Endless Night 

Miss Marple investigates the downfall of an optimistic young couple who ignored the warnings of a gypsy and built a dream home on allegedly cursed land.

Director:

David Moore

Writers:

Kevin Elyot (screenplay), Agatha Christie (novel)

Stars:

Julia McKenzie, Tom Hughes, Aneurin Barnard

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Julia McKenzie	...	Miss Marple
Tom Hughes	...	Mike Rogers
Aneurin Barnard	...	Robbie Hayman
Adam Wadsworth	...	Pete Hayman
Joanna Vanderham	...	Ellie
Wendy Craig	...	Marjorie Phillpot
Janet Henfrey	...	Mrs. Lee
Tamzin Outhwaite	...	Mrs. Rogers
William Hope	...	Lippincott
Glynis Barber	...	Cora Van Stuyvesant
Michael McKell	...	Frank Stanford
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen	...	Greta Anderson
Hugh Dennis	...	Dr. Shaw
Rosalind Halstead	...	Claudia Hardcastle
Celyn Jones	...	Sergeant Keene

Storyline

While consoling her recently widowed friend Marjorie, Miss Marple crosses paths with the handsome Mike Rogers, a young worker with a penchant for daydreaming about his future, more specifically about the perfect house he would live in, built on the eerily beautiful Gypsy's Acre. When Mike meets and marries the ethereal American heiress Ellie Goodman, his luck changes, and with the help of his old friend and rising architect Robbie Hayman, Mike's dream house is finally built, despite the repeated warnings from Esther Lee, a local gypsy, that Gypsy's Acre is cursed ground. Miss Marple, however, senses that danger really is near at hand, especially when frightening incidents plague Mike and Ellie, culminating in an injury that leads to the arrival of Ellie's mysterious Swedish friend, Greta. But when Ellie herself meets a tragic end, Miss Marple and Mike are faced with a chilling reality: that, perhaps, supernatural nightmares truly can exist, and that - as William Blake once wrote - ...

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Plot Keywords:

gypsy | horse | dream house | architect | rich wife | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The character of architect Robbie Hayman was based on the source novel's character Rudolf Santonix.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Pete Hayman: Mike, it's rubbish! Come look at this!
Pete Hayman: Hey, Mike.
Mike Rogers: What?
Pete Hayman: I'll race you.

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Crazy Credits

Watch the credits and you'll see some seemingly random red letters appear in the names of the crew. These letters spell out "Auguries of Innocence," a poem written by William Blake. Lines of this poem are spoken by Mrs. Lee and Miss Marple: "Every Night & every Morn Some to Misery are Born Every Morn and every Night Some are Born to sweet delight Some are Born to sweet delight Some are Born to Endless Night "

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Connections

Version of Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie: La nuit qui ne finit pas (2021)

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Soundtracks

Half As Much
Written by Curly Williams
(uncredited)

User Reviews

A beguiling book, why add Miss Marple?

It's a really good slow burner of a book but this doesn't capture much of the atmosphere or of that. Miss Marple is crow-barred in, completely unnecessary & very forced. The character of Robbie doesn't make sense, the original would have been much better. I can see why they did this from the point of brevity but it's just strange. This would make a great movie but this isn't a Miss Marple & shouldn't have been.

Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 September 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Marple: Endless Night

Filming Locations:

Sidmouth, Devon, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

ITV Studios, Masterpiece, Agatha Christie

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color