A series of scandals in the village of St. Mary Mead seem to all revolve around Colonel Protheroe, and he is then found shot through the head at the vicarage. A young painter, Lawrence Redding, confesses to the crime, but then his lover also confesse... (more)s. It is up to Miss Marple to unravel the mystery, and there is no shortage of people with a motive.

Christina Cole, Derek Jacobi, Emily Bruni, Herbot Lom, Jana Carpenter, Jane Asher, Janet McTeer, Jason Flemyng, Jenny Howe, Julian Morris, Mark Gatiss, Miriam Margolyes, Paul Hawkyard, Rachael Stirling, Robert Powell, Siobhan Hayes, Stephen Churchett, Stephen Tompkinson, Tim McInnerny