Originally shown on ITV in theautumn of 1982, this period
drama from Thames TV com-
prised ten, stand-alone plays
based on the Queen of Crime's
short stories.
The sixth mystery was adapted
from the Problem at Pollensa Bay volume (published post-
humously in 1991), the next two derived from The Witness
for the Prosecution and Other
Stories (1948), and the final
two were taken from The Listerdale Mystery (1934). A repeat run of
the series concluded on Sky Arts today - it featured a total of twenty-four Doctor Who cast connections:
- [Michael Thomas] Jeremy Clyde (Darrell here; Hastings for The Murder on the Links, 1989; Easterbrook for The Pale Horse, 1993) voiced George for Absent Friends (2016), Lord Braye for Planet of the Drashigs (2019), and Tony Clare for Stranded (2020-22)
- Jack [Wynne] May (Jaggers here; Ellwood in The Sittaford Mystery, 1990) was General Nicolai Hermack in The Space Pirates
- Graham Seed (Willerby here; Hawes in Murder at the Vicarage, 1982) voiced Bevan for The Forgotten Village (2014), Pyrepoint for The Romance of Crime (2015), and Squire/Gramoryan/Taverner for Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated (2019)
- Keith Marsh (Inspector) was Conway in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD
- Derek Francis (George) was Nero in The Romans
- Hugh [Thornton] Walters (Dodds here; Prescott in The Body in the Library, 1984) was William Shakespeare in (episode 1 of) The Chase, Commentator Runcible (pictured) in The Deadly Assassin, [Justin] Vogel in Revelation of the Daleks, then voiced Roderick Allingham for The Fearmonger (2000)
- Ivor Roberts (Hubble here; Vicar in Murder is Easy, 1982) was Mogran in Genesis of the Daleks (3)
- Philip Bird (Marchaud) made his TV debut as a Swampie in The Power of Kroll, then voiced Shepton Rothwell for Big Dig (2013)
- Tara Ward (Portia) was Preston in Warriors of the Deep
- Joanna David [born Hacking] (Claire here; Emma in 4.50 from Paddington, 1987; Miss Lawson for Dumb Witness, 2006; Grace in Greenshaw's Folly, 2013) voiced Mrs. Audley for AudioGo's The Broken Crown
- David Rolfe (Charlson) was Exxilon in Death to the Daleks, Guard in The Monster of Peladon (1) and The Masque of Mandragora (1), and Crewman in Planet of Evil
- Bob Keegan (DI Verrall) was Sholakh in The Ribos Operation
- Andrew McCulloch (PC Cawley) co-wrote Meglos
- [Patricia] Stephanie Cole (Anna here; Miss Casewell in The Mousetrap, 1968; Mildred in Spider's Web, 1979; Mrs. Lacey in The Theft of the Royal Ruby; Ariadne Oliver for Hallowe'en Party, The Pale Horse & Cards on the Table) voiced Lady Marianna for The Abandoned (2014), and the eponymous car for Bessie Come Home (2021)
- Richard Tate (Manfred) was Wilder in The Halloween Apocalypse
- Geoffrey Hinsliff (Kranin) was Jack Tyler in Image of the Fendahl, and Fisk in Nightmare of Eden
- George [Edward] Waring (Sergeant here; Coroner in One, Two, Buckle My Shoe) was Arden in The Ice Warriors
- Roy Macready (Bissell) was Cordo in The Sun Makers
- Tex Fuller [born Albert Charles Baseley] (Chauffeur) was an Exxilon in Death to the Daleks (3)
- Julian [Neil Rohan] Wadham (Champneys here; Carrington in The Plymouth Express; Halliday in Sleeping Murder, 2006) voiced Augustus Scullop for The Fourth Wall (2012), Joseph Holman for The Darkness of Glass (2015) and The Crowmarsh Experiment (2018), and Judge Perigold Trent for The Doomsday Contract (2021)
- Nicholas Farrell [born Frost] (Robinson here; Fraser in The ABC Murders, 1992; Knighton in The Mystery of the Blue Train; Metcalf in The Mousetrap, 2012) was Brian Green PM in Torchwood: Children of Earth, then voiced Gammades for Time Reef, Phil for A Perfect World (both 2008), Captain Frank for Last of the Cybermen (2015), and Browman for Strange Chemistry (2023)
- Cherie [Mary] Lunghi (Noreen here; Sadie in A Murder is Announced, 2005) voiced Lady Adela Forster for The Emerald Tiger (2012)
- Patrick [David] Newell (Major here; Cracknell in The Alphabet Murders) was Colonel Faraday in The Android Invasion (4)
- [James Arnold] Rio Fanning (Barman) was Harker in Horror of Fang Rock
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