I'd avoid this if you actually like this book. I particularly resent the way they changed the character of Mary, who's always been a favorite of mine. In my opinion, Christie's original plot was quite good enough, and this is a significant worsening of the situation. This adaption, however, does not play with the story or characters in order to examine them in a new light, it just changes them for no good reason other than that it seems to think Christie's original plot wasn't smart enough so it will fix it up by making a number of the attractive characters into jerks. On Guard 3/3 Now Philip has been found dead, Dr Calgary is believed, and everyone is on their guard.

It's taken me a while to get to that point, but the new Marples and Poirots on TV have finally brought me to being a bit more open minded about my Christie adaptions. Towards Zero (S03E03) is the third episode of season three of 'Agatha Christies Marple' released on Sun Aug 03, 2008. Agatha Christies murder mystery is dramatised by Joy Wilkinson 3. revolving around her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. I've come to terms with adaptions that change the original story out of love and respect for it, that seem to play with the characters or story in order to examine various aspects of the original in a new light. First Edition Books for Sale Towards Zero Agatha Christie First Edition. The real problem, though, is whoever adapted the original story.

In general, the performers do quite a nice job, though the person who plays the Met inspector (and why is it a 'Met inspector' when it's supposed to be Superintendent Battle?) overdoes it and makes the character unattractive. It's atmospheric and I've always thought the murder and motive quite clever and surprising. Series Title: Agatha Christies Miss Marple Film Title: S302 Toward Zero Genre: crime/drama/fantasy/police procedual/romance Airdate and time AU: Friday 18. When a solicitor and the hostess herself are both murdered, Miss Marple. This is not one of Christie's better known stories but I've always liked it. S3 E3: A wealthy woman holds a party at her Devon estate for family and friends.

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