer(s)	Nigel Stafford-Clark
Cinematography	Mike Eley
Editor(s)	Chris Risdale
Production company(s)	BBC / WGBH
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	18 April (2004-04-18) – 25 April 2004 (2004-04-25)
External links
Website

He Knew He Was Right was a 2004 BBC TV adaptation of the Anthony Trollope novel He Knew He Was Right. It was directed by Tom Vaughan from a screenplay by Andrew Davies and starred Oliver Dimsdale, Laura Fraser, and Bill Nighy.

Plot summary

The series portrays the failure of a marriage caused by the unreasonable jealousy of a husband exacerbated by the stubbornness of a wilful wife.

For a full length summary see: He Knew He Was Right.

Cast

• Oliver Dimsdale — Louis Trevelyan
• Laura Fraser — Emily Trevelyan
• Anna Massey — Miss Stanbury
• Bill Nighy — Colonel Osborne
• Geoffrey Palmer — Sir Marmaduke Rowley
• Christina Cole — Nora Rowley
• Geraldine James — Lady Rowley
• Jane Lapotaire — Lady Milborough
• Raymond Coulthard — Mr. Glascock
• Maggie Ollerenshaw — Martha
• Stephen Campbell Moore — Hugh Stanbury
• Caroline Martin — Dorothy Stanbury
• Amy Marston — Priscilla Stanbury
• Joanna David — Mrs. Stanbury
• Barbara Flynn — Mrs. French
• Anna-Louise Plowman — Caroline Spalding
• David Tennant — Mr Gibson
• John Alderton — Mr Outhouse
• Fenella Woolgar — Arabella French
• Claudie Blakley — Camilla French
• Matthew Goode — Brooke Burgess
• Sinead Matthews — Mary

External links

• He Knew He Was Right BBC programme page.
• He Knew He Was Right at IMDb