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Marple
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Julia McKenzie as Miss Marple.
Format Drama
Starring Geraldine McEwan (2004-2009)
Julia McKenzie (2009-present)
Various others
Country of origin  United Kingdom
No. of episodes 14 (as of 13 September 2009)
Production
Producer(s) Agatha Christie Ltd.,
ITV Studios,
WGBH Boston
Running time 95 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel ITV
Original run 12 December 2004 – present
.Marple is a British television series based on the Miss Marple and other murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie.^ Synopsis: This is one of a series of competent murder mysteries directed by George Pollock based on the Agatha Christie character, Miss Marple.
  • Agatha Christie Filmography 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.fandango.com [Source type: General]

 ^ She’s an updated counterpart to Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple.
  • 95.01.09: Who Done It? Sleuthing & Self-discovery for 7th & 8th Grade Creative Writing Students 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.yale.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ The series is based on the Miss Marple stories by Agatha Christie, who's novels have also been adapted for Agatha Christie's Poirot, as well as adapting other Christie novels introduces the character of Miss Marple to them.
  • Agatha Christie's Marple on TV.com 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.tv.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .It is also known as Agatha Christie's Marple.^ Young Adults' Books :: Agatha Christie :: Miss Marple Sleeping Murder The new-look series of Miss Marple books for the 21st century.
  • [Agatha Christie] Assorted Set of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple Series (8 Books) - Navrang Inc. 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.navrang.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Agatha Christie's Miss Marple - The Murder at the Vicarage Details .
  • Agatha Christie's Miss Marple - The Murder at the Vicarage (2004) DVD | LOVEFiLM 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.lovefilm.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Murder Most Foul represented Margaret Rutherford's third appearance as Agatha Christie's spinsterish sleuth Miss Marple.
  • Agatha Christie's Miss Marple Movie Collection, Margaret Rutherford, DVD - Barnes & Noble 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC video.barnesandnoble.com [Source type: General]
  • Agatha Christie's Miss Marple Movie Collection, Margaret Rutherford, DVD - Barnes & Noble 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC video.barnesandnoble.com [Source type: General]

 .The title character was played by Geraldine McEwan from the first to third series, until her retirement from the role.^ It's the first role I have played where my accent is similar to the character.
  • Wuthering Heights Press Pack 2009 NF 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.vetch.co.uk [Source type: General]

 ^ After the completion of filming of series 3, it was announed that Geraldine McEwan would be retiring from the role.
  • Agatha Christie's Marple on TV.com 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.tv.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ The first three sets in the series feature Geraldine McEwan in the role.

 .She was replaced by Julia McKenzie, who filmed adaptations of A Pocket Full of Rye, Murder is Easy, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, and They Do It with Mirrors for the fourth series.^ I absolutely love Murder Is Easy and I've just read a review of the film.
  • Agatha Christie: Entry - Marple and Poirot - Into 2009 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC uk.agathachristie.com [Source type: General]

 ^ However, C.S. Lewis mentioned throughout the series that people who return ; are imbued with a strength that they earned while in Narnia before.
  • http://main.put.com/oz/ozdi/199606.TXT 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC main.put.com [Source type: General]

 ^ In Fabricating Jesus renowned evangelical scholar Craig E. Evans asks: Why are scholars so prone to fabricate Jesus?
  • Spring 2007 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.wordtrade.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .Each episode is known for having many well-known co-stars.^ I would have to pick something well written, well known, well loved (as in I've reread it many times) and epic in scope.

 ^ House is now in its sixth series, having made well over 100 episodes, yet the quality of scripts remains impressive.
  • adambowie.com: Media Archives 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.adambowie.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Of course Shakespeare is very well known to many but how many people in non-English speaking countries actually owe many of his plays in a printed version?
  • Agatha Christie: Christie Talk - Have Your Say - New Christie Website - Best-Selling Author 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.agathachristie.com [Source type: General]

