Agatha Christie's Marple Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
Episode 1 - The Pale HorseFeaturing ingenious deceptions and black magic, The Pale Horse sees Miss Marple (Julia McKenzie) investigate the brutal murder of an old friend. The day after Father Gorman is found dead she receives a mysterious letter from him containing a list of names. His final act was to administer the last rites to a dying woman, Mrs Davis, so Miss Marple starts by visiting her boarding house. It turns out to be a good hunch. Lodger Paul Osborne describes a man he saw following Father Gorman on the night he died, and she also chances upon a slip of paper bearing the name of The Pale Horse Inn. At this creepy establishment Miss Marple is greeted by three modern-day witches Thyrza, Sybil and Bella. Indeed, the whole village is steeped in the occult. When eccentric local Captain Cottam is also killed, Miss Marple is forced to take the law into her own hands.
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Episode 2 - The Secret of ChimneysA lavish weekend party sees Miss Marple accompany Lady Virginia Revel to her family home of Chimneys a house which was once prized for its diplomatic gatherings until a rare diamond was stolen from the premises over twenty years ago. Virginia must decide by the end of the weekend whether to accept a marriage proposal from the tenacious career politician George Lomax or to follow her heart and the courtship of another more adventurous suitor, Anthony Cade. Throughout the course of the evening, a contract for the sale of the house is drawn up only for the purchaser to be found dead in a secret passageway within its walls. Chief Inspector arrives from Scotland Yard to investigate, enlisting Miss Marple's help. When the bones of a long dead servant are uncovered, Miss Marple begins to realise that the secret of Chimneys is darker than even she had realised.
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Episode 3 - The Blue GeraniumMiss Marple tries to stop a court hearing when she discovers important new evidence about the 'Blue Geranium' murder case. Months before, Marple is attending a tense gathering at a village golf club when the dead body of a strange young man is discovered. Soon after, a wealthy and unpopular local woman is found dead in bed. Did she really die of shock when the geranium in her wallpaper turned blue? Can Marple stop the trial in time before the wrong person is found guilty of murder?
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Episode 4 - The Mirror Crack'd from Side to SideThe Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side tells the story of Hollywood star Marina Gregg, who has left the palm trees and bright lights of Los Angeles for the leafy lanes and picturesque countryside of St Mary Mead, England. She has taken up residence at Gossington Hall with her dashing young English husband, film director Jason Rudd, his secretary, Ella Blunt, and her personal assistant, Hailey Preston. When the glamorous couple decide to throw a party, the grounds are abuzz with curious locals, including previous owner of Gossington Hall Dolly Bantry. But when fan Heather Badcock consumes a poisoned daiquiri, Marina finds herself starring in a real-life mystery, supported by Miss Marple and Inspector Hewitt, who suspect that the lethal cocktail was intended for someone other than Marina's harmless admirer...
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