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Miss Marple - The Body In The Library
starring: Geraldine McEwan, Ian Richardson, Jamie Theakston, Tara Fitzgerald, Simon Callow
directed by: Andy Wilson

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Binding: DVD
EAN: 5037115072931
Format: PAL
Label: ITV DVD
Manufacturer: ITV DVD
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: ITV DVD
Region Code: 2
Release Date: March 20, 2006
Running Time: 93 minutes
Studio: ITV DVD
Sales Rank: 15936

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Not too bad at all !
It was great to see James Fox , Joanna Lumley , David Walliams , Jamie Theakston and Tara Fitzgerald playing their parts so well . It was a very lavish & stunning piece of work - the bumbling , comic coppers take the edge off of an otherwise dark storyline . The real treat of course is Ian Richardson and one had to laugh at Miss Marple declining a lemonade and wanting a ginger wine ( plus a bit of whisky ! ) - what would Joan Hickson say !?! Miss McKewan plays the part like your favourite aunt who is unshockable and full of life . Fans of Joan Hickson might lament the lesbian twist at the end but as some of Agatha Christies novels had a gay/lesbian subtext ( like Five Little Pigs , Cards On The Table & A Murder Is Announced not to ... Read More:

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- Give Them An Inch...
One of the joys of a Miss Marple is the moment she castigates herself for being so terribly, terribly stupid and calls for Inch. Inch being the local taxi firm, we know she's off to the station for a train to London, and will soon be searching the records at Somerset House for proof that character X is character Y's secret spouse/parent/offspring.

The Inch ploy has been bulldozed from this adaptation and the denouement has sadly been brought in line with Arts Council box-ticking requirements.

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- No respect
The story is well filmed but the end is a shame, does not respect Agatha Christy, our time is not a reason to change the end with an also stupid idea. Joan Hickson stay really my preferred Miss Marple for ever.

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- The Body in the Library
When these new adaptations were announced, fans of the original novels were sceptical. For one thing, a very fine set of adaptations had already been produced by the BBC during the eighties, making Joan Hickson the definitive Miss Marple. Not only that, but ITV apparently planned to make changes to the settings and characters, in order to bring the stories up to date.

Later installments have, admittedly, borne this out somewhat, but in this first installment, there isn't very much to worry about. As with the recent revamped Poirot series, a reimagining proves to be exactly what these novels need - while the latest outings for David Suchet's bouffant Belgian exploited the darker aspects of Christie's novels however, these new versions ... Read More:

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