 .Marple began in 2004 and a fourth series is expected to air in Autumn 2009. A fifth series of four episodes has been commissioned; The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side has been completed, and production on The Secret of Chimneys has now begun.^ The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side - appears to be intact.
  • Amazon.com: Miss Marple - Set 1 (Sleeping Murder / A Caribbean Mystery / The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side / 4:50 from Paddington): Joan Hickson, Claire Bloom, Barry Newman, Norman Rodway, Elizabeth Garvie, John Cassady, David Horovitch, John Castle, Ian Brimble, Gwen Watford, Judy Cornwell, Christopher Hancock, Christopher Petit, John Davies, Martyn Friend, Norman Stone, George Gallaccio, Agatha Christie, Ken Taylor, T.R. Bowen: Movies & TV 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  • Amazon.com: Marple: The Classic Mysteries Collection (Caribbean Mystery / 4:50 from Paddington / Moving Finger / Nemesis / At Bertram's Hotel / Murder at Vicarage / Sleeping Murder / They Do It with Mirrors / Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side): Joan Hickson, Peter Tilbury, Frank Gatliff, Barbara Franceschi, Bruce Payne, Roger Hammond, Patrick Godfrey, Ann Queensberry, Joanna Hole, Helen Cherry, John Horsley, Jane Booker, Christopher Petit, David Tucker, John Davies, Julian Amyes, Martyn Friend, Mary McMurray, Norman Stone, Roy Boulting: Movies & TV 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  • Amazon.com: Agatha Christie - Miss Marple Collection 1 - Boxed Set [VHS]: Joan Hickson, Claire Bloom, Barry Newman, Norman Rodway, Elizabeth Garvie, John Cassady, David Horovitch, John Castle, Ian Brimble, Gwen Watford, Judy Cornwell, Christopher Hancock, Christopher Petit, John Davies, Martyn Friend, Norman Stone, George Gallaccio, Agatha Christie, Ken Taylor, T.R. Bowen: Video 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Fourth season should air in Autumn of 2009 and fifth season has been commissioned by ITV. .
  • Watch Agatha Christie’s Marple Online | Season 1, 2, 3 & 4 Video Streaming & Torrent Search 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.webtvwire.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Marple fourth series on ITV1 .
  • Dominik Scherrer - Crimson Noise 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC dominikscherrer.com [Source type: General]
.The episodes (that have been adapted from the original novels and the screenplays) have been written by Kevin Elyot, Stephen Churchett, Stewart Harcourt, Tom MacRae, Patrick Barlow and Paul Rutman.^ The screenplay has been adapted by David Nicholls himself (well, he is pretty experienced, having written Cold Feet and all!

 ^ KEVIN ELYOT wrote the episode of Agatha Christie's Marple "Towards Zero" going ; out on ITV1 at 8:00pm on Sunday 3 rd August.
  • The Writers' Guild Weekly e-bulletin No. 332, Friday 1st August 2008 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.writersguild.org.uk [Source type: General]

 ^ Adriana is adapting and directing the film version of Big Stone Gap and has also written the screenplay for Lucia, Lucia.

Contents

Episodes

Series One (2004–05)

