First broadcast 28th February 1985.

The small village of Chipping Cleghorn.... the late 1940s.
In among the small ads of the local paper, placidly reflecting the daily transactions of ordinary village life, there appears an unobtrusive advertisement announcing the time and place of a forthcoming murder. The inhabitants of the village assume it's just a harmless piece of fun...

Miss Marple: Joan Hickson
Miss Blacklock: Ursula Howells
Miss Bunner: Renee Asherson
Det Insp Craddock: John Castle
Mrs Easterbrook: Sylvia Syms
Miss Murgatroyd: Joan Sims
Col Easterbrook: Ralph Michael
Mrs Swettenham: Mary Kerridge
Miss Hinchcliffe: Paola Dionisotti
Det Sgt Fletcher: Kevin Whately
Julia Simmons: Samantha Bond
Patrick Simmons: Simon Shepherd
Phillipa Haymes: Nicola King
Hannah: Elaine Ives-Cameron
Edward Swettenham: Matthew Solon
Mrs Harmon: Vivienne Moore
The Rev Harmon: David Collings
Rowlandson: David Pinner
Rudi Scherz: Tim Charrington
Myrna Harris: Liz Crowther
Rydesdale: Richard Bebb
Waitress: Victoria Williams
Sister McClelland: Kay Gallie