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A Murder Is Announced

  • Episode aired Jan 2, 2005
  • TV-PG
  • 1h 34m
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Geraldine McEwan, Elaine Paige, and Zoë Wanamaker in A Murder Is Announced (2005)
Agatha Christie's Marple: A Murder Is Announced
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The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are summoned by a newspaper notice to the house of Letitia Blacklock, anticipating a murder game. But things become too real when someone is shot dead.The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are summoned by a newspaper notice to the house of Letitia Blacklock, anticipating a murder game. But things become too real when someone is shot dead.The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are summoned by a newspaper notice to the house of Letitia Blacklock, anticipating a murder game. But things become too real when someone is shot dead.

  • Director
    • John Strickland
  • Writers
    • Agatha Christie
    • Stewart Harcourt
  • Stars
    • Geraldine McEwan
    • Christian Coulson
    • Cherie Lunghi
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    2.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • John Strickland
    • Writers
      • Agatha Christie
      • Stewart Harcourt
    • Stars
      • Geraldine McEwan
      • Christian Coulson
      • Cherie Lunghi
    • 39User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 3 nominations total

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    Agatha Christie's Marple: A Murder Is Announced
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    Geraldine McEwan
    Geraldine McEwan
    • Miss Marple
    Christian Coulson
    Christian Coulson
    • Edmund Swettenham
    Cherie Lunghi
    Cherie Lunghi
    • Sadie Swettenham
    Robert Pugh
    Robert Pugh
    • Colonel Easterbrook
    Keeley Hawes
    Keeley Hawes
    • Phillipa Haymes
    Zoë Wanamaker
    Zoë Wanamaker
    • Letitia Blacklock
    • (as Zöe Wanamaker)
    Claire Skinner
    Claire Skinner
    • Amy Murgatroyd
    Frances Barber
    Frances Barber
    • Lizzie Hinchcliffe
    Elaine Paige
    • Dora Bunner
    Matthew Goode
    Matthew Goode
    • Patrick Simmons
    Sienna Guillory
    Sienna Guillory
    • Julia Simmons
    Catherine Tate
    Catherine Tate
    • Mitzi Kosinski
    Christian Rubeck
    Christian Rubeck
    • Rudi Schertz
    • (as Christian Pedersen)
    Alexander Armstrong
    Alexander Armstrong
    • D.I. Dermot Craddock
    Richard Dixon
    Richard Dixon
    • Rowlandson
    Nicole Lewis
    • Myrna Harris
    Gerard Horan
    Gerard Horan
    • D.S. Fletcher
    Lesley Nicol
    Lesley Nicol
    • Nurse McClelland
    • Director
      • John Strickland
    • Writers
      • Agatha Christie
      • Stewart Harcourt
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    • Trivia
      All entries contain spoilers
    • Goofs
      Miss Marple refers to a gun that is involved in the story as a Revolver. In fact the gun is a Luger pistol which is an automatic. Automatics use one or more stationary chambers, usually in the gun hand grip, to hold bullets. Revolvers use several chambers inside a cylinder, usually between the hand grip and the barrel, that rotates, to hold bullets.
    • Quotes

      Patrick Simmons: I don't think Phillipa would try and be funny. She hasn't smiled since Goebbels poisoned his children.

    • Crazy credits
      In the opening credits, Zoë Wanamaker is misspelled "Zöe Wanamaker".
    • Connections
      Featured in There's Something About Christie... Murder Made Simple (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Guilty
      (1931) (uncredited)
      Music by Richard A. Whiting and Harry Akst
      Lyrics by Gus Kahn
      Sung by Al Bowlly
      [heard while newspaper boy riding bicycle]

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    10/10

    Marvellous Wanamaker,Excellent McEwan

    A splendid edition of Announced, basically faithful in spirit and plot line to the original, and played with uncanny style and skill by Zoe Wanamaker in excellent form.The chemistry among Letiltia Blacklock and her friend Bunny(a great Elaine Page) is perfect,giving a deep insight in their friendship and in their mutually protective relationship,and offering to us a touch of poetry in the dramatic ending, when everything is solved by a formidable Geraldine McEwan .The middle age love story among Cherie Lunghi and Robert Pugh ,even if not present in the novel,is delicate and moving.And Sienna Guillory, with her dark,looming ,menacing presence is the absolute,ultimate Christie dark lady.Excellent,excellent,excellent!
    • igorlongo
    • Feb 9, 2006
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    • Release date
      • January 2, 2005 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Official site
      • PBS (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Panna Marple: Morderstwo odbedzie sie
    • Filming locations
      • Eilean Donan Castle, Kyle of Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK(Exterior)
    • Production companies
      • Granada
      • WGBH
      • Agatha Christie
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      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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