You've Been Marple'd

Forgot to mention that we watched the first of the new ITV series on Sunday night. The inanely named Agatha Christie: Marple seems to be one of those badly-conceived, badly-realised pieces of nonsense that ITV has become so good at in recent years. The four stories that they're doing to kick the thing off have a combined cast list that reads like Who's Who in British Character Acting, and I think therein lies a large part of the problem: It's like they've all got together for a jolly fun romp, and they're having such a lark at it all that they seem not to be taking it very seriously. Add to that the fact they they appear to be messing with the plots, which is a cardinal sin as far as Christie is concerned, and you've got the makings of a bit of a mess.

I don't have very high hopes for the rest of them.

Posted on December 17, 2004 09:00 AM

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