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2006 Certificate PG
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Bafta award winning actress Geraldine McEwan stars as Miss Marple in this new feature length adaptation. Miss Marple joins Tommy and Tuppence for the first time in murder mystery history! GERALDINE McEWAN joins GRETA SCACCHI and ANTHONY ANDREWS as the married couple who share her thirst for crime-solving in a new take on .. Read more

Starring Geraldine McEwan, Anthony Andrews, Greta Scacchi, Chloe Pennington
Director Peter Medak
Genres Drama, Thriller

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Agatha Christie's Marple - By The Pricking Of My Thumbs

Bafta award winning actress Geraldine McEwan stars as Miss Marple in this new feature length adaptation. Miss Marple joins Tommy and Tuppence for the first time in murder mystery history! GERALDINE McEWAN joins GRETA SCACCHI and ANTHONY ANDREWS as the married couple who share her thirst for crime-solving in a new take on this classic Christie tale. When Tommy and Tuppence visit an elderly aunt in Sunny Ridge nursing home, Tuppence is concerned by one resident- Mrs Lancaster's (June Whitfield) -ramblings about a dead child behind the lounge fireplace. When Tuppence is introduced to one resident's friend- Miss Marple - she finds herself joining forces with her to follow the clues, which lead them to the Norfolk village of Farrell St Edmund, there they find a community guarding a number of deadly secrets...

Starring Geraldine McEwan, Anthony Andrews, Greta Scacchi, Chloe Pennington, Oliver Jordan, Clare Holman, Jun Whitfield, Claire Bloom
Director Peter Medak
Studio ITV DVD
Run time DVD: 1 hr 33 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Drama, Thriller
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 17 Jul 2006
Production year: 2006
Format DVD

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Quiet, quality drama

    One of the best episodes of the new Miss Marple series, this episode brings back Tommy and Tuppence Beresford in the shape of Greta Scacchi and the luscious Anthony Andrews.

    The episode centres around a nursing home where Tuppence has concerns about the disappearance of a friend, having heard of the death of Tommy's aunt Ada. Hard to say any more without spoiling the plot but there are the usual surprising twists and turns.

    Geraldine McEwan is super as Miss Marple and Scacchi and Andrews do a wonderful job of bringing the rarely seen Beresfords to life.

      • A customer from Surrey, UK
      • Posted 28 Feb 2007 11:59

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    far from the original story, but still cute

    in this Agatha Christie adaptation, they try to create a 'Hitchcock feel' to the story. All the characters are acting wierd, and it all feels like a taunted fairy tale.

    Though Geraldine McEwan makes an excellent Marple, she (Marple) did not appear in the original book, and her combination with Tommy and Tuppence makes the story overloaded with sleuths.

    The other changes to the original story aren't really justified and leave some holes in the mistery plot.

    Nevertheless, the acting is pretty good and the comic reliefs make it a fun Christie to watch.

      • Noam from London, UK
      • Posted 16 Aug 2006 14:34

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      • Bafta award winning actress Geraldine McEwan stars as Miss Marple in this new feature length adaptation. Miss Marple joins Tommy and Tuppence for the first time in murder mystery history! ...