Surprise Me!

A Pocketful of Rye. (1985) Part 1 of 2.

2025-05-11 215 Dailymotion

First broadcast 7th March 1985.

When a handful of grain is found in the pocket of a murdered businessman, Miss Marple seeks a murderer with a penchant for nursery rhymes.

Joan Hickson as Miss Jane Marple
Timothy West as Rex Fortescue
Fabia Drake as Miss Henderson
Clive Merrison as Percival Fortescue
Rachel Bell as Jennifer Fortescue
Peter Davison as Lance Fortescue
Frances Low as Patricia Fortescue
Stacy Dorning as Adele Fortescue
Martyn Stanbridge as Vivian Dubois
Tom Wilkinson as Detective Inspector Neele
Jon Glover as Detective Sergeant Hay
Selina Cadell as Mary Dove
Annette Badland as Gladys Martin
Merelina Kendall as Mrs Crump
Frank Mills as Mr Crump
Susan Gilmore as Miss Grosvenor
Nancie Herrod as Miss Griffith
Rhoda Lewis as Mrs Brogan
Suzie Cerys as Daisy
Louis Mahoney as Dr French
Beau Daniels as Ellen
Charles Pemberton as Sergeant Rose
Laurin Kaski as PC White
Pat Gorman as Man with golf clubs