This period crime drama (first shownin September 2009) was loosely based
on Agatha Christie's twenty-fifth novel
(known in America as Easy to Kill),
published in 1939.
published in 1939.
Adapted by Stephen Churchett (who
again starred here as the Coroner) for
season four, the mystery now included
Miss Marple (again portrayed by Julia
McKenzie). An American TV version
was produced in 1982, with original protagonist, Luke Fitzwilliam, played
by Bill Bixby.
was produced in 1982, with original protagonist, Luke Fitzwilliam, played
by Bill Bixby.
Repeated on ITV3 today, the case
featured Jemma Redgrave, and
a dozen Doctor Who cast and crew
connections:
- Hettie Macdonald was also director of Blink, The Magician's Apprentice and The Witch's Familiar
- Steve Pemberton (Wake here; Dr. Bessner in Death on the Nile, 2004) was Strackman Lux in Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead
- Shirley Henderson (Henoria here; Rose in The ABC Murders, 2018) was Ursula Blake in Love & Monsters
- Benedict [Timothy Carlton] Cumberbatch (Fitzwilliam) voiced Howard Carter for Big Finish's False Gods, and Thing 2 for Order of Simplcity (both 2008)
- Russell [George] Tovey (PC Reed here; Marshall in Evil Under the Sun, 2001) was Midshipman Alonso Frame in Voyage of the Damned and The End of Time - a role reprised for One Enchanted Evening (2017)
- Tim [Julian] Brooke-Taylor (Dr. Humbleby) voiced Mims for The Zygon Who Fell to Earth (2008)
- David Haig [Collum Ward] (Horton here; Carter in The Witness for the Prosecution) was Pangol in The Leisure Hive
- Sylvia [May Laura] Syms (Lavinia here; Mrs. Easterbrook in A Murder is Announced; Mrs. Hubbard in Murder on the Orient Express, 1993) was Mrs. Pritchard in Ghost Light
- Alex Kaye-Besley was assistant director on The Shakespeare Code too
- for writer Stephen Churchett see The Murder at the Vicarage
- for Sean Clayton (second asst. director) see The Body in the Library
- for Gavin Walters (gaffer) see A Pocket Full of Rye
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