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The residents of Chipping Cleghorn misinterpret a murderous invitation. Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars June Whitfield.

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...?

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

From the book first published in 1950.

Dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell.

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

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1999.

30 minutes

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Tue 23 Apr 202401:30
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