![]() I’ve seen a theatre production of ‘A Murder Is Announced’ with Judy Cornwell at the New Theatre in Cardiff, October 2015. This ‘Marple’ TV film with Geraldine McEwan was shown in January 2005. ![]() Can Miss Marple work out what has happened and why? One of Agatha Christie's most intriguing mysteries is dramatised with a full cast including Ian Lavender and Jamie Glover. In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, A Murder is Announced in a small-town newspaper advertisementand Miss Marple must unravel the fiendish puzzle when a crime does indeed occur. The fourth and final film Series 1 of ITV’s ‘Marple’ called ‘A Murder Is Announced’ is based on the original book published in 1950. When the lights go back on, the promised murder has been committed. ![]() Then the clock strikes the half-hour, the lights go out, and three gunshots ring in the dark. Sure enough, the evening sees a crowd of residents standing expectantly in the drawing-room. Suspecting her nephew of a practical joke, she's sure of one thing: half the village will be converging on the house expecting a glass of sherry. Is it a game? And who is meant to attend? The mistress of Little Paddocks, Letitia Blacklock, is also taken completely by surprise. Friends please accept this, the only intimation.' Nestled among the usual notices about dogs for sale and appeals for domestic help, the startling entry in the personal column of the Chipping Cleghorn Gazette has the entire village agog with curiosity. 'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29, at Little Paddocks, at 6:30pm. ![]()
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