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The Body in the Library

The amateur sleuth sets out to discover who murdered a mystery blonde. Agatha Christie whodunit starring June Whitfield.

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...

Agatha Christie's whodunit starring June Whitfield.

First published in 1942 whodunit and dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Miss Jane Marple .... June Whitfield
Colonel Melchett …. Richard Todd
Dolly Bantry …. Pauline Jameson
Colonel Bantry …. Jack Watling
Sir Henry Clithering …. Graham Crowden
Conway Jefferson …. John Hartley
Inspector Slack …. John Baddeley
Adelaide Jefferson …. Priyanga Elan
Mark Gaskell …. Harry Myers
George Bartlett …. Ben Crowe
Josie Turner …. Elizabeth Conboy
Basil Blake …. Giles Fagan
Dinah Lee …. Tilly Gaunt
Florence Small …. Eleanor Hodson

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in May 1999.

1 hour, 30 minutes

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