Dandelion Dead

{{Short description|1994 British drama miniseries}}

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{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Dandelion Dead.jpg

| caption =

| runtime = 203 minutes (including commercials)

| director = Mike Hodges

| producer = Patrick Harbinson
Mayank Velhankar

| writer = Michael Chaplin

| executive_producer = Sarah Wilson

| cinematography = Gerry Fisher

| editor = Malcolm Cooke

| starring = Michael Kitchen
Sarah Miles
David Thewlis
Lesley Sharp
Peter Vaughan
Diana Quick

| opentheme = Barrington Pheloung

| language = English

| country = United Kingdom

| company = LWT

| network = ITV

| first_aired = {{Start date|1994|02|06|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1994|02|13|df=y}}

| num_series = 1

| num_episodes = 2

}}

Dandelion Dead is a British TV mini-series produced by LWT for ITV that aired in two parts on 6 and 13 February 1994. It tells the true story of Herbert Rowse Armstrong, a solicitor in the provincial town of Hay-on-Wye, Wales, who was convicted and hanged in May 1922 for the murder of his wife and the attempted murder of a fellow solicitor and business rival, Oswald Martin.

The series starred Michael Kitchen as Major Armstrong, Sarah Miles as Catherine Armstrong, David Thewlis as Oswald Martin and Lesley Sharp as Constance, Martin's wife. It was directed by Mike Hodges and won a BAFTA in 1995. As well as telling the main story of Major Armstrong's crimes, the series develops the courtship of Martin and his wife and shows the effects of events on Armstrong's children.