Miss Marple (1984–1992)

TV ShowEndedBBC TwoDrama, Crime1 season, 2 episodes
Miss Marple posterReview score: 80%

Plot

Miss Marple, the spinster detective who is one of the most famous characters created by English crime writer Agatha Christie, is portrayed by Joan Hickson who starred in a dozen television mysteries about Miss Marple over the course of a decade. Between 1984 and 1992 the British Broadcasting Corporation in association with Australia's Seven Network and America's Arts and Entertainments Network, produced an irregular series of twelve Miss Marple mysteries. The elderly, deceptively delicate Joan Hickson starred in each of these as the amateur detective from the bucolic village of St. Mary Mead.

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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Miss Marple S01E01Part OneS01E01 · 9.5When everyone in a small town receives malicious letters detailing a future murder, it is Miss Marple who is called upon to help reveal the clues.
  2. 02Miss Marple S01E02Part TwoS01E02 · 9.5Miss Marple's instinct - that one murder will always follow another - proves to be true when more bodies are found in the sleepy town.

Episodes by season

Season012Episodes1985Aired 9.5Season avg
  1. S01E01Miss Marple S01E01Part OneFebruary 21, 1985 9.5When everyone in a small town receives malicious letters detailing a future murder, it is Miss Marple who is called upon to help reveal the
  2. S01E02Miss Marple S01E02Part TwoFebruary 22, 1985 9.5Miss Marple's instinct - that one murder will always follow another - proves to be true when more bodies are found in the sleepy town.

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Cast

Joan HicksonJoan HicksonMiss MarpleMichael CulverMichael CulverEdward SymmingtonSandra PayneSandra PayneEryl GriffithRichard PearsonRichard PearsonMr. PyeAndrew BicknellAndrew BicknellGerry BurtonSabina FranklynSabina FranklynJoanna BurtonDilys HamlettDilys HamlettMaud Calthrop
Patsy Smart
Patsy SmartMrs. Cleat

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