...which is the only one I've seen, this series should be worth watching. I am a super-fan, and know all Christie's stories well. Many of them are better than her novels - funnier, or more creepy.
The first is Jane in Search of a Job, with Elizabeth Garvie as Jane. She was a bit of a star in the 80s, despite not being "classically beautiful" as the romance novels put it. I love her conversation (not in the original) with the dancer in the queue (they are hoping to get an unspecified acting job). It is also nice to see a very young Amanda Redman as a "Princess". Stephanie Cole as a lady-in-waiting almost steals the show and looks rather good with frumpy clothes and swept-back hair.
In fact the best thing about this episode is the attention to period detail in clothes (30s, though the stories were written earlier). I love Jane's rented room (and sweet landlady). The furniture is pre-war, a bed has been shoved into a window recess. A corner with a sink is the kitchen/bathroom. Cooking is done on a gas ring by the fire. This wasn't quite correct - Jane seemed to be cooking on a standalone table stove. Perhaps not enough gas rings survived (they stuck out of the side of a gas fire).
I also like Nigel, Jane's admirer, doggedly following on a beautiful early motorbike. The story drags a bit, some of the extras look like padding, and some of the humour falls flat. But I look forward to the rest.
The first is Jane in Search of a Job, with Elizabeth Garvie as Jane. She was a bit of a star in the 80s, despite not being "classically beautiful" as the romance novels put it. I love her conversation (not in the original) with the dancer in the queue (they are hoping to get an unspecified acting job). It is also nice to see a very young Amanda Redman as a "Princess". Stephanie Cole as a lady-in-waiting almost steals the show and looks rather good with frumpy clothes and swept-back hair.
In fact the best thing about this episode is the attention to period detail in clothes (30s, though the stories were written earlier). I love Jane's rented room (and sweet landlady). The furniture is pre-war, a bed has been shoved into a window recess. A corner with a sink is the kitchen/bathroom. Cooking is done on a gas ring by the fire. This wasn't quite correct - Jane seemed to be cooking on a standalone table stove. Perhaps not enough gas rings survived (they stuck out of the side of a gas fire).
I also like Nigel, Jane's admirer, doggedly following on a beautiful early motorbike. The story drags a bit, some of the extras look like padding, and some of the humour falls flat. But I look forward to the rest.