Ordeal by Innocence

Ordeal by Innocence is the second episode of Series 3. Previous Episode: At Bertram's Hotel

Next Episode: Towards Zero

Transmitted: 3rd August 2008

Viewers: 5.84 million

Synopsis
Miss Marple is invited to the wedding of a friend, but the gaieties are interrupted when a stranger arrives; he provides the missing evidence which proves that the black sheep of the family, Jacko, was wrongfully hanged for murder. This raises the question of who in the household did kill the cold - hearted mistress two years previously. As usual, Miss Marple is needed to uncover the hatred, jealousy and lust behind the family's facade and sort out the threads of the mystery.

Differences to the Original

 * This was not originally a Miss Marple story.
 * Gwenda Vaughn is the second victim, instead of Phillip, although she is killed in the same way (stabbed).
 * Kirsten also remorsefully stabs Tina in the novel.
 * Also omitted is Michael.
 * There is the addition of another adopted child, Bobby, who is the twin brother of Jacko.
 * Kirsten is arrested at the end, unlike in the novel, where she escapes.