TV series · 1979
The Mallens
First aired 10 June 1979 Drama TMDB ↗
The Mallens is a British television drama based on four Catherine Cookson novels, The Mallen Streak, The Mallen Girls, The Mallen Secret, and The Mallen Curse. Produced by Granada Television for ITV1, it ran for thirteen episodes from 10 June 1979 to 3 July 1980. A ruthless 19th-century Northumberland squire, Thomas Mallen of High Banks Hall, has a genetic white streak (poliosis) in his hair and fathers numerous illegitimate children, all of whom inherit the white streak and live disastrous lives.
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June Ritchie
as Constance Radlet
Mary Healey
as Mary Peel
Michael Thomas
as Dan Bensham
Pippa Guard
as Barbara Farrington
Julia Chambers
as Constance Radlet (née Farrington)
Gerry Sundquist
as Michael Radlet
Juliet Stevenson
as Barbara Bensham (née Mallen)
Victoria Williams
as Kate Bensham
Gillian Lewis
as Jane Radlet
Matthew Long
as Harry Bensham
Ian Saynor
as Matthew Radlet
Julie Shipley
as Sarah Waite
Jeremy Clay
as Jim Waite
