He Knew He Was Right is 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, produced by Nigel Stafford-Clark and starred Oliver Dimsdale, Laura Fraser, David Tennant, and Bill Nighy. It was originally broadcast on the BBC in four hourly episodes.

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.

He Knew He Was Right (TV serial)

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

Ron Cook- Mr. Bozzle

Patsy Palmer - Mrs. Bozzle

Sinead Matthews — Mary

References

External links

He Knew He Was Right BBC programme page.

He Knew He Was Right (TV serial)

2004 British television series debuts

Television shows written by Andrew Davies

2004 British television series endings

2000s British drama television series

He Knew He Was Right (TV serial)