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The Happy Valley

6.1/ 1019871h 28m12

CrimeDramaHistoryTV Movie

In 1940 Kenya as their country prepares for war, the local aristocratic social set lives a decadent, self-indulgent lifestyle, that leads to murder. The same events were also dramatised in the feature film White Mischief, which was released seven months after the first transmission of The Happy Valley.

Directed by Ross Devenish

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Denholm Elliott

Denholm Elliott

Sir Henry 'Jock' Delves Broughton

Holly Aird

Holly Aird

Juanita Carberry

Kathryn Pogson

Kathryn Pogson

June Carberry

Michael Byrne

Michael Byrne

John Carberry

Cathryn Harrison

Cathryn Harrison

Helen Tapsell

Amanda Hillwood

Lady Diana Delves Broughton

Peter Sands

Lord Erroll

Richard Heffer

Richard Heffer

Assistant Superintendent Poppy