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Overview
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Writers:
Agatha Christie (novel)
Alan Plater (dramatisation)
Release Date:
28 February 1985 (UK) more
Plot:
A murder is announced in the Chipping Cleghorne Gazette to take place on October 5th, 7 PM at Little Paddocks cottage... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
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User Comments:
A wonderful production. more (16 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Joan Hickson | ... | Miss Jane Marple |
| Ursula Howells | ... | Letitia Blacklock |
| Renée Asherson | ... | Dora 'Bunny' Bunner |
| Samantha Bond | ... | Julia Simmons |
| Simon Shepherd | ... | Patrick Simmons |
| Nicola King | ... | Phillipa Haymes |
| Elaine Ives-Cameron | ... | Hannah the Cook |
| Ralph Michael | ... | Colonel Archie Easterbrook |
| Sylvia Syms | ... | Mrs. Laura Easterbrook |
| Matthew Solon | ... | Edmund Swettenham |
| Mary Kerridge | ... | Mrs. Swettenham |
| Joan Sims | ... | Miss Amy Murgatroyd |
| Paola Dionisotti | ... | Miss Midge Hinchcliffe |
| Vivienne Moore | ... | Mrs. Bunch Harmon |
| David Collings | ... | The Reverend Julian Harmon |
Additional Details
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Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (UK) (series title)
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153 min | 159 min (DVD)
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Mrs. Swettenham:
People don't announce murders! Marriages yes, but not murders. Put that dreadful paper down, and have a look.
Edmund Swettenham:
[Reading the Daily Worker] It isn't a dreadful paper.
Mrs. Swettenham:
You're not even a worker!
Edmund Swettenham:
I'm writing a book!
Mrs. Swettenham:
I mean real work.
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Referenced in "Drama Connections: Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (#1.1)" (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Sing For Your Supper more
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Don't believe the negative reviews. This production is wonderful. I'm amazed that some reviewers found it too complicated and hard to understand. I found the plot to be quite clear and understandable. I consider "A Murder is Announced" and "At Bertram's Hotel" to be the best of the Joan Hickson "Miss Marple" series. "A Murder is Announced" is brimming with suspense. The sets and costumes are very accurate for the period. The script is excellent. The acting is superb. Joan Hickson is, as always, magnificent as Miss Marple. She well deserved her O.B.E. And highest praise for Ursula Howells as Miss Blacklock. A great, great actress. I remember her appearing in some episodes of "The Forsyte Saga" (1967) and in one episode of "Upstairs,Downstairs". Both minor roles, but she made them shine. Unforgettable!