Agatha Christie's Marple is a British ITV television series based on the Miss Marple and other murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie. It is also known as Marple. The title character was played by Geraldine McEwan from the first to third series, until her retirement from the role. She was replaced by Julia McKenzie from the fourth series onwards. The first six episodes were all adaptations of Miss Marple novels by Christie. Subsequent episodes were derived both from works featuring Miss Marple but also Christie novels that did not feature the character.
Series 3 to 5 were broadcast in the US before the UK transmission, and in different episode orders.
The last episode of the fourth series was broadcast in the UK after the fifth series.
This series was broadcast in the UK between the third and last episode of the fourth series.