CHRISTIE, AGATHA HOUR - DVD-SET ONE

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• Release Year: 1982
• Genre: Drama, Mystery
• Plot: Tales of romance and danger in the glittering 1920's and 1930's; How can 'happiness expert' Parker Pyne return a wayward husband's affections to his wife? Will a chance encounter on a train transform the life of a jobless investment broker forever? And why does a vision in a mirror mean misery for a beautiful bride-to-be?; ; In these stories, lesser-known Christie heroes and heroines solve crimes of the heart as well as puzzling cases of larceny and murder. With just the right mix of danger and deception, romance and revenge, innocence and intrigue, these classic adaptations are Christie at her best, now on DVD for the first time.; ; The top-notch ensemble cast includes John Nettles (Midsomer Murders), James Grout (Inspector Morse), and William Gaunt (No Place Like Home) and features Maurice Denham (All Passion Spent) as the unmatched Parker Pyne.; ; The Stories; The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife--A housewife enlists Parker Pyne to save her marriage.; In a Glass Darkly--A World War 1 officer has a vision of a young woman's doom.; The Girl in the Train--An Unemployed young man takes a fateful train journey.; The Fourth Man--Three learned men debate a strange case of self-inflicted death.; The Case of the Discontented Soldier--A bored army major seeks excitement with Parker Pyne's help.
• Cast: Maurice Denham; Angela Easterling; Christopher Wren; Michael Aldridge; Alan Badel; Ralph Bates; Osmund Bullock; Nicholas Clay; Nicholas Farrell; Elizabeth Garvie; William Gaunt; John Nettles; Gwen Watford; Sarah Berger; Andrew Bicknell; Christopher Cazenove; Jeremy Clyde; Michael Gough; Peter Jones; Robin Kermode; Cherie Lunghi; Emma Piper; Geoffrey Chater; Ernest Clark; Rosalie Crutchley; Ciaran Madden; Margery Mason; Amanda Redman; Shaun Scott; Isabelle Spade; Lally Bowers; Stephanie Cole; Joanna David; Derek Francis; James Grout; Alan MacNaughton; Jonathon Morris; Veronica Strong; Ann Thornton; Prue Clarke; Michael Denison; Rupert Frazer; Tony Jay; Tom Mannion; Ron Pember; Derek Smee; Hugh Walters; Paul Williamson; Kate Dorning; Carol Drinkwater; Elspet Gray; Geoffrey Hinsliff; Roy Kinnear; Sallyanne Law; Fiona Mathieson; Karen Mount; Ivor Roberts; Robert Austin; Brenda Cowling; Patricia Garwood; Nicholas Le Prevost; Roy Leighton; Julia McCarthy; Richard Morant; David Neal; Patrick Newell; Arthur Blake; Marjorie Bland; Barbara Bolton; Glynis Brooks; Bryan Coleman; Monica Grey; Helen Lindsay; Jason Norman; Hugh Sullivan; Glyn Baker; Nicholas Bell; Philip Bird; David Cook; Paul Dadson; Frederick Jaeger; Robert McBain; Linda Robson; David Rolfe; Nick Curtis; Rupert Everett; John Golightly; Cherith Mellor; Barbara New; Eric Richard; Ewan Roberts; Tara Ward; George Waring; Hetty Baynes; Debbie Farrington; Lewis Fiander; Malcolm Hebden; Fiona Hendley; John Wheatley; Brian Anthony; Peter Brayham; Nicholas Cooke; Stuart Fell; Matyelok Gibbs; Simon Green; Roy Macready; Michael Mellinger; Georgina Coombs; Robert Keegan; Kenneth Midwood; Neville Phillips; Terence Plummer; Cy Town; Jo Warne; Richard Bartlett; Rio Fanning; Josie Kidd; Valerie Lush; Andrew McCulloch; Martin Chamberlain; Eileen Davies; Frank Duncan; Bill Treacher; Elizabeth Benson; Harry Fielder; Richard Tate; Julian Wadham; Sarah-Jane Bickerton; Tex Fuller; Mac Andrews; Alexandra Bastedo; Phillip Cade; Jennifer Croxton; Derek Fuke; Charles Hodgson; Jane Laurie; Keith Marsh; Jack May; Brian Oulton; Graham Seed; Sarah-Jane Varley; Walter Gaunt; John Kearney; Michael Simpson; John Frankau; Desmond Davis; Christopher Hodson; T.R. Bowen; Agatha Christie; William Corlett; Freda Kelsall; John Bryden Rodgers; Gerald Savory
• Director: Michael Simpson
• Runtime: 5:00
• Company: Acorn Media, Fremantle Media, Thames Television Ltd.
• Media Format: Series