Overview
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.
Directors
Richard Martin, Ronald Wilson, Brian Mills, Mary McMurray
Cast
Caroline Blakiston
Anna Brigmore
Matthew Long
Harry Bensham
Michael Thomas
Dan Bensham
Julie Shipley
Sarah Waite
Victoria Williams
Kate Bensham
Jeremy Clay
Jim Waite
June Ritchie
Constance Radlet
Juliet Stevenson
Barbara Bensham (née Mallen)
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