![]() In my opinion both actresses are great and bring something different to the role Geraldine is the fluffy/anxious Miss Marple and Geraldine is the more shrewd/eyes. Great scenery, the houses are spot on, and the costumes look lovely, I like the element of humour too. The Geraldine McEwan/Julia McKenzie adaptations can go wild to the point where they only use a hint of the plot of the original and some of those deviations are just plain stupid. Worth pointing out too that this was the last on screen performance from Herbert Lom, he'd done a few Agatha Christies, remarkably he was 90 in this. Tim McInnerny, Derek Jacobi and Rachael Stirling all give great performances, as does everyone, but I can't help but love the combo of Angela Pleasance and Miriam Margolyes, two more eccentric and dotty characters you'd struggle to find, they work brilliantly. I will admit that change is hard, but in this last production she won me over as she energized the old gal into action, adding a new dimension to the character that her predecessors Joan Hickson (1982-1992) and Geraldine McEwan (2004-2007) had not revealed. I find Janet McTeer so watchable, she's such an underrated actress, she gives such a lovely and believable performance as Anne, her final conversation with Geraldine is brilliant. The new Miss Marple, Julia McKenzie, is growing on me. It's hard to pick out a key performance, there are so many noted thespians in it, and each deliver. ![]() I'm one of the fans of McEwan's Marple, of course Joan will always be number one, but I didn't want a direct copy, Geraldine played her with a sparkle in the eye, a worldly toughness, it was beautifully realised, I liked how she was given a history, it's a bit of a shame it wasn't looked at in a few more episodes, why shouldn't Miss Marple have a history. You can tell, because its much, much better. ![]() The tone changes brilliantly, it ends in a very dark way. Id completely forgotten it was on, so thank you Its Julia McKenzie one, btw, not Geraldine McEwan. So when the murder occurs it rocks the village. I find this a fairly faithful production, not too many liberties with the book (compared to some.) What I particularly liked was the way they managed to create village life, St Mary Mead is set as light, rather innocent, comfortable and rather sleepy.
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