novel (published in 1961) featured
the novelist Ariadne Oliver. From
1936 to 1972, she appeared in
seven other books, but was omitted
from both television adaptations of
The Pale Horse, shown in 1997 and
2010. Mammoth Screen also drama-
tised the mystery for BBC1 in 2020.
BBC Radio 4 treatments aired in
1993 and 2014.
ITV's first version (show on Sky Arts
last night) starred Colin Buchanan,
Michael Byrne, Andy Serkis, Ruth Madoc, Jean Marsh, Louise Jameson, Geoffrey Beevers, and these four
Doctor Who cast and crew connections:
- Hermione [Jane] Norris (Hermia here; Celestine in Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan; Evelyn in A Caribbean Mystery, 2013) was Captain Lundvik in Kill the Moon
- Leslie [Samuel] Phillips (Bradley here; Starke in By the Pricking of my Thumbs) voiced Robert Knox for Medicinal Purposes (2004) and Assassin in the Limelight (2008)
- Judy Pepperdine was costume designer on Warriors of the Deep too
- Steve Robinson was also first assistant director on The Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks
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