Title UK airdate Guest cast IMDb link
The Body in the Library 12 December
Miles Richardson (as Frank Jefferson)
Simon Callow (as Colonel Melchett)
Jack Davenport (as Superintendent Harper)
James Fox (as Colonel Arthur Bantry)
Joanna Lumley (as Dolly Bantry)
Jamie Theakston (as Mark Gaskell)
Giles Oldershaw (as Edwards)
Emma Cooke (as Dinah Lee)		 Richard Durden (as Mr. Prescott)
Adam Garcia (as Raymond Starr)
Florence Hoath (as Pamela Reeves)
Ben Miller (as Basil Blake)
Ian Richardson (as Conway Jefferson)
Tina Martin (as Middle-aged Woman)
Bruce Mackinnon (as Scamper)
Abigail Neale-Wilkinson (as Jesse)		 Anna Rawlins (as Beatrice)
Robin Soans (as Dr. Haydock)
Mary Stockley (as Josie Turner)
Zoe Thorne (as Florence)
Emma Williams (as Ruby Keene)
Steven Williams (as Peter Carmody)
David Walliams (as George Bartlett)
Tara Fitzgerald (as Adelaide Jefferson)
[1]
The Murder at the Vicarage 19 December
Stephen Tompkinson (as DI Slack)
Jane Asher (as Mrs. Lester)
Derek Jacobi (as Colonel Protheroe)
Jason Flemyng (as Lawrence Redding)
Herbert Lom (as Augustin Duffosse)
Miriam Margolyes (as Mrs. Price-Ridley)
Tim McInnerny (as Reverend Leonard Clement)
Robert Powell (as Dr. Haydock)		 Rachael Stirling (as Griselda Clement)
Mark Gatiss (as Ronald Hawes)
Emily Bruni (as Helene Duffosse)
Jana Carpenter (as May Ainsworth)
Stephen Churchett (as Coroner)
Christina Cole (as Lettice Protheroe)
Paul Hawkyard (as Frank Tarrant)
Siobhan Hayes (as Mary Hill)		 Janet McTeer (as Anne Protheroe)
Jenny Howe (as Old Hall Maid)
Julian Morris (as Dennis Clement)
John Owens (as Photographer)
Angela Pleasence (as Miss Hartnell)
Ruth Sheen (as Mrs. Tarrant)
Julie Cox (as Young Miss Marple)
Marc Warren (as Captain Ainsworth)
[2]
4.50 From Paddington 26 December
Amanda Holden (as Lucy Eyelesbarrow)
Pam Ferris (as Elspeth McGillicuddy)
John Hannah (as Inspector Tom Campbell)
Niamh Cusack (as Emma Crackenthorpe)
Celia Imrie (as Madame Joilet)
Griff Rhys Jones (as Dr. David Quimper)		 Jenny Agutter (as Agnes Crackenthorpe)
Rob Brydon (as Inspector Awdry)
Tasha Bertham (as Olga)
Charlie Creed-Mills (as Harold Crackenthorpe)
Ben Daniels (as Alfred Crackenthorpe)
Rose Keegan (as Lady Alice)
Michael Landes (as Bryan Eastley)		 David Warner (as Luther Crackenthorpe)
Meritxell Lavanchy (as Anna Stravinska)
Toby Marlow (as James Stoddard-West)
Neve McIntosh (as Lady Stoddard-West)
Ciarán McMenamin (as Cedric Crackenthorpe)
Kurtis O'Brien (as Alexander Eastley)
Tim Stern (as Steward)
Pip Torrens (as Noel Coward)
[3]
A Murder is Announced 2 January
Zoë Wanamaker (as Letitia Blacklock)
Alexander Armstrong (as DI Craddock)
Elaine Paige (as Dora Bunner)
Virginia McKenna (as Belle Goedler)
Frances Barber (as Lizzie Hinchcliffe)
Cherie Lunghi (as Sadie Swettenham)
Christian Coulson (as Edmund Swettenham)		 Richard Dickson (as Mr. Rowlandson)
Matthew Goode (as Patrick Simmons)
Sienna Guillory (as Julia Simmons)
Keeley Hawes (as Philippa Haymes)
Gerard Horan (as Sergeant Fletcher)
Nicole Lewis (as Myrna Harris)		 Lesley Nicol (as Nurse McClelland)
Christian Pederson (as Rudi Scherz)
Robert Pugh (as Colonel Archie Easterbrook)
Claire Skinner (as Amy Murgatroyd)
Catherine Tate (as Mitzi Kosinski)
[4]

Series Two (2006)

