The Aphrodite Inheritance (1970)

UK, 3 January 1979-21 February 1979
1 series, 8 episodes, average 50m
videotape, 16mm film, colour, 4:3
mono, English

A British fantasy television series written by Michael J. Bird. It was first broadcast on BBC 1.

Premise

A man visits Cyprus to find out how his brother died and is drawn into a strange supernatural conspiracy.

Credits

Crew
BBC in association with Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation
Produced by: Andrew Osborn
Written by: Michael J. Bird
Music by: George Kotsonis

Cast
Peter McEnery (David Collier)
Alexandra Bastedo (Helene)
Stefan Gryff (Charalambos)
Paul Maxwell (Hellman)
Tony Doyle (Martin Preece)
Ray Jewers (Olsen)
Karl Held (Travis)

Episodes

A Death in the Family (3 January 1979)
Directed by: Terence Williams
Guest Cast: Godfrey James (Inspector Dimas); William Wilde (Eric Morrison); Barry Halliday; Andreas Moustras; Tom Watson; Theodoulos Moreas

A Lamb to Slaughter (10 January 1979)
Directed by: Terence Williams
Guest Cast: Brian Blessed (Basileos); Godfrey James (Inspector Dimas); William Wilde (Eric Morrison); Nicos Shiafkalis

Here We Come Gathering… (17 January 1979)
Directed by: Terence Williams
Guest Cast: Brian Blessed (Basileos); Godfrey James (Inspector Dimas); William Wilde (Eric Morrison); Nicholas Kaminos; John Ioannou

A Friend in Need (24 January 1979)
Directed by: Terence Williams
Guest Cast: Brian Blessed (Basileos); Godfrey James (Inspector Dimas); William Wilde (Eric Morrison); Carmen Gomez (Maria); John Ioannou; Nicholas Kaminos; Costas Demetriou

Come Into My Parlour… (31 January 1979)
Directed by: Terence Williams
Guest Cast: Brian Blessed (Basileos); William Wilde (Eric Morrison); Carmen Gomez (Maria); Costas Demetriou; Charalambos Xoufarides; Barry Halliday

…Said The Spider to the Fly (7 February 1979)
Directed by: Terence Williams
Guest Cast: Brian Blessed (Basileos); Godfrey James (Inspector Dimas); William Wilde (Eric Morrison); Carmen Gomez (Maria); Tom Watson; Niklas Nicolaides

The Eyes of Love (14 February 1979)
Directed by: Viktors Ritelis
Guest Cast: Brian Blessed (Basileos); Godfrey James (Inspector Dimas); Georgios Zenios

To Touch a Rainbow (21 February 1979)
Directed by: Viktors Ritelis
Guest Cast: Brian Blessed (Basileos); Godfrey James (Inspector Dimas); Carmen Gomez (Maria); Georgios Zenios