A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie

A Murder is Announced - Miss Marple

When a local advertisement announces a murder, the villagers of Chipping Cleghorn expect a game. But it's no longer a game when a body is discovered. Fortunately Miss Marple is on hand!

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as the deceptively mild sleuth, Miss Jane Marple.

From the book first published in 1950 and dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell.

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1999.

CAST
Miss Marple ...... June Whitfield
Inspector Craddock ...... Ian Lavender
Sir Henry Clithering ...... Graham Crowden
Letty Blacklock ...... Sarah Lawson
Dora Bunner ...... Judy Cornwell
Patrick Simmons ...... Jamie Glover
Miss Hinchliffe ...... Elizabeth Bell
Colonel Easterbrook ...... Jack Hedley
Laura Easterbrook ...... Joanna McCallum
Rev Julian Harmon ...... Ioan Meredith
Bunch Harmon ...... Molly Gaisford
Mitzi ...... Jenny Funnell
Miss Murgatroyd ...... Alice Arnold
Julia Simmons ...... Angela Sims
Phillipa Haymes ...... Sarah Rice
Mrs Goedler ...... Tessa Worsley
Miss Hinchliffe ...... Elizabeth Bell

Episodes
1.The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Miss Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an ad in the local gazette which reads:

'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th at Little Paddocks at 6.30pm'.

As the time approaches, the crowds gather at Little Paddocks and then the lights go out. Surely it must be a hoax...?

2.The invitation to a murder was not a game.
Who wants Letty Blacklock dead? What did Mitzi overhear in the summerhouse?

3.There is little doubt that the intended murder victim was Miss Blacklock. Will a second attempt be made on her life?

4.Everyone realises that the poison was meant for Miss Blacklock, not Dora Bunner.
Suspicion falls on the members of the group.

5.A further murder has been committed, but just as Miss Marple is piecing her thoughts together - she disappears...
Conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit