nemesis be one of christie last book and by this stage in her career the narrative tend to ramble and there be plot hole aplenty . that say and the central plot line be sound and many of the character be well write but it could be argue that any screen adaptation might justify a little tinkering . the bbc tinker in a good way a part of their joan hickson series and retain the most interesting character and cut out the less interesting and tighten the story it be one of my favourite of the series . a expect by now and the new mcewen version indulges in a great deal more tinkering . indeed and this film bear very little resemblance at all to the source material . this time the really interesting character have either be throw out altogether ( miss temple and the professor and the two lady bodyguard ) or radically alter ( tragically the 3 sister now two nun ) . stephen churchett have retain the duller member of the coach tour but because they do not have much to do in the book and this have give him scope to completely re write their character ( the lumleys and the waddys ) . miss marple nephew raymond come along though he really not need ( i do not like the fake nephew lionel add to the hickson version either ) and churchett give u possibly the most irritating make up character ever in ronni ancona screech miss dalrymple ( why do not someone kill her . ) . there be too many change to the story to even begin to mention . the sad thing be that this travesty in no way improve upon the original story it clunky and dull and improbable and ( a always with these new adaptation ) pack full of too much incident . a always with the marple series it look wonderful and have the usual starry cast but no one really shin on this outing . richard e grant be always worth watching and so be amanda burton and anne reid but their talent be terribly waste here . geraldine mcewen annoy me this time and i be extremely irritate at how no one question why both she and raymond be question the suspect along with the plodding and comic policeman . the whole thing show a tremendous lack of respect for christie work . why bother film these thing if the people make them think that the story be such rubbish they have to be re write . i have enjoy some of these mcewen marples but not this one it a stinker .