The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Miss Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an ad in the local gazette which reads: 'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th at Little Paddocks at 6.30pm'.Īs the time approaches, the crowds gather at Little Paddocks and then the lights go out. This version omitted the characters of Mrs Swettenham and her son. That evening, the local neighbours all dutifully turn up at Little Paddocks, all with their different excuses for being there.

Naturally, a murderer would not place an ad in the paper announcing their murder, right However dangerous as it might be, it sparks the interest of the people in town. Someone must be putting an invitation for a game in the paper. So reads the announcement in the Chipping Cleghorn Gazette that morning. A murder is announced in the newspaper Gazette in the dizzy town of Chipping Cleghorn. It was first broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on 9 August 1999 and is an adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel of the same name. A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple Series 4) by Agatha Christie 4.2 (41) Paperback 16.99 Hardcover 29.99 Paperback 16.99 eBook 6.99 Audiobook 0.00 Large Print 24. A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m. The Moving Finger A Murder is Announced is the ninth of a series of radio plays starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple.

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