He’s still a doofus.īut now that we’re watching Marple in order, we’ll see if the producers explain away the substitution.
It also felt decidedly odd to see David Walliams appear as a minor character when he’s also Tommy Beresford in the Tommy and Tuppence Partners in Crime TV series. This isn’t Doctor Who where the good doctor regenerates whenever the producer feels like shaking things up a bit. I doubt if the ITV producers gave an in-series explanation for the sudden altering of Miss Marple’s appearance, voice, and mannerisms. Then, something happens and things don’t look right. You get used to seeing a particular actor or actress in a role. It must have been a shock for the audience at the time. McKenzie took over for seasons 4, 5, and 6. The first three seasons of Marple had Geraldine McEwan in the title role. So we’re going back to the beginning and already, there’s a change. Thus, we’ve seen three Marple adaptations already ( The Secret of Chimneys, The Mirror Crack’d, and The Blue Geranium all from season 5).
Agatha didn’t but producers play fast and loose with novel adaptations all the time. This will allow us to see if the producers have any kind of overall arc in mind. Bill and I decided to be more systematic about watching all the Agatha Christie films. We’ve been watching ITV’s Agatha Christie’s Marple TV adaptations out of order. If you’re familiar with the novel, you will most definitely notice and might throw what’s left of your cheese platter at the TV set. It worked and if you’re unfamiliar with the novel, you won’t notice. Remember that the scriptwriter revamped Agatha’s choice of murderer. The reason for the almost? I couldn’t accept the murderer’s motives.
Despite the sudden change of murderers, the film held together almost perfectly. This filmed version was set around 1950.Ĥ garrots. The other most important change is the date. There were some other minor modifications. 3 and 1/2 garrots (the murderer was radically altered although crimes and motivation still fit perfectly within Agatha’s own text).
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