Agatha Christie's Marple - Season 2 Episode 4 - The Sittaford Mystery

"Miss Jane Marple is a guest at Sittaford House, a lonely mansion on the moors, when a blizzard descends on the already isolated village of Sittaford. The owner. Clive Trevelyan, an eminent politician tapped to be the next Prime Minister, insists on spending the night at the Three Crowns Inn in Exhampton, six miles away, much to the puzzlement of his best friend Enderby.

A long evening trapped indoors as a result of the snow begins to take a sinister turn when a box of Turkish delight meant for Trevelyan is found to be poisoned and a ouija board spells out that he will be murdered that night.

The ouija board is proved correct when Trevelyan is found dead in his room with a knife in his chest and a mysterious smile on his face. Jim Pearson, Trevelyan's alcoholic nephew, is the main suspect. His feisty fiancée Emily is determined to prove his innocence and, aided by both eager journalist Charles Burnaby and Miss Marple, they set about piecing together the mysterious events of that night, which involve a secret marriage, Winston Churchill, an escaped convict and a priceless Egyptian artifact...

Star Geraldine McEwan is joined by yet another stellar cast, including former 'James Bond' Timothy Dalton, James Wilby, Laurence Fox, Rita Tushingham, Carey Mulligan Matthew Kelly, Michael Brandon, Zoe Telford, James Murray and Robert Hardy. "
---from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/mystery/sittaford/index.html

I have to watch it twice to understand the plot. It is difficult to tell the whole story within the two-hour programme. I love the costume and makeup of 50's. It's gorgeous.

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I've watched quite a number of stories:
- The Murder at the Vicarage
- Death on the Nile
- Sad Cypress
- The Body in the Library
- The Moving Finger
- The Hollow / Murder After Hours
- A Murder is Announced
- 4:50 from Paddington
- By the Pricking of My Thumbs
- Sleeping Murder

Mr Poirot's accent is interesting and Miss Marple's appearance is so funny! The background music is lovely too.
Although the series was shot from 2005, the producer created an atmosphere as if it were shot in the early 50s.
The make up of the actresses were superb. I like their hair and lip colour.
Highly recommended for British culture fans!