An Agatha Christie classic with an impressive cast: best podcasts of the week

Pick of the week The Murder at the VicarageToni Collette is an eagle-eyed amateur sleuth in this big adaptation of Agatha Christie’s first Miss Marple novel. When Colonel Protheroe is found dead in sleepy St Mary Mead, suspects include his spouse, Anne, and daughter, Lettice. But as false confessions and red herrings stack up, can Marple crack the case? Kit Harington, Lolly Adefope and Vicki Pepperdine – who wrote the adaptation – are among the cast. Widely available, episodes weeklyGuz and Kiell Will Not SurviveKiell Smith-Bynoe teams up with Guz Khan in Guz and Kiell Will Not Survive. Photograph: Fred Hayes/Getty Images for SAGindieIn something of a contrast to Off Menu-style podcasts where celebrities put themselves in nice, imaginary situations, Guz Khan and Kiell Smith-Bynoe (pictured right) find themselves imagining life in tick-laden swamps and icy peril for this new series. It’s silly stuff, but survival expert Megan Hine helps to keep it on the right side of self indulgent. Audible, all episodes out nowGangster: The Story of the MilkmanInfamous cocaine trafficker Brian Brendan Wright was nicknamed the Milkman because “he always delivers”. So says a law enforcement source in this new series. Livvy Haydock investigates a story that brings together Irish gangs with 90s Cool Britannia, as well as sensitively exploring the human cost of the drugs trade. BBC Sounds, all episodes out nowOur TownWidely available, episodes weeklyThis investigation from Bloomberg and iHeart centres on a small Appalachian town in Tennessee which, say the pod-makers, is “at the centre of a fight over American identity”. Certainly, there is something very much of the moment about its tense tale of Christian nationalists – among them two controversial podcasters – who descended on Gainesboro. Widely available, episodes weeklyskip past newsletter promotionafter newsletter promotionUncover: The Mile Zero MurdersOver the past few years, there has been a surge in the number of people who have gone missing or been murdered in Dawson Creek, British Columbia (population: 13,000). This series bravely but carefully reopens some of those cases, with journalist Timothy Sawa hoping to figure out what the police might have missed. Widely available, episodes weekly