The Mallens
The Mallens is a British television drama based on four Catherine Cookson novels, The Mallen Streak, The Mallen Girls, The Mallen Secret, and The Mallen Curse. Produced by Granada Television for ITV1, it ran for thirteen episodes from 10 June 1979 to 3 July 1980. A ruthless 19th-century Northumberland squire, Thomas Mallen of High Banks Hall, has a genetic white streak (poliosis) in his hair and fathers numerous illegitimate children, all of whom inherit the white streak and live disastrous lives.
Cast
Caroline BlakistonAnna Brigmore
ML
Matthew LongHarry Bensham
MT
Michael ThomasDan Bensham
JS
Julie ShipleySarah Waite
Victoria WilliamsKate Bensham
JC
Jeremy ClayJim Waite
JR
June RitchieConstance Radlet
Juliet StevensonBarbara Bensham (née Mallen)
Gerry SundquistMichael Radlet
JS
John SouthworthMichael Radlet Sr
