Masterpiece Mystery!
For more than 30 years Masterpiece Theatre has enthralled audiences with the works of the finest classic and contemporary writers interpreted by the world's foremost actors. Little wonder it is the longest running prime-time drama series on American television. This month, it’s Miss Marple (Julia McKenzie) in four whodunits by the greatest mystery author of all time, Agatha Christie.

Miss Marple, Series IV: A Pocket Full of Rye
Sunday, July 5, 9 pm
When Miss Marple learns of the deaths of businessman Rex Fortescue (Kennetth Cranham, Valkyrie), his young wife, Adele, and their housemaid, Gladys, the circumstances vividly recall the nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence." Since Miss Marple had trained Gladys herself, she has a personal reason to investigate. Will her reasoning and deduction make sense of the rhyme and at last reveal the culprit?


Miss Marple, Series IV: Murder is Easy
Sunday, July 12, 9 pm
During a chance encounter with a fellow passenger on a train, Miss Marple hears about a string of murders in a peaceful village town. When she learns that the passenger is involved in a tragic accident before making her report to the police, Miss Marple decides to investigate further to track down the killer, unearthing secrets about the village and its inhabitants.


Miss Marple, Series IV: They Do It with Mirrors
Sunday, July 19, 9 pm
Miss Marple is asked to help her old friend Carrie-Louise (Penelope Wilton, Pride & Prejudice), who has been slowly poisoned by an unknown hand. Together with Carrie's husband, Lewis Serrocold (Brian Cox, Troy), and sister Ruth van Rydock (Joan Collins, "Dynasty"), Miss Marple must race to find the culprit and save her friend from a mysterious menace.


Miss Marple, Series IV: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?
Sunday, July 26, 9 pm
As the sole witness to a dying man's enigmatic last words, a young adventurer seeks to solve the riddle they pose by forming an unlikely alliance with Miss Marple and a beautiful socialite. Together, they must navigate a hotbed of stifled emotion, murder, treachery and poisonous deceit to reveal the devastating truth.