Deceit (TV serial)
Encyclopedia
Deceit is a 2000 British two-part mystery
television serial
categorized as both a drama
and a thriller. The film is based on a novel of the same name by Clare Francis
. Stuart Orme served as director and Nicolas Brown served as producer. It was remade as an American
television movie
with the same title
in 2004.
Mystery fiction
Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...
television serial
Miniseries
A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
categorized as both a drama
BBC television drama
BBC television dramas have been produced and broadcast since even before the public service company had an officially established television broadcasting network in the United Kingdom...
and a thriller. The film is based on a novel of the same name by Clare Francis
Clare Francis
Clare Mary Francis MBE is a British novelist also known for her former career as a yachtswoman.Clare Francis was born in Thames Ditton, Surrey, and spent summer holidays on the Isle of Wight, where she learnt to sail...
. Stuart Orme served as director and Nicolas Brown served as producer. It was remade as an American
Television in the United States
Television is one of the major mass media of the United States. Ninety-nine percent of American households have at least one television and the majority of households have more than one...
television movie
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
with the same title
Deceit (2004 film)
Deceit is a 2004 American television movie adapted from the 2000 British television serial of the same name. Marlo Thomas, the film's leading actress, also served as executive producer. This crime film follows Ellen McCarthy in her attempt to determine the circumstances of her rich husband's...
in 2004.