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Masterpiece Mystery! Six by Agatha
With grey cells firing and knitting needles clicking, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple make their triumphant return to PBS. Six weeks of suspenseful stories include two new Poirot mysteries, with David Suchet reprising his signature role as the Belgian detective, plus four new Miss Marple mysteries which will introduce the award winning actress, Julia McKenzie as the newest St Mary Mead sleuth. Stepping into the shoes of a succession of Miss Marples, including Margaret Rutherford and Geraldine McEwan, Julia McKenzie feels both honoured and awed. "I'm very excited but also slightly daunted by the enormous responsibility that comes with taking on such an iconic role - and I suppose I'll have to remind myself how to knit!"
Suchet and McKenzie will be joined by a who's who lineup of top actors, playing some very suspicious characters. They include Joan Collins, Matthew McFadyen and Prunella Scales.
The Masterpiece Season features:
Cat Among the Pigeons (Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 9pm)
Something is amiss at Meadowbank School for Girls, where hidden rubies, kidnapping and murder disrupt the term. With the killer on the loose and pupils fleeing with frantic parents, only Poirot can save the school from ruin.
Mrs McGinty's Dead (Sunday, June 28 at 9pm)
A man is about to hang for a brutal murder. But did he do it? Poirot finds an article about missing persons connected to a pair of 30-year-old homicides and concludes that a ghost from the past has returned.
A Pocket Full of Rye (Sunday, July 5 at 9pm)
A string of murders is committed by a killer who seems obsessed with the nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence". Even Miss Marple's former housekeeper falls victim. Blackbird pie anyone?
Murder is Easy (Sunday July 12 at 9pm)
A woman on a train tells Miss Marple about a series of perfect murders in her village. When the woman later falls to her death, the grey-haired sleuth vows to get to the bottom of the mysterious string of "accidents".
They Do It With Mirrors (Sunday July 19 at 9pm)
During rehearsal for an amateur show, the power goes out, commotion ensues, and a murder takes place elsewhere in the house. As witness to the confusion, Miss Marple must decipher the elaborate conjuring trick played by the killer.
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (Sunday July 26 at 9pm)
The last words of a dying man lead sole witness Bobby Attfield to team with beautiful socialite Frankie Derwent to find out if foul play was involved. Miss Marple joins them as they land in a hot-bed of homicide and intrigue.
