The Body in the Library is the eighth of a series of radio plays starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple. It was first broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in 1999 and is an adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel of the same name.
Synopsis
Dolly Bantry, mistress of Gossington Hall, is enjoying a pleasant doze when suddenly her dreams take a strange turn.
The housemaid Mary is telling her there's a body in the library. As she wakes up, it turns out to be true. But who is the strange young blonde woman sprawled on the library floor? Enter St. Mary Mead's famous resident sleuth, Miss Jane Marple.
Cast
- June Whitfield as Jane Marple
- Richard Todd as Colonel Melchett
- Pauline Jameson as Dolly Bantry
- Jack Watling as Colonel Bantry
- Graham Crowden as Sir Henry Clithering
- Ben Crowe as George Bartlett