DVD

Marple. Series 4 [DVD videorecording] / a co-production of Granada and WGBH Boston in association with Agatha Christie Ltd. ; producer, Karen Thrussell ; executive producer, Michele Buck, Damien Timmer.

Palmer, Charles. (Director). MacDonald, Hettie. (Director). Wilson, Andy, 1958- (Director). Renton, Nicholas. (Director). Elyot, Kevin. (Screenwriter). Churchett, Stephen. (Screenwriter). Rutman, Paul. (Screenwriter). Barlow, Patrick. (Screenwriter). Buck, Michele. (Producer). Timmer, Damien. (Producer). Scherrer, Dominik, 1967- (Composer). Forshaw, Cinders. (Cinematographer). Fuhrer, Martin. (Cinematographer). Greenhalgh, Peter. (Cinematographer). Finney, Gavin. (Cinematographer). Tessler, Jeff. (Artistic director). Galer, Andrea, 1945- (Costume designer). McKenzie, Julia. (Actor). Arfwedson, Camilla, 1981- (Actor). Baxendale, Helen, 1969- (Actor). Beattie, Joseph, 1978- (Actor). Biggerstaff, Sean, 1983- (Actor). Bond, Samantha, 1962- (Actor). Briers, Richard. (Actor). Brooke-Taylor, Tim. (Actor). Campbell, Ken, 1941-2008 (Actor). Chancellor, Anna. (Actor). Clarke, Warren, 1947-2014 (Actor). Cohu, Lucy, 1970- (Actor). Collins, Joan, 1933- (Actor). Cowan, Elliot, 1976- (Actor). Cox, Brian, 1946- (Actor). Cranham, Kenneth, 1944- (Actor). Cumberbatch, Benedict, 1976- (Actor). Dormer, Natalie, 1982- (Actor). Fox, Freddie, 1989- (Actor). Garrigan, Liam, 1981- (Actor). Graves, Rupert, 1963- (Actor). Griffiths Malin, Emma, 1981- (Actor). Haig, David. (Actor). Henderson, Shirley, 1965- (Actor). Hughes, Sean, 1965- (Actor). Jennings, Alex. (Actor). Lance, James, 1975- (Actor). Lederer, Helen, 1954- (Actor). Little, Ralf, 1981- (Actor). Long, Jordan, 1974- (Actor). Macfadyen, Matthew, 1974- (Actor). Madeley, Anna, 1977- (Actor). Marshal, Lyndsey. (Actor). Mayall, Rik. (Actor). Miles, Ben. (Actor). Moffett, Georgia. (Actor). Morahan, Hattie, 1978- (Actor). Murray, Hannah, 1989- (Actor). Ogilvy, Ian, 1943- (Actor). Payne, Tom. (Actor). Peake, Maxine. (Actor). Pemberton, Steve, 1967- (Actor). Redgrave, Jemma. (Actor). Richard, Wendy, 1943-2009 (Actor). Sayle, Alexei. (Actor). Scales, Prunella. (Actor). Smart, Sarah, 1977- (Actor). Spall, Rafe, 1983- (Actor). Speer, Hugo. (Actor). Stilley, Margo, 1982- (Actor). Syms, Sylvia, 1934- (Actor). Terry, Nigel. (Actor). Tovey, Russell. (Actor). Pole, Edward Tudor. (Actor). Williams, Mark, 1959- (Actor). White, Liz, 1979- (Actor). Wilton, Penelope, 1946- (Actor). Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 (Author). Granada Media (Firm) (Added Author). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Added Author). Agatha Christie Ltd. (Added Author). Acorn Media (Firm) (Added Author). ITV Global Entertainment. (Added Author). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (Added Author).

Summary:

Miss Marple returns to help solve mysteries with her keen powers of observation and her quiet common-sense analysis. A pocket full of rye: Who poisoned the wealthy businessman Rex rotescue? Miss Marple barely has time to ponder this question before her former maid Gladys turns up strangled on the Fortescue estate. Murder is Easy: Murder is easy, says elederly Miss Pinkerton to Miss Marple during a chance encounter on a train. However, when Miss Pinkerton herself dies, Miss Marple believes it was no accident. The Do it with Mirrors: Miss Marple's old friend Carrie-Louise has always had a soft heart for charitable causes. This time it's juvenile criminals lodged in a reformatory on her estate. Murder and mystery follow needing Miss Marple's sleuthing skills. Why Didn't they Ask Evans? A dying man's last words turn young Bobby Attfield into an amateur detective. With the help of two assistants, socialite Frankie Derwent and Jane Marple, he sets out to solve the riddle they pose.

Record details

Physical Description: 4 videodiscs (approximately 372 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media : [2009]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the novels by Agatha Christie. Originally produced as episodes of the PBS Masterpiece Mystery! series. Special features: Disc 1. Agatha Christie biography; Julia McKenzie biography; Cast filmography; Photo gallery. Discs 2-4. Photo gallery; Cast filmographies.
Formatted Contents Note:	Volume 1. A pocket full of rye / screenplay, Kevin Elyot ; directed by Charles Palmer (93 min.) -- Volume 2. Murder is easy / screenplay, Stephen Churchett ; directed by Hettie MacDonald (93 min.) -- Volume 3. They do it with mirrors / screenplay, Paul Rutman ; directed by Andy Wilson (93 min.) -- Why didn't they ask Evans? / screenplay, Patrick Barlow ; directoed by Nicholas Renton (93 min.).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Composer, Dominik Scherrer ; director of photography, Cinders Forshaw, Martin Fuhrer, Peter Greenhalgh, Gavin Finney ; editor, Matthew Tabern, Kevin Lester ; production designer, Jeff Tessler ; costume designer, Andrea Galer.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby digital stereo.
Language Note:	In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.