Miss Marple

[jon]

I just bought a CD of Ron Goodwin and his orchestra playing the music from the Miss Marple films which starred Margaret Rutherford in the 60s and am really enjoying it. I remember these films with fondness, especially Murder Ahoy!, in which she has a swordfight with William Mervyn as the villain at the end. But the music stands up very well in its own right.

[michduncg]

I love that music too - very catchy! I also enjoyed the films which were composite stories, drawing on several books for their plots. The music was the common thread between the films, and it was very jaunty.

[mariana44]

But none of the films were as good as the original books..................

[michduncg]

You're quite Marian, but the films were no where near as bad as those 'Marple!' films ITV have done recently - complete horlicks. Marcs aunt (a real Agatha Christie fan) is regularly emailing ITV at the mistakes they made and so have I! E.g a letter allegedly posted in 1936 had a stamp with the Queens Head on it! And some-one picked up the phone in a film set in the 1950s, and was connected immediately to a number in India! As an ex-Hello Girl (GPO trained too) my Mum immediately spotted that a call to India in the early 1950s would have taken hours to connect!

[michduncg]

Sorry - I meant to go and say Marian that the BBC series of 'Miss Marple' were fantastic - Joan Hickson was sublime as Jane Marple

[mariana44]

Is that Auntie Alison who is the "Agatha Christie " fan!! I'm sure it must be !!!

[michduncg]

Indeed it is! How did you guess!

[mariana44]

I just knew it---it had to be Auntie Alison.

[michduncg]

Theres a lovely picture of her and Marc at our 'do' where they swapped hats - she was wearing his RAF one and he wearing this M&S one that was recommended to her by a lady in M&S who turned out to be the Mayoress of Preston. Alison will dine out on that story for years - she tries to be Hyacinth Bucket but is actually more like the sister thats married to Onslow (her words not ours!)

[mariana44]

I will see if I can spot that one !!

[michduncg]

You can't miss it! Marc's wearing a womans hat - not something he does on a regular basis! I uploaded all the pictures from our semi-official photgrapher to the snapfish site a week or so ago, so the links I sent you should give you access to the full library!

[mariana44]

Hi Mike--yes I have just gone through all the new photos-and spotted Auntie Alison-she looks just as I thought she would--which is actually a compliment !

[john]

I also like this tune from the Miss Marple films Jon, and often wondered if it was available to buy anywhere! I also like the theme to the ones with Joan Hickson as well!

[jon]

Hi John

I sae copies of the CD on sale in both HMV and Virgin on Oxford Street in London and bought my copy in HMV. I think it was an import CD produced in either Holland or Germany. I'll look again tonight. Can't remember the label for the moment.