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FREE MURDER AT THE VICARAGE: BBC RADIO 4 FULL CAST DRAMATISATION PDF Agatha Christie,Full Cast,Imelda Staunton,June Whitfield,Nigel Davenport | 1 pages | 19 Apr 2011 | BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House | 9780563494225 | English | London, United Kingdom The Murder at the Vicarage (BBC Radio 4 adaptation) | Agatha Christie Wiki | Fandom Audible Premium Plus. Cancel anytime. Wealthy businessman Rex Fortescue is found dead with rye grain in his pocket. His death is followed in quick succession by a woman dying while eating bread and honey, and a maid in her garden. Inspector Neele, in charge of investigating the spate of murders, consults with Miss Marple, who has an interesting and surprising theory to offer. By: Agatha Christie. Here is a place where sedate upper class ladies, retired military gentlemen and the higher echelons of the clergy can indulge in the comforts of a bygone age. But Miss Marple begins to feel uneasy. Something sinister lurks beneath the polished veneer. Friends please accept this, the only intimation. Is it a game? And who is meant to attend? Dolly Bantry, mistress of Gossington Hall, is enjoying a pleasant doze when suddenly her dreams take a strange Murder at the Vicarage: BBC Radio 4 Full Cast Dramatisation. The housemaid Mary is telling her that there is a body in the library. Elspeth McGillicuddy is down from Scotland for a holiday and boards the train from Paddington station to visit her friend, Miss Marple. During the journey, another train pulls alongside, and through the window Mrs McGillicuddy witnesses a tall, dark man strangling a blonde woman. She reports what she has seen, yet no one takes any notice. After the death of her husband, Dolly Bantry sold Gossington Hall to the former film star Marina Gregg and her husband. When the glamorous couple decide to throw a benefit party for the local hospital, the grounds are thronged with curious visitors, and for one of them, the day ends in tragedy. As Marina is serving cocktails in the house, she is cornered by the Murder at the Vicarage: BBC Radio 4 Full Cast Dramatisation Heather Babcock, who chatters away about their former meeting about eleven years ago before spilling her daiquiri all over herself and Marina. As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier's yarn about strange coincidence. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her an astonishing photograph, the Major's attention wandered. He never did finish the story A blizzard has hit England. In the tiny village of Sittaford, on the fringes of Dartmoor, a party of six is gathered in Sittaford House, home of Captain Trevelyan. He has rented the house out for the winter and is staying in a nearby village. As evening draws in, a seance is proposed. Is it true? Recuperating from a flying accident, Jerry Burton needs to take a break somewhere peaceful. He and his sister rent a house in the little village of Lymstock, where they know no-one and hope to be able to relax. Their quiet life is shattered, Murder at the Vicarage: BBC Radio 4 Full Cast Dramatisation, by the arrival of an obscene anonymous letter accusing them of impropriety. Jerry refuses to take it seriously Murder at the Vicarage: BBC Radio 4 Full Cast Dramatisation throws it on the fire. First broadcast in the early s, the stories were adapted and brought up-to-date for a contemporary audience. Duration: 6 hours approx. June Whitfield returns as the deceptively mild spinster sleuth in three full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisations. Specially broadcast to mark the th anniversary of Agatha Christie's birth, these brand new dramas are based on three of her best short stories. Hercule Poirot, along with three other luminaries from the world of crime detection, is invited to dinner by the renowned London socialite Dr Shaitana. Also on the guest list are four members of what Shaitana calls his Black Museum - a collection of murderers who have each succeeded in 'getting away with it'. After midnight, when the guests prepare to leave, they make a terrible discovery. But Spence is not convinced by the circumstantial evidence which influenced the verdict. So, at considerable personal discomfort, Poirot goes down to the sleepy village where the old lady lived and where, by chance, his good friend Ariadne Oliver is also staying. Gwenda Reed arrives from New Zealand, travelling ahead of her husband with the task of finding the perfect place to make their base. In the quiet village of Dilmouth, she finds a house with immediate appeal. A few renovations will