The Happy Valley

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.

Director: Ross Devenish

Cast: Denholm Elliott, Holly Aird, Kathryn Pogson, Michael Byrne, Cathryn Harrison, Amanda Hillwood, Peter Sands, Richard Heffer

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.