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The Mallens
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TV Show
First Air Date: June 10, 1979
Last Air Date: July 3, 1980
Genre: Drama
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 13
Episode Runtime: 60 min
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Cast: Caroline Blakiston, Matthew Long, Michael Thomas, Julie Shipley, Victoria Williams
Created By: Catherine Cookson
Network: 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.