The Aphrodite Inheritance

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The Aphrodite Inheritance
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Genre Drama
Created by Michael J. Bird
Directed byTerence Williams and Viktors Ritelis
Starring
Theme music composerGeorge Kotsonis
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
Producer Andrew Osborn
Production location Cyprus
Original release
Network BBC1
Release3 January (1979-01-03) 
21 February 1979 (1979-02-21)

The Aphrodite Inheritance is a BBC television series broadcast in 1979.

Contents

The eight-part serial, written by Michael J. Bird, followed his previous successful Mediterranean-set series The Lotus Eaters and Who Pays the Ferryman? . Whereas the two previous productions had been set and filmed in Crete, the action (and location filming) in The Aphrodite Inheritance took place in Cyprus.

The series starred Peter McEnery as a man visiting Cyprus to investigate the death of his brother and subsequently being drawn into a strange conspiracy, with the narrative twists of the serial employing various supernatural and mythological motifs. Other major cast members included Alexandra Bastedo, Brian Blessed, Paul Maxwell and Stefan Gryff.

Credits

Main cast

Crew

Episodes

Episode no.TitleFirst transmission (UK)Cast notes
1"A Death in the Family"3 January 1979Barry Halliday (Barry Collier)
Andreas Moustras (Doctor)
Tom Watson (Wyndham)
Theodoulos Moreas (Priest)
2"A Lamb to Slaughter"10 January 1979Nicos Shiafkalis (Nicos)
3"Here We Come Gathering"17 January 1979Nicholas Kaminous (Detective Sergeant)
John Ioannou (Policeman)
4"A Friend in Need"24 January 1979Carmen Gómez (Maria)
Costas Demetriou (Antonis)
Nicholas Kaminous (Detective Sergeant)
John Ioannou (Policeman)
5"Come Into My Parlour"31 January 1979Carmen Gomez (Maria)
Costas Demetriou (Antonis)
Barry Halliday (Barry Collier)
Charlambos Xoufarides (Policeman)
6"Said the Spider to the Fly"7 February 1979Carmen Gomez (Maria)
Tom Watson (Wyndham)
Nikias Nicolaides (Police Sergeant)
7"The Eyes of Love"14 February 1979Georgios Zenios (Professor Stylianou)
8"To Touch a Rainbow"21 February 1979Carmen Gomez (Maria)
Georgios Zenios (Professor Stylianou)

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