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4.50 From Paddington

The spinster's friend spies a murder on a train journey, but where is the corpse? Agatha Christie whodunit with June Whitfield.

Miss Marple's friend Mrs McGillicuddy arrives for a visit to St Mary Mead claiming she's just witnessed a murder during her steam railway journey from London.

On another train running alongside her carriage, she explains how a blind flew up revealing a man slowly strangling a woman 鈥� until she slumped down.

But next day, when there are no newspaper reports of a corpse, the spinster sleuth sets about her own murder investigation...

Starring June Whitfield.

Agatha Christie's whodunit, first published in 1957.

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Miss Marple ...... June Whitfield
Mrs McGillicuddy ...... Joan Sims
Lucy Eyelesbarrow ...... Susannah Harker
Detective Inspector Craddock ...... Ian Lavender
Luther Crackenthorpe ...... John Woodnutt
Emma Crackenthorpe ...... Janet Maw
Inspector Bacon ...... Sean Baker
Dr Quimper ...... Stephen Thorne
Cedric ...... Christopher Scott
Harold ...... Keith Drinkel
Alfred ...... Mark Bonner
Bryan ...... Jim Wall
Alexander ...... Jonathan Kitchens
James ...... Rory Jennings
Mrs Kidder ...... Ann Beach
Madam Joilet ...... Joanna Monro
Martine ...... Alice Arnold
Miss Ellis ...... Amanda Gordon
Wimborne ...... Lewis Jones
Inspector Dessin ...... Steve Hodson
Sergeant Wetherall ...... Chris Pavlo
Sergeant Cornish ...... Alex Lowe

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in March 1997

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

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