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A young woman's corpse is dumped in the library of Gossington Hall, home of Jane Marple's friend Dolly Bantry and her husband Arthur. 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.
Miss Marple, titled Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the series, is a British television series based on the Miss Marple murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie, starring Joan Hickson in the title role. It aired from 26 December 1984 to 27 December 1992 on BBC One. All twelve original Miss Marple novels by Christie were dramatised.
The maid at Gossington Hall wakes Mrs Bantry; "There is a body in the library!" she cries. Dolly Bantry then wakes her husband, Colonel Arthur Bantry, and tells him to go downstairs. He finds the dead body of a young woman on the hearth rug in the library. She had been painted with heavy makeup, has platinum-blonde hair, and a silver-spangled ...
Starring Joan Hickson in the title role, it was the first film presented in the British television series Miss Marple and premiered in three parts from 26 to 28 December 1984 on BBC One. In the United States the film was first broadcast on 4 January 1986 as a part of PBS's Mystery!. [1]
Miss Knight: Miss Marple's carer, sent by Marple's nephew Raymond West, to help during her recuperation. Dolly Bantry: Miss Marple's friend, present at the fête at Gossington Hall. She first appeared in the novel The Body in the Library. Dr Haydock: Miss Marple's physician in St Mary Mead. He first appeared in Murder at the Vicarage.
Agatha Christie's Marple (or simply Marple) is a British ITV television programme loosely based on books and short stories by British crime novelist Agatha Christie.The title character was played by Geraldine McEwan from the first to the third series, until her retirement from the role, and by Julia McKenzie from the fourth series onwards.
[1] [2] In the BBC Miss Marple TV adaptation of Nemesis, a letter from Mr Rafiel's solicitors indicate that St Mary Mead is located in the (also fictional) county of Middleshire. The St Mary Mead of Katherine Grey is in Kent. [3] Miss Marple lives in Danemead Cottage, the last cottage in Old Pasture Lane.
Dolly wonders if the old lady could solve a ghost mystery of Arthur's. Miss Marple duly arrives at the Bantry home along with Sir Henry, an actress called Jane Helier, and Dr Lloyd. Arthur Bantry tells of a friend, George Pritchard, whose late wife was a difficult and cantankerous semi-invalid looked after by a succession of nurses.