Agatha Christie's Marple

Latest Episodes

• Season 5 Episode 4: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

  Hollywood actress Marina Gregg and her film-director husband take up residence at Gossington Hall in the village of St Mary Mead. But a celebratory drinks reception to meet the couple's new neighbours turns to tragedy when an excitable fan fatally consumes a poisoned cocktail apparently meant for the new lady of the manor. As Miss Marple investigates, helped by a friend and a local inspector, Marina spits out a similarly spiked cup of coffee on the set of her new film - but dark secrets turned up by the amateur sleuth about the star's unhappy past begin to paint a different picture. Julia McKenzie stars, with Lindsay Duncan, Nigel Harman, Joanna Lumley, Martin Jarvis, Hugh Bonneville and Michele Dotrice

• Season 5 Episode 3: The Blue Geranium

  Millionaire's wife Mary Pritchard, a notoriously demanding invalid, apparently dies of shock in her locked room when the geranium in her wallpaper turns blue, fulfilling the dire warning of a mysterious fortune teller. The manner of her death creates a sensation in the tense village community of Little Ambrose, but though the woman's husband confesses to the crime, Miss Marple uncovers new evidence that could affect the court hearing's outcome and races to halt proceedings before the wrong person is convicted. Starring Julia McKenzie, with Donald Sinden, Sharon Small, Patrick Baladi, Caroline Catz, Claire Rushbrook and Toby Stephens

• Season 5 Episode 2: The Secret of Chimneys

  Lady Virginia Revel receives a marriage proposal from an ambitious politician but is reluctant to accept it, especially as she is also being courted by a dashing young suitor. Accompanied by Miss Marple, she travels to a weekend party at her family home Chimneys, hoping to come to a decision. Negotiations for the sale of the country house are taking place during the gathering, but when the new owner, Count Ludwig of Austria, is found murdered, St Mary Mead's elderly spinster must identify the culprit responsible. Whodunit, starring Julia McKenzie, with a glittering support cast including Gavin & Stacey actors Ruth Jones and Mathew Horne, plus Dervla Kirwan, Charlotte Salt, Michelle Collins, Jonas Armstrong and Edward Fox