Julia McKenzie is the new Miss Marple

Julia McKenzie is ITV's new Miss Marple. McKenzie is 66 and played Mrs Forrester in the BBC costume drama Cranford as Mrs Forrester. She replaces Geraldine McEwan in the role.

Production of A Pocketful of Rye starts at at the end of February.

Julia McKenzie said: "I'm very excited but also slightly daunted by the enormous responsibility that comes with taking on such an iconic role.

"Just about everybody in the world knows about Miss Marple and has an opinion of what she should be like, so I'm under no illusions about the size of the task ahead. And I suppose I'll have to remind myself how to knit."