The Sittaford Mystery is an adaptation of the novel by Agatha Christie. It was dramatised and directed by Michael Bakewell and was first broadcast in 1990.
Episode 1 - The Message[]
A blizzard has hit England. In the tiny village of Sittaford, on the fringes of Dartmoor, a party of six is gathered in Sittaford House, home of Captain Trevelyan. He's rented the house out for the winter and is staying in a nearby village. As evening draws in, a séance is proposed. But it reveals something far more sinister than they'd all anticipated...
Episode 2 - An Arrest for Murder[]
A seance at the remote Sittaford House has revealed the murder of Captain Trevelyan. But who would've killed a man who didn't have an enemy in the world?
Episode 3 - Emily Goes to Work[]
James Pearson has been arrested for the murder of his uncle, but his fiancee Emily is determined to prove his innocence.
Episode 4 - A Recipe for Ginger Cake[]
Emily suspects that the Willetts, who've rented Sittaford House, are somehow involved in the murder of Captain Trevelyan. But how can she get into the house?
Episode 5 - The Second Seance[]
Mr Rycroft decides that only by re-enacting the séance which announced the murder of Captain Trevelyan, will the identity of his killer finally be revealed.
Cast[]
- Melinda Walker as Emily Trefusis
- Stephen Tompkinson as Charles Enderby
- Geoffrey Whitehead as Inspector Narracott
- Norman Bird as Major Burnaby
- Jack May as Ellwood
- David Goudge as Martin Dering
- John Moffatt as Mr Rycroft
- Susan Westerby as Mrs Willett
- Barbara Atkinson as Mrs Curtis
- Nigel Havers as Ronnie Garfield
- Jo Kendall as Mrs Belling
- Victoria Carling as Violet Willett
- Donald Gee as Evans
- Michael Graham Cox as Mr Duke
- Vincent Brimble as Sergeant Pollock & Cabdriver
- Michael Kilgarriff as Dr Warren
- Stephen Garlick as Jim Pearson
- John Gabriel as Kirkwood
- Alice Arnold as Beatrice
- Anna Cropper as Jennifer Gardner
- Susan Sheridan as Sylvia Dering
- Jane Slavin as Maid
- Margaret Courtenay as Caroline Percehouse
- David King as Mr Dacres
- Charles Simpson as Brian Pearson