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- Review by:
- David Brown
A man is found near death sprawled out on a cliff with the words “Why didn’t they ask Evans?” on his lips. But before he can elaborate, the chap breathes his last, leaving the person who found him – would-be amateur sleuth Bobby Attfield (Sean Bigerstaff) – keen to investigate the killing.
Teaming up with socialite Frankie Derwent (Georgia Moffett), the pair find the clues lead to Castle Savage, one of those sprawling estates peopled with the usual retinue of oddballs (look out for a decent guest turn from The Shadow Line’s chief cat-botherer Rafe Spall) who specialise in such things as lethal orchids and poisonous snakes. Somewhere in all this is Miss Marple (Julia McKenzie), looking extraneous after being parachuted into a story in which she didn’t originally feature. But even though she spends much of the time snooping from her wing-back chair, she comes good in the end with some expert deductions, despite very un-Christie-like plot twists.
About this programme
3/4. As the sole witness to a dying man's last words, Bobby Attfield is determined to solve the riddle they present, and forms an unlikely alliance with socialite Frankie Derwent and visiting family friend Miss Marple to help him on his quest. A trail of clues leads them to Castle Savage, where they uncover a hotbed of stifled emotion, treachery and deceit among its strange inhabitants. Murder mystery, starring Julia McKenzie, with a supporting cast that includes Sean Biggerstaff, Samantha Bond, Richard Briers, Rafe Spall, Warren Clarke, Rik Mayall, Mark Williams, Georgia Moffett and Helen Lederer.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Miss Marple
- Julia McKenzie
- Bobby Attfield
- Sean Biggerstaff
- John Carstairs
- David Buchanan
- Florrie
- Siwan Morris
- Marjorie Attfield
- Helen Lederer
- Frankie Derwent
- Georgia Moffett
- Sylvia Savage
- Samantha Bond
- Wilson
- Richard Briers
- Tom Savage
- Freddie Fox
- Alec Nicholson
- Rik Mayall
- Dorothy Savage
- Hannah Murray
- Roger Bassington
- Rafe Spall
- Moira Nicholson
- Natalie Dormer
- Cmdr Peters
- Warren Clarke
- Claude Evans
- Mark Williams
- Young George Savage
- Basher Savage
- Young Sylvia
- Sarah Ridgeway
- Young Jack Savage
- Rupert Savage
Crew
- Director
- Nicholas Renton
- Producer
- Karen Thrussell
- Writer
- Patrick Barlow
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