Title: Miss Marple: Why didn't They Ask Evans?
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Written by: Patrick Barlow & Agatha Christie (screenplay)
Release Date: 2008 (UK)
Status: In Production
Genre: Mystery
As the sole witness to a dying man’s last words - “Why didn’t they ask Evans?” - Bobby Attfield (Biggerstaff) is determined to solve the riddle they pose. Forming an unlikely alliance with beautiful socialite Frankie Derwent (Moffett) and visiting family friend Miss Marple, Bobby’s resolve is strengthened when someone tries to kill him. A trail of clues leads them to Castle Savage and its strange inhabitants. The trio cleverly charm an invitation to stay at the castle from the other-worldly Sylvia Savage (Bond) and quickly capture the interest of her teenage children by the late, and loathed, Sir Jack Savage.
While provocative Dorothy (Murray) seems intent on snaring Bobby, Tom (Fox) haunts Frankie with all the stealth of his pet viper, even though she appears more interested in the handsome music teacher Roger Bassington (Spall). Miss Marple, however, quietly observes the retinue of people connected to the castle – the controlling psychiatrist Dr Nicholson (Mayall) and his delicate young wife Moira (Dormer), the eccentric Claud Evans (Williams) with his hothouse full of exotic orchids and Wilson (Briers), Sylvia’s solemn, ever-present butler.
Realising that Sir Jack was murdered, the amateur detectives navigate a hotbed of stifled emotion, treachery and poisonous deceit. But their theories are up-ended when Evans is murdered and the local Commander Peters (Clarke) makes a decisive arrest. If only someone had asked Evans.
