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The Marlow Murder Club season 1- Full list of cast

Modified Oct 25, 2024 17:04 GMT

The latest adaptation of Robert Thorogood’s novel The Marlow Murder Club is coming to PBS with its first season on October 27, 2024. The four-part series stars Samantha Bond, Jo Martin, and Cara Horgan and follows the story of Bond's Judith, who swims in the Thames every evening after a glass of whiskey.

One day, when she hears a gunshot, Judith is inspired to begin an informal investigation, especially because the police do not believe she witnessed a murder. Directed by Steve Barron, The Marlow Murder Club is an intriguing story of a murder mystery and the life of a seventy-year-old archaeologist who discovers a new passion.

Jo Martin, Cara Horgan, and other cast members of The Marlow Murder Club

1) Samantha Bond as Judith Potts

Samantha at "Sixty Years Of James Bond" Charity Auction At Christie's (Image via Getty/@avid M. Benett)

Samantha Jane Bond is an English actress best known for playing Miss Moneypenny in four James Bond films during the time Pierce Brosnan portrayed the 007 character. She also appears in Downton Abbey as the wealthy widow Lady Rosamund Painswick, the sister of Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham.

Bond has also played Auntie Angela in the sitcom Outnumbered and the villain Mrs Wormwood in the CBBC Doctor Who spin-off, The Sarah Jane Adventures. She is famous for originating the role of "Miz Liz" Probert in the Rumpole of the Bailey series and is even a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

In The Marlow Murder Club, Bond plays the lead role of Judith Potts, a crossword writer and retired archaeologist living in Marlow. She begins an informal investigation after she hears a gunshot from her neighbor's house, and the police do not believe her.

2) Jo Martin as Suzie Harris

Jo Martin was born in Newham, London, England, UK. She is a British actor best known for playing Natalie Crouch in the BBC One sitcom The Crouches, which aired between 2003 and 2005. She was also cast in Holby City in 2019 as neurosurgeon Max McGerry and portrayed an incarnation of the Doctor known as the Fugitive Doctor in Doctor Who.

Martin is also known for her roles in Batman Begins (2005), 4.3.2.1. (2010) and Chalet Girl (2011). She plays Suzie, a dogwalker and single mother, on Marlow Murder Club.

3) Cara Horgan as Becks Starling

Cara Horgan is an English actor who has appeared in several television productions like Peep Show, Traitors, The Rotter's Club, Genius: Picasso, and Jane Eyre. Her film credits include The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, The Wedding Video, The Death of Stalin, and Disobedience.

Horgan's role in Hedda, a modern updated version of Hedda Gabler, directed by Carrie Cracknell, where she played the lead character, garnered her critical acclaim.

Cara Horgan plays the role of Becks Starling, the vicar's wife struggling to juggle her role in the community and as a stay-at-home mother to her two children on The Marlow Murder Club.

Others appearing in The Marlow Murder Club

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Here is the list of supporting actors and the roles they play in the murder mystery series:

Natalie Dew as Tanika Malik
Phillipa Peak as Liz Curtis
Mark Frost as Danny Curtis
Tijan Sarr as DC Jason Kennedy
Daniel Lapaine as Elliot Howard
Mark Fleischmann as Giles Bishop
Phill Langhorne as DS Brendan Perry
Holli Dempsey as DC Alice Hackett