Title UK airdate Guest cast IMDb link
Sleeping Murder 5 February
Phil Davis (as Dr. James Kennedy)
Dawn French (as Janet Erskine)
Paul McGann (as Dickie Erskine)
Una Stubbs (as Mrs. Pagett)
Peter Serafinowicz (as Walter Fane)
Sarah Parish (as Eve Ballantyne)
Helen Coker (as Lily Tutt)
Nickolas Grace (as Lionel Luff)		 Anna-Louise Plowman (as Helen Marsden)
Richard Bremmer (as Mr. Sims)
Julian Wadham (as Kelvin Halliday)
Martin Kemp (as Jackie Afflick)
Sophia Myles (as Gwenda Halliday)
Harry Treadaway (as George Erskine)
Mary Healey (as Shop Assistant)
Greg Hicks (as Ferdinand)		 Vincent Leigh (as Jim Tutt)
Geraldine Chaplin (as Mrs. Fane)
Russ Abbot (as CI Arthur Primer)
Harriet Walter (as the Duchess of Malfi)
Emilio Doorgasingh (as Sergeant Desai)
Aidan McArdle (as Hugh Hornbeam)
Darren Carnall (as Dresser)
[5]
The Moving Finger 12 February
Angela Curran (as Miss Ginch)
Rosalind Knight (as Partridge)
Imogen Stubbs (as Mona Symmington)
Sean Pertwee (as Dr. Owen Griffith)
Ellen Capron (as Agnes)
Keith Allen (as Inspector Graves)		 Frances de la Tour (as Maud Dane Calthrop)
Stephen Churchett (as Coroner)
Thelma Barlow (as Emily Barton)
Jessica Stevenson (as Amy Griffith)
John Sessions (as Cardew Pye)
Emilia Fox (as Joanna Burton)		 Kelly Brook (as Elsie Holland)
Harry Enfield (as Richard Symmington)
Ken Russell (as Reverend Dane Calthrop)
Talulah Riley (as Megan Hunter)
James D'Arcy (as Jerry Burton)
[6]
By the Pricking of My Thumbs 19 February
Greta Scacchi (as Tuppence Beresford)
Anthony Andrews (as Tommy Beresford)
Clare Holman (as Miss Packard)
Miriam Karlin (as Marjorie Moody)
O. T. Fagbenle (as Chris Murphy)
Jody Halse (as Amos Perry)
Josie Lawrence (as Hannah Beresford)
Michael Begley (as Ethan Maxwell)		 Brian Conley (as Eric Johnson)
Bonnie Langford (as Betty Johnson)
Florence Strickland (as Jane Eyre)
Patrick Barlow (as Mr. Timothy)
Lia Williams (as Nellie Bligh)
Steven Berkoff (as Freddie Eccles)
Oliver Jordan (as Young Ethan)
Michael Maloney (as Dr. Joshua Waters)		 Leslie Phillips (as Sir Philip Starke)
Chloe Pennington (as Young Hannah)
Michelle Ryan (as Rose Waters)
Claire Bloom (as Aunt Ada)
June Whitfield (as Mrs. Lancaster)
Charles Dance (as Septimus Bligh)
[7]
The Sittaford Mystery 30 April
Carey Mulligan (as Violet Willett)
Patricia Hodge (as Mrs. Evadne Willett)
Rita Tushingham (as Miss Elizabeth Percehouse)
Michael Brandon (as Martin Zimmerman)
James Wilby (as Stanley Kirkwood)		 Jeffrey Kissoon (as Ahmed Ghai)
Laurence Fox (as James Pearson)
Ian Hallard (as Reporter)
Robert Hickson (as Arthur Hopkins)
Matthew Kelly (as Donald Jones)
Robert Hardy (as Winston Churchill)		 Paul Kaye (as Dr. Ambrose Burt)
James Murray (as Charles Burnaby)
Mel Smith (as John Enderby)
Zoe Telford (as Emily Trefusis)
Timothy Dalton (as Clive Trevelyan)
Michael Attwell (as Archie Stone)
[8]

Series Three (2007–09)

