The 4.50 From Paddington

Michael Bakewell's dramatisation of the Agatha Christie novel

For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder. Helplessly, she stared out of her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around a woman’s throat. The body crumpled. Then the other train drew away. But who, apart from Miss Marple, would take her story seriously? After all, there were no suspects, no other witnesses… and no corpse.

Miss Marple: June Whitfield

Mrs McGillicuddy: Joan Sims

Lucy Eyelesbarrow: Susannah Harker

Det Insp Craddock: Ian Lavender

Luther Crackenthorpe: John Woodnutt

Emma Crackenthorpe: Janet Maw 

With: Stephen Thorne, Christopher Scott,

Keith Drinkel, Mark Bonnar, Kim Wall,

Jonathan Kitchens, Rory Jennings,

Ann Beach, Joanna Monro,

Alice Arnold, Amanda Gordon,

Lewis Jones, Steve Hodson,

Chris Pavlo, Alex Lowe, Sean Baker

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