Malcolm (The Body in the Library)

Malcolm is a non-canonical character who was created for the 1984 BBC adaptation of "The Body in the Library". Played by Collin Higgins, Malcolm is a slightly autistic young man who wanders arround St. Mary Mead on his bicycle. He is full of curiosity and at first followes Constable Palk to Gossington Hall.

Later Malcolm stops to have lunch at Venn's Quarry and discovers a burnt out car with a dead body in it. When he tells it to Palk, the policeman doesn't believe him because he thinks Malcolm is referring to the body at Gossington Hall which the maid Mary had found. Malcolm goes back to the quarry and confirms it one more time and then, because no one else would believe him, goes to tell the butler Lorrimer. Lorrimer takes him to see Arthur Bantry. Fortunately for the Colonel, he decides to believe him. He, Lorrimer, Malcolm and Palk drive out to the quarry and confirm the discovery. This was a major breakthrough in the case.

Malcolm does not appear in the original novel. There, the burnt out car is discovered by an unnamed labourer.