Mark then visits the witches and asks them to remove the threat posed by Hermia and Lejeune. Mark visits Osborne, who tells him that he can only be cleansed by fire. Inspector Lejeune disputes Mark's version of Delphine's death. Mark's godson, David Ardingly, admits to having enlisted the trio to bring about the death of his Aunt Clemency, so that he could inherit sooner. He suspects that his second wife, Hermia, is plotting against him.

He succumbs to a growing paranoia towards the witches and their supposed power. Mark's hair begins to fall out, as had Jesse Davis's and Thomasina Tuckerton's before they died. Another person on the list, shopkeeper Zachariah Osborne, who had employed Jesse Davis, tells Mark that the women are witches, and responsible for the deaths. Mark discovers that Delphine and Jessie Davis had both visited the village of Much Deeping to consult a trio of women living there. Among the names are those of Mark and Mark's paramour, Thomasina Tuckerton, whom Mark later finds dead in her bed. Hidden in her shoe is a list of names that she had written on a piece of paper. Episodes No.Ī year after discovering his first wife, Delphine, electrocuted in the bath, antique dealer Mark Easterbrook is summoned by the police when a woman, Jessie Davis, is found dead in the street.

The car driven by Rufus Sewell's character is a Lagonda 3-Litre drophead coupé. Sarah Woodward as Clemency Ardingly įilming took place in Bristol.Kaya Scodelario as Hermia Easterbrook.Sean Pertwee as Inspector Stanley Lejeune.Kathy Kiera Clarke as Sybil Stamfordis.Georgina Campbell as Delphine Easterbrook.Directed by Leonora Lonsdale, it stars Rufus Sewell and Kaya Scodelario. It is Phelps' fifth adaptation of a Christie work for the BBC. Written by Sarah Phelps, the serial is loosely based on Agatha Christie's novel of the same name. The Pale Horse is a BBC One mystery miniseries television serial broadcast in 2020 in two episodes.

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