Look out for a young Jake Wood as one of the reform school boys. I think this could had been done and dusted in a hour. However the reveal was rushed and did not exactly make sense. After all it is set in an institution where young men have criminal records or mental health problems. There should be more tension as there should had been an assortment of suspects. Two brothers who inexplicably flirt with a married woman. It takes a while for the murder to happen, until then we are introduced to all sorts of odd characters such as a young man who thinks he is the son of Winston Churchill. However this is not one of the better BBC adaptations and I can understand why they held it back. They Do It with Mirrors is a detective fiction novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1952 under the title of Murder with Mirrors 1 2 and in UK by the Collins Crime Club on 17 November that year 3 under Christie's original title. Joan Hickson is excellent as Miss Marple. Christian Gulbranson is an trustee who arrives for some urgent business and who is later found dead. Carrie-Louise is married to Lewis Serrocold who uses part of the estate as an institute for young offenders. Ruth is worried about her sister' health. Ruth van Rydock and her sister Carrie-Louise Serrocold.
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