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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 Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4 in May 1999.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 26 Sep 2021 04:00

Broadcasts

  • Sat 29 Mar 2008 12:00
  • Sun 13 Sep 2009 02:30
  • Sun 13 Sep 2009 13:00
  • Mon 14 Sep 2009 01:00
  • Sun 7 Nov 2010 02:30
  • Sun 7 Nov 2010 13:00
  • Mon 8 Nov 2010 01:00
  • Sun 1 Jun 2014 13:30
  • Mon 2 Jun 2014 03:30
  • Sat 24 Oct 2015 06:00
  • Sat 24 Oct 2015 16:00
  • Sun 25 Oct 2015 04:00
  • Sat 2 Sep 2017 06:00
  • Sat 2 Sep 2017 16:00
  • Sun 3 Sep 2017 04:00
  • Sat 25 Sep 2021 06:00
  • Sat 25 Sep 2021 16:00
  • Sun 26 Sep 2021 04:00

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