convert it into her ideal home. Then things get very strange indeed. Wanting porch stairs, Gwenda hires a builder to put them in - only to find some old steps, covered up by bushes. Based on the original novels by Agatha Christie, these superb adaptations feature a cast of outstanding actors playing an array of likely suspects. Gordon Cloade is killed in a London air raid, and his vast fortune passes to his young wife Rosaleen. Five of his relatives are desperate to get their hands on Cloade's money, and Rosaleen begins to fear for her life. The prospects for the Cloades improve when they discover that Rosaleen had a previous husband who perished mysteriously in Africa. Then a mysterious stranger appears in the village, saying that he has something to communicate to her, but the following morning he is found dead. Poirot has always hated visiting the dentist, but this time his check-up is painless and soon over. As he leaves Mr Morley's surgery, he observes a woman wearing patent leather shoes with large buckles. She catches one of the buckles on the taxi door and wrenches it off, and as Poirot hands it back, he is reminded of the children's rhyme 'One, two, buckle my shoe'. Back home, Poirot is astonished to receive a call from Chief Inspector Japp, informing him that Mr Morley has shot himself. In the sleepy little English country village of St Mary Mead, all is not as it seems. Under a seemingly peaceful exterior lurks intrigue, guilt, deception - and murder. Colonel Protheroe, local magistrate and overbearing landowner, is the most detested man in the village. Everyone, even the vicar, Murder at the Vicarage: BBC Radio 4 Full Cast Dramatisation he were dead. And very soon he is - shot in the head in the vicar's own study. A visiting artist confesses to the murder, but residents saw him elsewhere at the time the Colonel was shot. If he didn't do it, who did? Is he protecting the wife whom he loves? Faced with a surfeit of suspects, only the inscrutable Miss Marple can unravel the tangled web of clues. A trap set, and Miss Marple's theory is put to the test when the true killer is finally unmasked. What did you like best about this story? Sometimes I don't have enough time to sit and listen to an audiobook over a few days - but these short dramatisations are a great way to engage with Agatha Christies flawless masterpieces. When she speaks she just is Jane Marple. Its perfect! Any additional comments? Murder at the Vicarage will always be my no 1 Miss Marple story and this was just as good as the novel. I spend a lot of time traveling and these stories often keep me company and makes the drive not so long and tedious. There is a whole line of Agatha Christie books that have been dramatized and they are very well done. Not just actors reading lines. These are professionally dramatized with background noises and all. Can't wait to get the rest of them. I will listen to them over and over. I absolutely adore most of the Agatha Christie dramatizations, and every other one with June Whitfield has been perfect. This one is kind of terrible. I don't really like any of Murder at the Vicarage: BBC Radio 4 Full Cast Dramatisation voice actors, and this is one of the radio programs that suffers from a needless overload of sighs, Murder at the Vicarage: BBC Radio 4 Full Cast Dramatisation, umms, throat clearings and other noises filling up what might be a milisecond of dead air. It's okay to have a natural pause, you know, like how actual humans speak and converse? Murder at the Vicarage is a fantastic Christie novel. This production is bad. Skip it. Truly they are as much joy to listen to as to watch as to read. The cast feel believable and authentic. I cant say enough about the wonderful world of Agatha Christie and now her books on Audible and many are dramatized. The intricacies of the plot were not at all diminished by the abbreviation. The BBC narrated books and plays are always on point. With this one you'd be transported to St Mary Mead and follow Miss Marple in a world of total englishness. If a fan of Agatha Christie it's a great way to enjoy her books in a different format. I would rather sit and enjoy this book than anything written in this decade. I listen to these written words over and over, not even noticing the repetition. Love it. Awesome book with a fantastic cast reading it. Miss Marple is a sly, astute, aclectic woman of surprising means. Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? Miss Marple (radio series) - Wikipedia Cookies are used to provide, analyse and improve our services; provide chat tools; and show you relevant content on advertising.