Writer:	Stephen Churchett, Agatha Christie
Director:	Charles Palmer (III)
Star:	Geraldine McEwan (Miss Jane Marple)
Guest Star:	Emily Bruni (Helene Dufosse),  Jana Carpenter (Mrs. Ainsworth),  Stephen Churchett (Coroner),  Christina Cole (Lettice Protheroe),  Paul Hawkyard (Frank Tarrant),  Siobhan Hayes (Mary Hill),  Jenny Howe (Maid),  Julian Morris (Dennis Clement),  John Owens (Photographer),  Angela Pleasence (Mrs. Hartnell),  Ruth Sheen (Mrs. Tarrant),  Julie Cox (Young Miss Marple),  Mark Gatiss (Ronald Hawes),  Rachael Stirling (Griselda Clement),  Robert Powell (Dr. Haydock),  Derek Jacobi (Colonel Lucius Protheroe),  Stephen Tompkinson (Inspector Slack),  Jane Asher (Mrs. Lester),  Jason Flemyng (Lawrence Redding),  Herbert Lom (Augustin Dufosse),  Miriam Margolyes (Mrs. Price-Ridley),  Tim McInnerny (Reverend Leonard Clement),  Janet McTeer (Anne Protheroe),  Marc Warren (Captain Ainsworth)

Murders

Colonel Lucius Protheroe - Shot through the head (edit) Rachael Stirling (Griselda Clement) is Diana Riggs' daughter. (edit) Stephen Churchett, the writer for the episode, has a cameo as a coroner. He played a coroner again in The Moving Finger. (edit) This episode was aired from April 17th-24th 2005 in the US on PBS in two parts. (edit) This episode is based on the novel by Agatha Christie of the same name, first published in 1930. (edit)

Rev Leonard Clement: I could strangle Protheroe sometimes. May God forgive me.
Griselda Clement: I'd stab him.
Currate Ronald Hawes: I'd poison him.
Dennis Clement: I'd shoot him.
Lawrence Redding: Use my gun (edit) Currate Ronald Hawes: 'Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.'
DI Slack: Well, someone beat the Lord to it.
(edit) Colonel Protheroe: [Reading the Bible during the church service] But every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then, when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin, and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth... death. Here endeth the lesson.
(edit) Lawrence Redding: And how would you do it, Miss Marple?
Miss Jane Marple: I never speak lightly of murder, Mr. Redding. I hate to tempt fate. (edit) DI Slack: [to a constable as Miss Marple is some distance walking away] I don't know whether to buy her a box of chocs or kick away her stick.
Miss Jane Marple: [still walking away] I prefer the chocolates.
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A calendar on Miss Marple's table shows 1st August 1951 as a Tuesday. In fact, that date fell on a Wednesday. (edit) In this episode, Miss Marple can be seen reading a book called The Simple Art of Murder. Within the book, the author criticises writers including Agatha Christie for creating over-elaborate murder plots in their works of fiction. (edit)

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