Title UK airdate US airdate Guest cast IMDb link
At Bertram's Hotel
23 September
29 July
Martine McCutcheon (as Jane Cooper)
Stephen Mangan (as Inspector Larry Bird)
Polly Walker (as Lady Bess Sedgwick)
Vincent Regan (as Mickey Gorman)
Hannah Spearritt (as Tilly Rice)
Mica Paris (as Amelia Walker)
Emily Beecham (as Elvira Blake)
Ed Stoppard (as Ladislaus Malinowski)		 Charles Kay (as Canon Pennyfather)
Mary Nighy (as Brigit Milford)
Francesca Annis (as Lady Selina Hazy)
Danny Webb (as Mutti)
Peter Davison (as Hubert Curtain)
Nicholas Burns (as Jack & Joel Britten)
Mark Heap (as Mr. Humfries)
Isabella Parriss (as Young Miss Marple)		 James Howard (as 1891 Hotel Doorman)
Adam Smethurst (as Cab Driver)
Tony Bignell (as Newsboy)
Shenton Dixon (as Louis Armstrong)
Sarah London (as Miss Tibbs)
Georgia Allen (as Mrs. Rice)
[9]
Ordeal by Innocence
30 September
19 August
Jane Seymour (as Rachel Argyle)
Juliet Stevenson (as Gwenda Vaughan)
Alison Steadman (as Kirsten Lindstrom)
Richard Armitage (as Philip Durrant)
Denis Lawson (as Leo Argyle)
Lisa Stansfield (as Mary Durrant)		 Burn Gorman (as Jacko Argyle)
Julian Rhind-Tutt (as Dr. Arthur Calgary)
Reece Shearsmith (as Inspector Huish)
Stephanie Leonidas (as Hester Argyle)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (as Tina Argyle)
Tom Riley (as Bobby Argyle)		 Bryan Dick (as Micky Argyle)
Andrea Lowe (as Maureen)
Camille Coduri (as Mrs. Lindsay)
Michael Feast (as John Croker)
Pippa Haywood (as Mrs. Price)
James Jurran (as Cyril Price)
[10]
Towards Zero
3 August
15 July
Tom Baker (as Frederick Treves)
Julie Graham (as Mary Aldin)
Paul Nicholls (as Ted Latimer)
Julian Sands (as Thomas Royde)
Alan Davies (as Superintendent Mallard)
Eileen Atkins (as Lady Camilla Tressilian)
Greg Wise (as Nevile Strange)		 Zoe Tapper (as Kay Strange)
Saffron Burrows (as Audrey Strange)
Greg Rusedski (as Merrick)
Wendy Nottingham (as Mrs. Rogers)
Amelda Brown (as Barrett)
Peter Symonds (as Hurstall)
Jo Woodcock (as Alice)		 Ben Meyjes (as Tipping)
Thomas Arnold (as Jones)
Mike Burnside (as George)
Eleanor Turner-Moss (as Diana Brinton)
Guy Williams (as Dr. Lazenby)
[11]
Nemesis
1 January
22 July
Richard E. Grant (as Raymond West)
Johnny Briggs (as Sydney Lumley)
Amanda Burton (as Sister Clotilde)
Anne Reid (as Mother Agnes)
Ronni Ancona (as Amanda Dalrymple)		 George Cole (as Lawrence Raeburn)
Dan Stevens (as Michael Faber/Rafiel)
Will Mellor (as Martin Waddy)
Emily Woof (as Rowena Waddy)
Ruth Wilson (as Georgina Barrow)		 Adrian Rawlins (as Derek Turnball)
Laura Michelle Kelly (as Margaret Lumley/Verity Hunt)
Lee Ingleby (as Colin Hards)
Graeme Garden (as Matthew Broadribb)
Heidi Monsen (as Waitress)
[12]

Series Four (2009–10)

Title UK airdate US airdate Guest cast IMDb link
A Pocket Full of Rye
6 September
5 July
Matthew Macfadyen (as Inspector Neele)
Rupert Graves (as Lance Fortescue)
Helen Baxendale (as Mary Dove)
Lucy Cohu (as Patricia Fortescue)
Prunella Scales (as Mrs. Mackenzie)
Ralf Little (as Sergeant Pickford)
Wendy Richard (as Mrs. Crump)		 Ben Miles (as Percival Fortescue)
Liz White (as Jennifer Fortescue)
Anna Madeley (as Adele Fortescue)
Joseph Beattie (as Vivian Dubois)
Kenneth Cranham (as Rex Fortescue)
Hattie Morahan (as Elaine Fortescue)
Laura Haddock (as Miss Grosvenor)		 Rose Heiney (as Gladys Martin)
Ken Campbell (as Mr. Crump)
Thea Collings (as Tilly)
Edward Tudor-Pole (as Professor Bernsdorrf)
Paul Brooke (as Billingsley)
Chris Larkin (as Gerald Wright)
Rachel Atkins (as Sanatorium Sister)
[13]
Murder is Easy
13 September
12 July
Benedict Cumberbatch (as Luke Fitzwilliam)
Sylvia Syms (as Miss Lavinia Pinkerton)
Jemma Redgrave (as Jessie Humbleby)
Shirley Henderson (as Honoria Waynflete)
Anna Chancellor (as Lydia Horton)
Hugo Speer (as James Abbot)		 Steve Pemberton (as Henry Wake)
James Lance (as Dr. Geoffrey Thomas)
Margo Stilley (as Bridget Conway)
David Haig (as Major Hugh Horton)
Russell Tovey (as PC Terence Reed)
Tim Brooke-Taylor (as Dr. Edward Humbleby)		 Lyndsey Marshal (as Amy Gibbs)
Camilla Arfwedson (as Rose Humbleby)
Stephen Churchett (as Coroner)
Steven Hartley (as George Rogers)
Julian Lightwing (as Leonard Waynflete)
[14]
They Do It with Mirrors
1 January
19 July
Joan Collins (as Ruth van Rydock)
Maxine Peake (as Jolly Bellever)
Tom Payne (as Edgar Lawson)
Nigel Terry (as Christian Gulbrandsen)
Brian Cox (as Lewis Serrocold)
Elliot Cowan (as Wally Hudd)		 Penelope Wilton (as Carrie Louise Serrocold)
Ian Ogilvy (as Johnny Restarick)
Sarah Smart (as Mildred Strete)
Alex Jennings (as Inspector Curry)		 Emma Griffiths Malin (as Gina Elsworth)
Sean Hughes (as Sergeant Lake)
Liam Garrigan (as Stephen Restarick)
Jordan Long (as Whitstable Ernest)
Alexei Sayle (as Dr. Maverick)
[15]
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
TBA
26 July
Richard Briers (as Wilson)
Rik Mayall (as Alec Nicholson)
Mark Williams (as Claud Evans)
Sean Biggerstaff (as Bobby Attfield)
Siwan Morris (as Florrie)
Rafe Spall (as Roger Bassington)		 Warren Clarke (as Commander Peters)
Samantha Bond (as Sylvia Savage)
Helen Lederer (as Marjorie Attfield)
David Buchanan (as John Carstairs)
Natalie Dormer (as Moira Nicholson)
Georgia Moffett (as Frankie Derwent)		 Hannah Murray (as Dorothy Savage)
Freddie Fox (as Tom Savage)
Basher Savage (as Young George Savage)
Sarah Ridgeway (as Young Sylvia Savage)
Rupert Savage (as Young Jack Savage)
[16]

