Endless Night

I can agree with a lot of people here, but I found this one of the most captivating Miss Marple's stories. Did we need Miss Marple? Oh, probably not... My English, tonight, is not good enough to describe everything I felt watching this episode, but the story was good, the acting also. I was very susprised by the ending, I didn't have a clue... I liked this episode (or the interpretation of the book...) very much!

I agree with, or now see, many of the criticisms listed in other reviews here. I watched the first 20 minutes twice because I thought I'd misssd something. It was stylish to look at, I liked the work of all the actors, and it was a creepy story! Satisfied. :)

The original Agatha Christie novel didn't have Miss Marple in it at all. She was added into the story for the Miss Marple tv series. The addition of her character doesn't work. She appears only briefly in the film. It's a good Agatha Christie mystery. But it doesn't need the addition of Miss Marple.

I was very underwhelmed by this story, a poor adaptation. I found the young romance dull, uninspired and a waste of time. I couldn't care less about that aspect but was more interested in the murder and plot behind it. Mike was a weak lead, it was futile to build a story around such a young miscreant with no gravitas. I feel they could have done so much more with the story or execution. The murder was also quite thin and easy to predict.

Miss Marple visits her recently widowed friend Marjorie, during her time at Kingston Bishop she meets a handsome chauffeur, Mike Rogers. Mike is a penniless drifter, moving from one job to another, his luck changes when he meets the wealthy Ellie, the pair quickly fall in love and build a dream house in Gypsy Acre, the only downside is the site is cursed, and a gypsy has warned of impending doom.

It feels so different to every other Marple adaptation, it plays out so differently, the story is told through Mike, rather then the hugely absent Miss Marple. It plays out like a film as opposed to a drama.

Gripping from the start, where you see Mike attempting to save the life of his friend's brother. The only problem is that Miss Marple isn't needed, absent for the most part until the final twenty minutes, each time she bumps into Mike the meeting feels so contrived, even McKenzie seems a little awkward by it.

Very well performed, Tom Hughes is a tremendously handsome man, more like a model then an actor, but he leads this show so well, he's brilliant. McKenzie comes into her own at the end, but isn't given enough on screen time.

I really like this one, I love how dark it is, had they made it without Miss Marple I think it could have worked so much better. Such a shame the series ended with this one, the formula had very much started to work, this was good, but could have been great. 7/10