This had been done to implicate Venables further.
There is the additional death of Captain Cottam, from consuming a poisoned love potion. "Clients" of the murder service are sent by Bradley to stay at the inn and then attend the seances conducted by the three women. 
Thyrza Grey, Sybil Stamfordis jointly run the inn while Bella is a cleaner there. Unlike in the novel, the Pale Horse is still an inn in Much Deeping, which in this case is in Hampshire and not Devon.This one has dates against the names and is written on notepaper from the Pale Horse Inn. Later, Miss Marple in searching Mrs Davis' things, finds another list in her shoe. In his list, there are no question marks against any of the names. Father Gorman did not hide his list of names in his shoe.His occupation in this adaptation is not stated except that he was typing out his sales report when he met Miss Marple.
Mr Osbourne is changed from being a pharmacist into one of Mrs Coppins' lodgers. Some parallels to the Despards can be found in the Cottams because they also had a dog which needs to be treated for ringworm and this gives Miss Marple an idea that thallium salts might be involved. There are a number of non-canonical ones such as Captain Cottam, Kanga Cottam, and Lydia Harsnet added to the story. 
(The omission of Rhoda and Colonel Despard is possibly due to the fact that in the Agatha Christie's Poirot adaption of Cards on the Table, Rhoda dies in place of Anne Meredith and Colonel Despard falls in love with Anne instead.)
It eliminates the characters of Ariadne Oliver, John Despard, Rhoda Despard, Maud Dane Calthrop, Caleb Dane Calthrop, Hermia Redcliffe. Otherwise, the adaptation is fairly faithful to the original story. Her presence reduces the roles played by Mark Easterbrook and Ginger Corrigan although they still have significant parts. This version adds the character of Miss Marple as the chief sleuth of the plot. She soon checks into the inn and pursues her own investigation. Davis' rooms, she finds an identical list to that sent to her by Father Gorman and also a reference to the Pale Horse Inn in Much Deeping, Hampshire. The policeman in charge of the case, Inspector Lejeune is skeptical about it all being a murder but when Miss Marple inspects Mrs. The police have put it down to a mugging but the letter Miss Marple received from him intrigues her: a list of surnames and a quote from the bible. Davis, who died the previous evening and it was while he was on his way home that he was apparently attacked. Miss Marple is shocked when she receives a note from an old friend, Father Gorman, only to read in the newspaper the very same day that he was murdered.
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