Endless Night (Agatha Christie's Marple episode)

Endless Night is the third episode of the sixth series of Agatha Christie's Marple and the final episode of the whole show. It was broadcast on ITV by Granada Television on 29 December 2013. The screenplay was written by Kevin Elyot and the episode was directed by David Moore. It was an adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel of the same name although the original did not feature Miss Marple.

Synopsis
Miss Marple is in Kingston Bishop staying with her recently widowed friend Marjorie Philpot. There she meets a handsome man, Mike Rogers. Mike hasn't done much with his life so far - he was working as a chauffeur when they first meet and later, as a barman. If Mike had his way he'd buy a piece of property that's on the market, known as Gypsy's Acre, and build a new house on the site. He's skint of course and it all seems impossible until he meets Ellie, who has also fallen in love with the property. Ellie is a rich heiress and they soon fall in love. They are warned however that the land is cursed and once into their new house, it becomes apparent that someone is trying to scare them off. When someone is killed in a apparent riding accident, Miss Marple believes it to be murder.

Comparison with the original story
Endless Night is not a Miss Marple novel.

Cast

 * Julia McKenzie as Miss Marple
 * Tom Hughes as Mike Rogers
 * Aneurin Barnard as Robbie Hayman
 * Adam Wadsworth as Pete Hayman
 * Joanna Vanderham as Ellie
 * Wendy Craig as Marjorie Phillpot
 * Janet Henfrey as Mrs. Lee
 * Tamzin Outhwaite as Mrs Rogers
 * William Hope as Lippincott
 * Glynis Barber as Cora Van Stuyvesant
 * Michael McKell as Frank Stanford
 * Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Greta Anderson
 * Hugh Dennis as Dr. Shaw
 * Rosalind Halstead as Claudia Hardcastle
 * Celyn Jones as Sergeant Keene
 * Caroline O'Neill as Passer-By
 * Stephen Churchett as Coroner
 * Erick Hayden as Father Jayne
 * Christopher Blackmore as Stable Boy (uncredited)
 * Alan Bond as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Tropes and Themes
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 * A murderous couple.
 * The murderer stands to inherit from the victim
 * The murderer was cheating on the victim.