I enjoyed this adaptation of The Moving Finger, and I thought Miss Marple's increased role in the story was well done. The plot moved forward with conviction, but there were some odd changes in character from the book which didn't add to the overall enjoyment. Ken Russell was amusing as Caleb Calthrop; I loved Emilia Fox's Joanna and Imogen Stubbs made a suitably awful Mrs. Symmington. But why Owen Griffith was reduced to a bumbling tongue-tied idiot was beyond me; if I were Joanna I would never have given him a second glance. And Elsie Holland as a scheming seductress was just silly. James D'Arcy was good, though and Tallulah Riley's Megan sensitive and interesting. Overall a good and watchable adaptation. I'm glad they tidied up the bit about the Burton/Barton typo on the envelope; Agatha Christie never went far enough with it.
Review of The Moving Finger