Series Five (TBA)

Title UK airdate US airdate Guest cast IMDb link
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side[1] TBA TBA
Samuel Barnett (as Dr. Maurice Gilchrist)
Hugh Bonneville (as Inspector Hewitt)
Brennan Brown (as Hailey Preston)
Michele Dotrice (as Miss Knight)
Lindsay Duncan (as Marina Gregg)		 Nigel Harman (as Jason Rudd)
Martin Jarvis (as Vincent Hogg)
Joanna Lumley (as Dolly Bantry)
Caroline Quentin (as Heather Babcock)
Charlotte Riley (as Margot Bence)
 Victoria Smurfit (as Ella Blunt)
Neil Stuke (as Arthur Badcock)
Hannah Waddingham (as Lola Brewster)
Will Young
[17]
The Secret of Chimneys[2] TBA TBA
Charlotte Salt (as Lady Virginia Revel)
Adam Godley (as George Lomax)
Edward Fox (as Lord Caterham)
Anthony Higgins (as Count Ludwig Von Stainach)
Jonas Armstrong (as Anthony Cade)		 Ruth Jones (as Miss Blenkinsopp)
Dervla Kirwan (as Bundle Caterham)
Michelle Collins (as Treadwell)
Mathew Horne (as Bill Eversleigh)
Stephen Dillane (as Chief Inspector)
[18]

Novels adapted with Geraldine McEwan

Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple

Novels adapted with Julia McKenzie

Ratings

Series 1

Date Episode Viewers
(millions)[3]
12 December 2004 The Body In The Library 8.72
19 December 2004 The Murder At The Vicarage 8.36
26 December 2004 4:50 From Paddington 5.95
2 January 2005 A Murder Is Announced 7.78

Series 2

Date Episode Viewers
(millions)
5 February 2006 Sleeping Murder 8.74
12 February 2006 The Moving Finger 7.89
19 February 2006 By The Pricking Of My Thumbs 7.93
30 April 2006 The Sittaford Mystery 6.58

Series 3

Date Episode Viewers
(millions)
23 September 2007 At Bertram’s Hotel 5.41
30 September 2007 Ordeal By Innocence 5.54
3 August 2008 Towards Zero 5.84
1 January 2009 Nemesis 4.48

Series 4

Date Episode Viewers
(millions)
6 September 2009 A Pocketful Of Rye 5.39
13 September 2009 Murder Is Easy 4.86
1 January 2010 They Do It With Mirrors 4.90 (overnight)
TBA Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

