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.
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Episode 1 - The Message[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- 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
