Agatha Christie Marple. Series 3

Grindley, David, (television director.). Refn, Nicolas Winding, 1970- (television director.). Zeff, Dan, (television director.). Armstrong, Moira, (television director.). Elyot, Kevin, (screenwriter.). Churchett, Stephen, (screenwriter.). MacRae, Tom, (screenwriter.). Harcourt, Stephen, (screenwriter.). McEwan, Geraldine, (actor.). Atkins, Eileen, (actor.). Grant, Richard E., 1957- (actor.). McCutcheon, Martine, (actor.). Seymour, Jane, (actor.). Scherrer, Dominik, (composer.). Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Television adaptation of (work): Towards zero. (Added Author). Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Television adaptation of (work): Nemesis. (Added Author). Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Television adaptation of (work): At Bertram's Hotel. (Added Author). Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Television adaptation of (work): Ordeal by innocence. (Added Author). Granada Productions, (production company.). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), (production company.). Acorn Media (Firm), (publisher.).

Summary: Towards zero: Miss Marple visits her old school friend Lady Tressilian at the formidable aristocrat's Devon estate. Eyebrows arch higher when the dashing Wimbledon tennis star Nevile Strange arrives with his attractive but high maintenance new wife. Nevile's first wife is also attending. Miss Marple observes the tightly wound group as they holiday by the sea, sensing the sexual tensions and unresolved jealousies that lead to murder.
Nemesis: Miss Marple faces her greatest challenge yet when she receives a request from an old friend, the recently deceased Mr. Rafiel, to investigate a "possible crime." But to complicate the matters, his instructions don't tell her what the crime is. Instead, she has been told to look for clues on a mystery bus tour, a trip Mr. Rafiel's instructions says might be dangerous.
At Betram's Hotel: Revisiting a glamorous London hotel that she remembers fondly from her girlhood, Miss Marple finds that nothing has changed, including the atmosphere of danger beneath its highly polished veneer. She observes various other guests, including fortune hunters and other unsavory characters, and comes to realize the truth about the hotel is even darker than she had imagined.
Ordeal by innocence: Delighted to be invited to the wedding of Gwenda, her former housemaid, Miss Marple travels to the isolated island where Gwenda lives with her fiancé, Leo Argyle, and his grown children. Though they are happy for their father, the Argyles are still reeling from the murder of their mother and the execution of their brother Jacko for the crime. Then a stranger arrives who exonerates Jacko, leading all to realize that the real murderer is still in their midst.

Record details

ISBN: 9781598285437
ISBN: 1598285432
Physical Description: videodisc
4 videodiscs (approximately 372 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Widescreen.
Publisher: Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, [2010]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the novels by Agatha Christie. Title from container. Originally broadcast on the PBS "Mystery!" series in 2006-2007. Special features: Photo gallery; Agatha Christie bio; cast filmographies.
Formatted Contents Note:	disc 1. Towards zero director, David Grindley, writer, Kevin Elyot -- disc 2. Nemesis director, Nicolas Winding Refn, writer, Stephen Churchett -- disc 3. At Bertram's hotel director, Dan Zeff, writer, Tom MacRae -- disc 4. Ordeal by innocence director, Moira Armstrong, writer, Steward Harcourt.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Music, Dominik Scherrer.
Participant or Performer Note:	Towards zero: Geraldine McEwan, Eileen Atkins, Saffron Burrows, Greg Wise, Julian Sands, Julie Graham, Tom Baker, Alan Davies. Nemesis: Geraldine McEwan, Richard E. Grant, Amanda Burton. At Bertram's Hotel: Geraldine McEwan, Martine McCutcheon, Francesca Annis, Peter Davison. Ordeal by innocence: Geraldine McEwan, Jane Seymour, Alison Steadman, Richard Armitage, Juliet Stevenson.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned in English.