Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple: Summary

Originally on:ITV1
Status:Returning Series
Premiered:December 12, 2004
Show Categories:Drama

Welcome to the Agatha Christie's Marple guide at TV.com.

Geraldine McEwan stars in the latest TV adaption of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. Following in the footsteps of Gracie Fields, Margaret Rutherford, Angela Lansbury, Helen Hayes and Joan Hickson, Geraldine McEwan plays the part of elderly amateur sleuth Jane Marple, who has an extraordinary knack of solving crimes. The series is based on the Miss Marple stories by Agatha Christie, who's novels have also been adapted for Agatha Christie's Poirot.

After the completion of filming of series 3, it was announed that Geraldine McEwan would be retiring from the role. From series 4, the fourth episode of which is now in production, Julia McKenzie will be taking on the role. McEwan's final outing "Nemesis" will air on Christmas Eve 2008 in the UK.

The novels that have been adapted by ITV are:
The Murder At The Vicarage (1930)
The Sittaford Mystery (1931) [non-Marple]
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1934) [non-Marple]
Murder is Easy (1939) [non-Marple]
The Body In The Library (1942)
The Moving Finger (1943)
Towards Zero (1944) [non-Marple]
A Murder Is Announced (1950)
They Do It With Mirrors (1952)
A Pocketful of Rye (1953)
4:50 From Paddington (1957)
Ordeal By Innocence (1958) [non-Marple]
At Bertram's Hotel (1965)
By The Pricking Of My Thumbs (1968) [non-Marple]
Nemesis (1971)
Sleeping Murder (1976)
TV tie-in versions of the four novels in the first series have been published. The novels of the first two films in the second series (the two Marple novels) have also been republished as TV tie-in novels. The second series also featured two non-Marple novels by Agatha Christie being adapted with Miss Marple added in. For the third series, another two Marple and two non-Marple novels were adapted. The pattern is set to continue with the fourth series. A documentary entitled Behind The Scenes: Agatha Christie's Marple was shown on ITV3 after the final episode of the first series. The documentary is available on the DVD release of the first series. Welcome to the Agatha Christie's Marple guide at TV.com.

Geraldine McEwan stars in the latest TV adaption of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. Following in the footsteps of Gracie Fields, Margaret Rutherford, Angela Lansbury, Helen Hayes and Joan Hickson, Geraldine McEwan plays the part of elderly amateur sleuth Jane Marple, who has an extraordinary knack of solving crimes....

Nemesis

Airs: Wednesday December 24, 2008

Jason Rafiel, an old friend of Miss Marple's, dies and leaves her an unusual legacy, to grant his final wish: she has to uncover a possible murder that may or may not have happened already. All she gets are two tickets to a mystery bus tour and the advice to invite someone trustworthy to the bus trip. The only thing she knows about the crime being a single word: 'nemesis'. Accompanied by her novelist nephew Raymond West, she finds herself on a bus filled with a strange assortment of people from all stations and walks of life - from debutantes to nuns and butlers to war heroes. More than one person will die before Miss Marple discovers the murderer.

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Geraldine McEwanMiss Jane Marple (Series 1-3) (2004-2008)
Julia McKenzieMiss Jane Marple (Series 4-) (2009-)

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Lokar
member since: Sep 3, 2004
The Bottom Line: "Better every season"
Unravel the puzzles of the criminal mindset and the human condition in the adventures of Agatha Christie's stalwart sleuth. ...Continue »
06/01/06 05:54am | report abuse
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aleksengland
member since: Mar 17, 2006
The Bottom Line: "Unoriginal"
It's good, but the old Joan Hickson version on BBC2, beats it by far. ...Continue »
03/16/06 08:51am | report abuse
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xGowronx
member since: Jun 6, 2005
The Bottom Line: "Needs fine-tuning"
Good, but could be better ... ...Continue »
01/23/06 10:38am | report abuse
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ccomley
member since: Jun 14, 2005
The Bottom Line: "Mildly interesting"
Good... but... not Hickson. ...Continue »
11/26/05 11:45am | report abuse
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thearkbuilder
member since: Jun 13, 2005
The Bottom Line: "Personal favorite"
Great Production Values ...Continue »
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