When troubled war veteran Jerry Burton and his sister Joanna relocate to the quiet little village of Lymstock in order to allow Jerry to recuperate from injuries received in what he claims is a motorcycle accident, they are expecting nothing more than country sleepiness and tedium. The visions are actually flashes of memory - and she realizes she witnessed the murder of a beautiful woman named "Helen". Thanks to Miss Marple's investigations, Gwenda discovers that, instead of spending all her life in India, she had lived in the house as a child. Miss Jane Marple is asked to help Gwenda, a wealthy young woman who has bought a house on the English coast, only to experience disturbing visions. Miss Marple must unravel a complex series of relationships and false identities, all centered around Randall Goedler, a wealthy industrialist who had died 10 years earlier. She believes that the killer was likely one of the people in the room. The police assume he had placed the ad and planned it as a robbery, but for Miss Marple it's not that obvious. A group gathers and at that precise moment, the lights go out and a young hotel employee, Rudi Schertz, is shot. at Little Paddocks, the home of Letitia Blacklock. The residents of Chipping Cleghorn are astonished to read an advert in the local newspaper that a murder will take place the following Friday at 6:30 p.m. Miss Marple investigates the wealthy Crackenthorpe clan, believing a body to be hidden on their estate after a visiting friend witnesses a brutal strangling murder occurring on a passing train. Jane Marple, recuperating at home from a sprained ankle, had a bird's eye view of all the comings and goings at the vicarage around the time of the murder and she gladly assists Inspector Slack in solving the crime. Lester with whom he clearly had some previous connection. There is also the vicar and his assistant, whom Protheroe suspected of stealing church funds. His daughter Lettice bridled under his strict rule. His wife Ann was having an affair with a local artist, Lawrence Redding. So, when he is found dead in the vicarage study, there is no end of suspects. All resent his superior and demanding attitude. There is no shortage of suspects, not only family members but the handsome Raymond Starr, another of the hotel's dance professionals, and George Bartlett, the last person to see Ruby before her disappearance.Ĭolonel Lucius Protheroe is probably the least-liked individual in St Mary Mead. Miss Marple is convinced that the solution to Ruby's murder may be found at the hotel and she and Dolly book into a suite to investigate. His son-in-law Mark Gaskell, and daughter-in-law Adelaide react variously to the news. Ruby is in favour with millionaire Conway Jefferson, whose own son and daughter were killed in a wartime air raid, and he wants to adopt her. Ruby Keane, a young girl employed as a dancer at the Majestic Hotel there, has gone missing, and her cousin Josie Turner identifies the corpse as Ruby's. Then Superintendent Harper rings from the coastal town of Danemouth. Pompous Chief Constable Melchett suspects a connection with Basil Blake, an arty young man who lives locally but Blake is dismissive when Melchett visits him. Subsequent episodes were derived both from works featuring Miss Marple but also Christie novels that did not feature the character.Įpisodes Series 1 (2004-05) #Ī young woman's corpse is dumped in the library of Gossington Hall, home of Jane Marple's friend Dolly Bantry and her husband Arthur. The first six episodes were all adaptations of Miss Marple novels by Christie. She was replaced by Julia McKenzie from the fourth series onwards. The title character was played by Geraldine McEwan from the first to third series, until her retirement from the role. Agatha Christie's Marple is a British ITV television series based on the Miss Marple and other murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie.
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