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1. Miss Marple
Episode 1 of 5
4 Extra Debut. Little brother David goes missing and Mummy retires to her bedroom, so Miss Marple is required. Read by Lydia Leonard.
Sally Bayley recalls how a strange home life made her bond with characters from books, abridged in five parts by Katrin Williams.
We are introduced to the household in a village in Sussex, mother, grandmother and some brothers.
One day baby David goes missing and Mummy retires to her bedroom for "two hundred sleeps".
At this point the author turns to Miss Marple to make sense of things.
Abridged in five parts by Katrin Williams:
Read by Lydia Leonard.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in January 2019.
Last on
Tue 3 Feb 2026
03:30
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