Another Life

The story

A woman is wrongly accused of murdering her husband in Edwardian London. Just before the outbreak of World War I, Edith Graydon married her boyfriend Percy Thomson. He survives the war but theirs is not a happy marriage. She doesn't really love him and he feels it every day. He's also possessive and their daily life is a constant battle. She meets and falls in love with Frederick Bywaters, her sister's one-time boyfriend. They have a long affair and her desperate attempts to get either a formal separation of divorce from her husband falls on deaf ears. They are at their wits end and Bywaters decides to do something about it. On a dark evening when Edith is walking with her husband, Bywaters stabs him to death. Edith is charged with murder along with Bywaters and both are found guilty. She claims her innocence right up until the day they are both executed by hanging in 1923. Based on a true story.

Cast & crew

Natasha LittleEdith Jessie Thompson

Nick MoranPercy Thompson

Ioan GruffuddFrederick Edward Francis Bywaters

Imelda StauntonEthel Graydon

Tom WilkinsonMr. Carlton

Rachael StirlingAvis Graydon

Diana CouplandMrs. Lester

Michael BertenshawWilliam Graydon

Daniel BrocklebankNewnie

Elizabeth McKechnieMrs. Thompson

Judy Clifton

Judy CliftonNora Lester

Simon Paris

Simon ParisSgt. Mew