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During a chance encounter on a train, the elderly Miss Lavinia Pinkerton (Sylvia Syms) confides in Miss Marple that she is going to Scotland Yard to report a murderer who has already struck several times in the peaceful village of Wychwood-under-Ashe. Bumble bee, she warns, is next. When she later reads that Miss Pinkerton died in a tragic accident before making her report, Miss Marple determines that it must fall to her to find out who the killer is... Charming her way into village life, Miss Marple is befriended by Luke Fitzwilliam (Benedict Cumberbatch), a handsome former policeman who is increasingly drawn to the mysterious young American and newcomer to the village Bridget Conway (Margo Stilley). Luke and Bridget are not the only young couple making eyes at each other the dashing young doctor Geoff Thomas (James Lance) also appears taken with his partner, the belligerent Dr Humblebys (Tim Brooke Taylor), beautiful daughter Rose (Camilla Arfwedson), much to Humblebys disapproval. Miss Marple is soon acquainted with church organist Honoria Waynflete (Shirley Henderson), Miss Pinkertons closest friend. Honoria is pitied by the villagers, having given up a chance for happiness with local MP Major Horton (David Haig) many years ago to take care of her disabled brother, who died in a tragic accident. She also learns that the grandmother of Honorias maid Amy (Lyndsey Marshal) was fatally poisoned recently an accident Miss Pinkerton was most suspicious of. The sudden death <b>...</b> |
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