Other countries

Marple has been aired in the United States on PBS on Mystery! as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and in Canada on CBC and in French on Radio-Canada. .In Australia, Marple airs as Miss Marple or simple Marple on ABC1.^ Synopsis: The first installment of the British mystery series based on the books by Agatha Christie , Miss Marple: The Body in the Library was first aired in 1984.
  • Agatha Christie Filmography 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.fandango.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Best wishes, Miss Marple Amazing that even ST says the tape was not aired on any show and wants to know who these people are that claim to have heard it.
  • Please explain RDI's [Archive] - Page 2 - Crime Library Message Boards 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC boards.library.trutv.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Miss Marple {to be done} I don't have much data on the first time the BBC produced and aired Miss Marple in 1949.
  • TV page of ULTIMATE MYSTERY/DETECTIVE WEB GUIDE 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.magicdragon.com [Source type: General]

 .Marple is also being broadcast on ATV World in Hong Kong.^ More of that later this week, but I now firmly believe this show has become the most important drama series currently being broadcast anywhere in the world.
  • The Stage / TV Today: September 2007 Archives 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC blogs.thestage.co.uk [Source type: General]
  • The Stage / TV Today: September 2007 Archives 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.thestage.co.uk [Source type: General]

 Marple has been broadcast on the Hallmark Channel in Israel. .Marple has been shown in South Korea in EBS, and currently is viewed by many audience from MegaTV.^ My own personal views on The many Miss Marples!
  • Agatha Christie: Christie Talk - Have Your Say - Discuss Marple - Hickson, McEwan, or McKenzie? 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.agathachristie.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Many years ago, at a crime convention, a member of the audience from Liverpool expressed the view that the fact I hadn’t been born in the city disqualified me from writing about it.

 In Southern Africa it was shown on Hallmark Channel on the Satellite service DStv.

Controversy

.The show has sparked controversy with some viewers for its adaptations of the novels.^ In ; fact if I have free time and I'm not writting or reading a novel I'm glued ; to the TV watching some movie or old episodes of B5 or any of the other ; shows I have recorded and love.
  • ISN News: The Zocalo Today 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.isnnews.net [Source type: General]

 ^ That said, I can understand some viewers complaints with the show.
  • The Daily Bongo: Television Shows 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC thedailybongo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ My challenge to the BBC is to present some research that shows that more viewers like than dislike these intrusions.
  • adambowie.com: TV Archives 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.adambowie.com [Source type: General]

 .The first episode, The Body in the Library, changed the identity of one of the killers and introduced lesbianism into the plot; the second episode explored Miss Marple's earlier life; the third episode contained a motive change and the fourth episode cut several characters and added affairs into the story and emphasized a lesbian subplot that was quite discreet in the original novel.^ Neither story features Miss Marple.
  • AGATHA CHRISTIE PAGE 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.rm7guy.co.uk [Source type: General]

 ^ Miss Marple is one of my favourites!

 ^ Yay I like Miss Marple stories.
  • Amazon.com: Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories (9780425094860): Agatha Christie: Books 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]

 .The second series also saw some changes.^ A racetrack scene; in the second hour shows some of this series' trademark visual; style.
  • Agatha Christie - by Michael E. Grost 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC mikegrost.com [Source type: General]

 ^ But it's OK, because ITV will show the second episode will "be shown at some point because the series will be repeated".
  • adambowie.com: TV Archives 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.adambowie.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Mr Labourite Gerry Robinson in two separate series on the BBC was highly critical of the many practices within it and the need for some serious change.
  • politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » How much are tax-payers funding political parties already? 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC politicalbetting.com [Source type: General]

 .By the Pricking of My Thumbs was originally a Tommy and Tuppence story, while The Sittaford Mystery was also not originally a Miss Marple book and the identity of the killer was changed.^ This story represents a sea change in Miss Jane Marple.
  • Amazon.com: Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories (9780425094860): Agatha Christie: Books 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]

 ^ He's changed the book to have a more Marple-y feel to it.
  • Agatha Christie: Christie Talk - Have Your Say - Television and Film - Marple: The Secret of Chimneys 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.agathachristie.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Neither story features Miss Marple.
  • AGATHA CHRISTIE PAGE 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.rm7guy.co.uk [Source type: General]

 .The third series has two adaptations that were not originally Miss Marple books: Towards Zero and Ordeal by Innocence. The fourth series continues the trend with Murder is Easy and Why Didn't They Ask Evans?. The fifth series does the same, with The Secret of Chimneys.^ I'm reading Why Didn't They Ask Evans (don't spoil it for me thanks) .
  • Agatha Christie: Christie Talk - Have Your Say - Discuss Poirot - What AC book are you reading? 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC uk.agathachristie.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Also, is there an original Secret Island book?
  • Enid Blyton - Lashings of information about the children's author 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.enidblyton.net [Source type: General]

