The Quiche of Death

Episode aired Jun 6, 2016
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1h 30m

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A public-relations agent leaves London for a seemingly idyllic village in the Cotswolds, and soon finds herself a suspect in a murder case involving a poisoned quiche.A public-relations agent leaves London for a seemingly idyllic village in the Cotswolds, and soon finds herself a suspect in a murder case involving a poisoned quiche.A public-relations agent leaves London for a seemingly idyllic village in the Cotswolds, and soon finds herself a suspect in a murder case involving a poisoned quiche.

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932

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Director
- Geoffrey Sax
Writers
- M.C. Beaton(based on the novel "The Quiche of Death" by)
- Stewart Harcourt
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No-nonsense P.R. whizz Agatha Raisin leaves the London rat race to live in the Cotswolds village of Carsely, where local bobby Bill Wong suggests she involves herself in local activities. So she enters the quiche-baking contest at the village fete - and cheats by buying her offering at a London bakery, a secret she shares with Gemma, the cleaning lady she has filched from snooty Sheila from next door. Nonetheless the judge, philandering Andy Cummings-Browne, awards the prize to Ella Cartwright, one of several married women with whom he is cheating on his wife Jo. Next day Andy is found dead after eating Agatha's quiche. Agatha's friend Roy convinces her that, if she wants to make herself truly popular, she must find out who used her as a scapegoat in order to kill Andy and so, using her P.R. methods, she turns detective. Any of the dead man's mistresses could be the murderer, even Jo or barking mad Maria Borrow, who claims he was going to marry her. Agatha eventually exposes the murderer and proves Roy right when all of a sudden everybody is very nice to her. —don @ minifie-1

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Filmed in the village of Biddestone, Wiltshire.

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Moving On to Better Days
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Performed by Danny Shine and Boyhood

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10/10

Miss Marple on black coffee, wine and cigarettes

This is meant to be a light hearted comedy crime caper set in the Cotswolds with the city girl - Agatha Raisin - trying to give up the rat-race and retire gracefully to the country cottage of her childhood dreams.

I agree with the reviewer who likened it to Midsomer Murders - it's Midsomer Lite and would make a fantastic series to replace the new dull Midsomer series, since John Nettles left.

Murders happen - but like Midsomer they usually happen to nasty types in eccentric ways.

If you've read the books I believe you will find that Ashley Jensen is a fantastic Agatha - despite being blonde.

Some slight changes to the book characters jarred at first - but were ultimately much more interesting.

I look forward to more in the form of a series. It's a crime series that can be enjoyed without any grimness or pain.

Gently dark and gently humorous.

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