Marple

(ITV crime drama, 2004-10)

ITV revived Miss Marple initially with Geraldine McEwan in the title role, then Julia McKenzie.

Murder at the Vicarage
2004-broadcast version of the Agatha Christie mystery story. Chris Hough observes: “One of the characters is seen alighting from a Bristol L saloon in Crosville Tilling green.” It's Crosville Bristol L5G/Eastern Coachworks KG126 (KFM775):
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A Murder is Announced
Chris also notes KG126 in this story. It's glimpsed setting down outside a shop window, in Dorchester-on-Thames in Oxfordshire:
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The Moving Finger
2006-broadcast entry in this series features Tim Wootton's Bedford OB/Duple LTA750 (originally Western National 1411):
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Tim kindly provides these shots from filming:
Actress Kelly Brook (also seen above)with LTA750 in the background…….
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….and Tim himself at the wheel:
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Nemesis
The last outing for Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple broadcast 1 January 2009 sees her on a mystery coach tour. The coach in question is Dews Coaches CUT465, a 1944 Bedford OWB rebodied in 1952 by Duple. It's been equipped with fleetnames and seat covers for 'Daffodil Tours', a name from the Joan Hickson story 'Sleeping Murder' from Miss Marple.
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The Blue Geranium
A 2010 story with Julia McKenzie in the title role opens with Royal Blue Bedford OB/Duple LTA750 arriving in a village. LTA's owner Tim Wootton appears as the driver:
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