The Mallens

Name: The Mallens
Genre: Drama
Released: 1979-06-10
Rating: 5
Cast: Caroline Blakiston, Matthew Long, Michael Thomas, Julie Shipley, Victoria Williams

5.0First aired 1979-06-10Last aired 1980-07-03Status: Ended

Drama

Seasons: 2
Episodes: 13
Networks: ITV1

Overview

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.