Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep57 “The Mirror Crack’d” (2010) Review

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about Egyptian queens, gossip kings, snooping party guests, and adoptions gone wrong. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side” from 2010 starring Julia McKenzie as Miss Marple and Joanna Lumley as Dolly Bantry.

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Chapters 0:00 Introduction 6:06 ITV’s reputation for Christie adaptations 9:35 The Downton Abbey connection 13:04 After failing to remember Christian Bale’s name 18:56 The (lack of) emotional intelligence of Marina Gregg 22:31 Joanna Lumley as Dolly Bantry 28:02 Summing up Theme music: "Call to Adventure" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/