Melissa (UK)

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The Channel4 mini series
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 0 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
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Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Award-winning war correspondent Guy Foster (Tim Dutton), distraught after the loss of his first wife, joins a cruise to Cape Town, where he meets beautiful and mysterious Melissa (Jennifer Ehle). 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 seduces him very happily into marriage.
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 then to his eternal heartbreak and horror, Guy is found bending over another bloodied corpse. A thrilling mystery detective story from the pen of the inimitable Alan Bleasdale inspired by a Francis Durbridge novel.

Special Features:
Interview with Alan Bleasdale.