![]() ![]() Subsequent episodes feature Shirley Henderson ( Harry Potter), Benedict Cumberbatch ( The Last Enemy), Lyndsey Marshal ( Rome), Hugo Speer ( Echo Beach), Anna Chancellor ( Suburban Shootout), Jemma Redgrave ( Bramwell), David Haig ( The 39 Steps), Russell Tovey ( Being Human), Natalie Dormer ( The Tudors), Sean Biggerstaff ( Cashback), Hannah Murray ( Skins), Richard Briers ( Monarch of the Glen), Georgia Moffett ( Doctor Who), Rafe Spall ( A Room with a View), Joan Collins ( Footballers' Wives), Brian Cox ( Kings), Nigel Terry ( Spooks), and Penelope Wilton ( Doctor Who).Īs for the mysteries themselves, they are engrossing, gripping affairs where nothing is typically as it seems. The first installment alone ("A Pocket Full of Rye") features Matthew Macfadyen ( Spooks, Little Dorrit), Rupert Graves ( V for Vendetta), Liz White ( Life on Mars), Lucy Cohu ( Torchwood: Children of Earth), Kenneth Cranham ( Valkyrie), Anna Madeley ( Brideshead Revisited), the late Wendy Richard ( EastEnders), and a slew of others. Every episode is positively overflowing with recognizable faces. The four Marple mysteries airing over the next four Sundays represent a virtual Who's Who among British television actors. ![]() Yes, the tea might always be freshly brewed here, but the body count is climbing just the same. The four installments presented here-"A Pocket Full of Rye," "Murder is Easy," "They Do It With Mirrors," and "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?"-might seem like tea cozy mysteries but the crimes they depict are anything but civil, resulting in countless poisonings, stabbings, and strangulations. McKenzie is pitch perfect as the perspicacious Jane Marple she might look like an elderly spinster but her tweed suits and constant knitting belie the keen mind of a true detective in every sense of the word. Stepping into the role for the first time is the superlative Julia McKenzie ( Cranford), who replaces Geraldine McEwan as the titular sleuth following McEwan's retirement after the third season of Marple, which airs in the UK on ITV. This weekend, PBS' Masterpiece Mystery launches the first of four fantastic new Miss Marple feature-length mysteries, based on the spinster detective character created by Agatha Christie. The sunshine might be more intense than ever this summer, but it's also the perfect time to curl up with a good mystery, or four in this case. ![]()
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