Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced Part 1 (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

Part 1 (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A newspaper advertisement suggests that a murder will occur at an address in an English village. Is it a joke? People assume so - until a man is killed.

Director

David Giles

Writers

Agatha Christie (based on the novel by) | Alan Plater (dramatised by)

Producer

Guy Slater

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Updated Feb 28, 1985

Release date

Feb 28, 1985 (United States)

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22 cast members

Name	Known for
Joan Hickson Miss Marple Miss Marple See fewer	Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987)
Ursula Howells Miss Blacklock Miss Blacklock See fewer	Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985)
Renée Asherson Miss Bunner (as Renee Asherson) Miss Bunner (as Renee Asherson) See fewer	Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985)
Samantha Bond Julia Simmons Julia Simmons See fewer	GoldenEye (1995)
Simon Shepherd Patrick Simmons Patrick Simmons See fewer	Bait (I) (2019)
Nicola King Phillipa Haymes Phillipa Haymes See fewer	Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985)
Elaine Ives-Cameron Hannah (as Elaine Ives Cameron) Hannah (as Elaine Ives Cameron) See fewer	The Message (1976)
Ralph Michael Colonel Easterbrook Colonel Easterbrook See fewer	A Night to Remember (1958)
Sylvia Syms Mrs. Easterbrook Mrs. Easterbrook See fewer	The Queen (2006)
Matthew Solon Edmund Swettenham Edmund Swettenham See fewer	Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985)
Mary Kerridge Mrs. Swettenham Mrs. Swettenham See fewer	Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985)
Joan Sims Miss Murgatroyd Miss Murgatroyd See fewer	Carry on Up the Khyber (1968)
Paola Dionisotti Miss Hinchcliffe Miss Hinchcliffe See fewer	Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985)
Vivienne Moore Mrs. Harmon Mrs. Harmon See fewer	Keeping Mum (2005)
David Collings Reverend Harmon Reverend Harmon See fewer	Scrooge (1970)
David Pinner Rowlandson Rowlandson See fewer	Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985)
Tim Charrington Rudi Scherz Rudi Scherz See fewer	Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985)
Liz Crowther Myrna Harris Myrna Harris See fewer	Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985)
Richard Bebb Rydesdale Rydesdale See fewer	Blake's 7 (1978)
John Castle Detective Inspector Craddock Detective Inspector Craddock See fewer	The Lion in Winter (1968)
Kevin Whately Detective Sergeant Fletcher Detective Sergeant Fletcher See fewer	Inspector Morse (1987)
Delilah Cat (uncredited) Cat (uncredited) See fewer