Marple's Casebook: Classic Drama from the BBC Radio Archives

<p>June Whitfield stars as Miss Marple in eight thrilling full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatizations. In <i>A Pocket Full of Rye</i>, a spate of unusual deaths is linked to the nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence." In <i>4.50 from Paddington</i>, after witnessing a murder on a train, Mrs McGillicuddy calls on Miss Marple. In <i>At Bertram’s Hotel</i>, crime lurks beneath the surface of a respectable Mayfair hotel. In <i>The Body in the Library</i>, a mysterious blonde is found murdered in Dolly Bantry’s library. In <i>The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side</i>, at a benefit held at Gossington Hall, harmless Mrs. Badcock is fatally poisoned. In <i>A Caribbean Mystery</i>, bored in paradise, Miss Marple finds her interest aroused by an old soldier’s tale. In <i>Murder at the Vicarage</i>, everyone in St Mary Mead detested Colonel Protheroe—but who killed him? Finally, in <i>A Murder is Announced</i>, a startling entry in a local paper’s personal column leads to a deadly shooting. These BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatizations feature eight of Miss Marple’s most complex and intriguing cases. Based on the original novels by Agatha Christie, they are performed by a stellar cast. Duration: 16 hours approx.</p>