 ^ Continuing in that tradition, "Murder is Easy" and "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?", both non-Marple books, have inspired episodes this season.
  • Amazon.com: Agatha Christie's Marple: Series 4: Julia McKenzie: Movies & TV 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

DVD releases

.The first series of Marple was released in 2005 in the UK, followed by the second series in 2006. The third series was released in autumn 2007 in the US, but its UK release was delayed due to ITV1's decision to defer airing the final instalment.^ The first is expected to be released Spring 2005.
  • AnimAICN: Paranoia Agent;Steamboy;Gundam SEED;Super Milk-Chan Show;Dark Horse Comic-Con and John Landis' -- Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.aintitcool.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The series; aired on the Oxygen Channel in 2006.
  • Brit Am TV DVD Reviews 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC britamtvdvd.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ This; was the first of a series of Miss Marple movies.
  • Agatha Christie - by Michael E. Grost 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC mikegrost.com [Source type: General]
Series One was released as four individual DVDs and as a "bundle" in Australia (Region 4) with Series Two released on 1 August 2007. The third series was released individually in April 2008.
.Series Four will be released in Region 1 on 4 August 2009 after the conclusion of the broadcast on PBS Mystery!^ These four mysteries are from the excellent PBS series Mystery.

 ^ The series was shown in the US over the summer as part of PBS's "Mystery" series - sorry that I didn't spot it!
  • The Official Goodies Rule -OK! Fan Club Website - Articles/Guides 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC www.goodiesruleok.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Scott P ; August 28th, 2009 at 7:19 pm ; ; ; ; ; ; PB’s own Irfan gets a mention on Mr Dale - not sure it was the kinda traffic he was after though… .
  • politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » How much are tax-payers funding political parties already? 13 May 2010 12:34 UTC politicalbetting.com [Source type: General]

Location

Marple was mainly filmed in the picturesque village of Turville, in Buckinghamshire.

References

  1. ^ ITV Press Centre (5 August 2009). "Stellar casting for new Marple film". Press release. http://www.itv.com/presscentre/pressreleases/programmepressreleases/marplethemirrorcrackd/default.html. Retrieved 5 August 2009.  
  2. ^ http://www.itvmedia.co.uk/inside-itv/itv-news/miss-marple-is-back-with-another-case-and-a-stellar-cast-in-the-secret-of-chimneys}
  3. ^ www.barb.co.uk

External links

Works by Agatha Christie
Detectives
Novels
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · The Secret Adversary · The Murder on the Links · The Man in the Brown Suit · The Secret of Chimneys · The Murder of Roger Ackroyd · The Big Four · The Mystery of the Blue Train · The Seven Dials Mystery · The Murder at the Vicarage · The Sittaford Mystery · Peril at End House · Lord Edgware Dies · Murder on the Orient Express · Why Didn't They Ask Evans? · Three Act Tragedy · Death in the Clouds · The A.B.C. Murders · Murder in Mesopotamia · Cards on the Table · Dumb Witness · Death on the Nile · Appointment with Death · Hercule Poirot's Christmas · Murder is Easy · And Then There Were None · Sad Cypress · One, Two, Buckle My Shoe · Evil Under the Sun · N or M? · The Body in the Library · Five Little Pigs · The Moving Finger · Towards Zero · Death Comes as the End · Sparkling Cyanide · The Hollow · Taken at the Flood · Crooked House · A Murder is Announced · They Came to Baghdad · Mrs McGinty's Dead · They Do It with Mirrors · After the Funeral · A Pocket Full of Rye · Destination Unknown · Hickory Dickory Dock · Dead Man's Folly · 4.50 from Paddington · Ordeal by Innocence · Cat Among the Pigeons · The Pale Horse · The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side · The Clocks · A Caribbean Mystery · At Bertram's Hotel · Third Girl · Endless Night · By the Pricking of My Thumbs · Hallowe'en Party · Passenger to Frankfurt · Nemesis · Elephants Can Remember · Postern of Fate · Curtain · Sleeping Murder
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Citable sentences

Up to date as of December 15, 2010

Here are sentences from other pages on Agatha Christie's Marple, which are similar to those in the above article.








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