Alan Bleasdale
Director
Melissa (1997)
Miniseries
Award-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.
Released May 12, 1997
Episode 55 min
None+
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Network: Channel 4
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Part 1
Whilst travelling in South Africa, war correspondent Guy Foster tragically loses his wife, but then he meets the beautiful Melissa. Soon, he becomes part of her world, PR, parties, and murder.
May 12, 1997, midnight
S1E2 - Part 2
Guy, Melissa and her friends discuss alibis for Stevie's murder, while the police delve deeper and start suspecting Guy.
May 13, 1997, midnight
S1E3 - Part 3
Out of work, Guy starts writing at home... and hitting the bottle. Paula and Graeme invite Melissa and Guy to Don's birthday, but when he refuses, she goes alone.
May 14, 1997, midnight
S1E4 - Part 4
Guy is taken in by the police, but was the murder a case of mistaken identity after we learn the victim was wearing someone else's coat?
May 19, 1997, midnight
S1E5 - Part 5
The police get through the evidence, the net closes in, and the killer is unmasked.
May 20, 1997, midnight
Network: Channel 4
Episode Runtime: 55 min.
Season Runtime: 275 min.
Released: May 12, 1997
Last Air Date: May 20, 1997, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: 15
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