BBC Shop
Entertaining. Informing. Inspiring.
FREE Shipping on orders over $100!
Browse:
Miss Marple Collector's Set
Starring: Joan Hickson , Gwen Watford
Directed by: Silvio Narizzano , David Giles
Produced by: Guy Slater
Written by: Agatha Christie , T.R. Bowen
Match wits with Agatha Christie's beloved sleuth in three of her most popular brainteasers, brought chilling to life in these superb productions.
Item Number: 11248
- Format:
- DVD Fullscreen
- Region:
- 1 - More Details
- Run time:
- About 7 Hours
- Number of Discs:
- 3
- Special Features:
Crime Does Pay - the historic meeting of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot
Cast Biographies
Match wits with Agatha Christie's beloved sleuth in three of her most popular brainteasers, brought chilling to life in these superb productions. Includes: The Body in the Library (the Series Premiere), A Murder is Announced and A Pocketful of Rye.
The Body in the Library
A beautiful spring morning is marred when the corpse of a platinum blonde is discovered in the library of Gossington Hall, home of Colonel and Mrs. Bantry. Fortunately, the Bantrys have a good friend in Miss Marple.
A Murder Is Announced
When an intriguing ad in the Chipping Cleghorn paper invites everyone to witness a murder one evening at the home of the venerable Miss Blacklock, the villagers turn out in force expecting some new kind of party game. At the appointed hour the lights go out, three shots are heard, and a body slumps to the floor. It is no longer a game.
A Pocketful of Rye
The body of Rex Fortescue, the strongly disliked patriarch of family of financiers, is discovered with a handful of rye in his pocket. Soon afterward, his young wife, Adele, dies following a light tea with bread and honey. As the clues grow more and more bizarre, only the murderer and Miss Marple seem able to recall their nursery rhymes.
The Body in the Library
| Miss Jane Marple | --- | Joan Hickson |
| Mrs. Dolly Bantry | --- | Gwen Watford |
| Lorrimer | --- | Valentine Dyall |
| Mary | --- | Karin Foley |
| Sir Henry Clithering | --- | Raymond Francis |
| Chief Const. Colonol Melchett | --- | Frederick Jaeger |
| Detective Inspector Slack | --- | David Horovitch |
| Detective Constable Lake | --- | Ian Brimble |
| WPC | --- | Sarah Whitlock |
| Basil Blake | --- | Anthony Smee |
| Dinah Lee | --- | Debbie Arnold |
| Police Constable Bill Palk | --- | John Bardon |
| Mrs. Palk | --- | Anne Rutter |
| Malcolm | --- | Colin Higgins |
| Conway Jefferson | --- | Andrew Cruickshank |
| Edwards | --- | John Moffatt |
| Adelaide Jefferson | --- | Ciaran Madden |
| Peter Carmody | --- | Andrew Downer |
| Mark Gaskell | --- | Keith Drinkell |
| Mr. Prescott | --- | Hugh Walters |
| Raymond Starr | --- | Jess Conrad |
| Josephine Turner | --- | Trudie Styler |
| Ruby Keene | --- | Sally Jane Jackson |
| Bridget | --- | Kathleen Breck |
| George Bartlett | --- | Arthur Bostrom |
| Mr. Brogan | --- | Sydney Livingstione |
Written by Agatha Christie
Screenplay by T.R. Bowen
Directed by Silvio Narizzano
Produced by Guy Slater, George Gallacio
Original Music by Alan Blaikley, Ken Howard
Cinematography by John Walker
Film Editing by Bernard Ashby
A Murder is Announced
| Miss Jane Marple | --- | Joan Hickson |
| Letitia Blacklock | --- | Ursula Howells |
| Dora Bunner | --- | Renee Asherson |
| Julia Simmons | --- | Samantha Bond |
| Patrick Simmons | --- | Simon Shepherd |
| Phillipa Haymes | --- | Nicola King |
| Hannah | --- | Elaine Ives-Cameron |
| Colonel Easterbrook | --- | Sylvia Syms |
| Edmund Swettenham | --- | Matthew Solon |
| Mrs. Swettenham | --- | Mary Kerridge |
| Miss Murgatroyd | --- | Joan Sims |
| Miss Hinchcliffe | --- | Paola Dionisotti |
| Mrs. Bunch Harmon | --- | Vivienne Moore |
| The Reverend Harmon | --- | David Collings |
| Mr. Rowlanson | --- | David Pinner |
| Rudi Scherz | --- | Tim Carrington |
| Myrna Harris | --- | Liz Crowther |
Written by Agatha Christie
Screenplay by Alan Plater
Directed by David Giles
Produced by Guy Slater
Original Music by Alan Blaikley, Ken Howard
Cinematography by Peter Hall
Film Editing by Jerry Leon
A Pocketful of Rye
| Miss Jane Marple | --- | Joan Hickson |
| Rex Fortescue | --- | Timothy West |
| Miss Henderson | --- | Fabia Drake |
| Percival Fortescue | --- | Clive Merrison |
| Jennifer Fortescue | --- | Rachel Bell |
| Lance Fortescue | --- | Peter Davison |
| Patricia Fortescue | --- | Frances Low |
| Adele Fortescue | --- | Stacy Dorning |
| Vivian Dubois | --- | Martyn Stanbridge |
| Detective Inspector Neele | --- | Tom Wilkinson |
| Detective Sergeant Hay | --- | Jon Glover |
| Mary Dove | --- | Selina Cadell |
| Gladys Martin | --- | Annette Badland |
| Mrs. Crump | --- | Merelina Kendall |
| Mr. Crump | --- | Frank Mills |
Written by Agatha Christie
Screenplay by T.R. Bowen
Directed by Guy Slater
Produced by George Gallacio
Original Music by Alan Blaikley, Ken Howard
Cinematography by John Walker
Film Editing by Graham Walker
