Marple:The Sittaford Mystery (2006 Paul Unwin)

Howard Hawks once defined a good director as "one who doesn't annoy you" - a maxim that should be the first thing taught at film school. Clearly Unwin doesn't understand the concept and shoots about half the film on a tilt.

Here, a bright Zoe Telford (Collision, Criminal Justice, Match Point, The Painted Veil) tries to help boyfriend Laurence Fox and journalist James Murray solve murder of Timothy Dalton. Fittingly Mel Smith takes the lead in aiding the gimlet eyed Geraldine McEwan (he died this year). Also with Rita Tushingham, Patricia Hodge, a young Carey Mulligan, Paul Kaye.