First broadcast 25th December 1986.

'I was just thinking of how many people might want the Colonel out of the way. I'm not saying that any of them would murder, but.... yes, I make it five. Possibly six.'

Miss Marple: Joan Hickson
The Rev Leonard Clement: Paul Eddington
Griselda Clement: Cheryl Campbell
Colonel Lucius Protheroe: Robert Lang
Ann Protheroe: Polly Adams
Lettice Protheroe: Tara MacGowran
Lawrence Redding: James Hazeldine
Christopher Hawes: Christopher Good
Mrs Lestrange: Norma West
Dr Haydock: Michael Browning
Det Insp Slack: David Horovitch
Det Sgt Lake: Ian Brimble
Bill Archer: Jack Galloway
Mary Wright: Rachel Weaver
Mrs Price-Ridley: Rosalie Crutchley
Miss Hartnell: Barbara Hicks
Miss Wetherby: Kathleen Bidmead
Mrs Salisbury: Deddie Davies
Fred Abbot: Tony Brandon
Ned Abbot: Kenneth Keeling