4.50 from Paddington is the fourth of a series of radio plays starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple. It was first broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in 1997 and is an adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel of the same name.
Synopsis[]
Miss Marple's friend Mrs McGillicuddy arrives for a visit to St. Mary Mead claiming she's just witnessed a murder during her rail journey from London.
On another train running alongside her carriage, she explains how a blind flew up revealing a man slowly strangling a woman – until she slumped down. But next day, when there are no newspaper reports of a corpse, the spinster sleuth sets about her own murder investigation.
Cast[]
- June Whitfield as Jane Marple
- Joan Sims as Mrs McGillicuddy
- Susannah Harker as Lucy Eyelesbarrow
- Ian Lavender as Detective Inspector Craddock
- John Woodnutt as Luther Crackenthorpe
- Janet Maw as Emma Crackenthorpe
- Sean Baker as Inspector Bacon
- Stephen Thorne as Dr Quimper
- Christopher Scott as Cedric
- Keith Drinkel as Harold
- Mark Bonner as Alfred
- Jim Wall as Bryan
- Jonathan Kitchens as Alexander
- Rory Jennings as James
- Ann Beach as Mrs Kidder
- Joanna Monro as Madame Joilet
- Alice Arnold as Martine
- Amanda Gordon as Miss Ellis
- Lewis Jones as Wimborne
- Stephen Hodson as Inspector Dessin
- Chris Pavlo as Sergeant Wetherall
- Alex Lowe as Sergeant Cornish