Miss Marple (TV series)
| Miss Marple | |
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| Starring |
Joan Hickson David Horovitch Ian Brimble John Castle Gwen Watford Barbara Hicks Christopher Good Various Others |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
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| Running time | 120 minutes |
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| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Audio format |
Mono (1984–89) Stereo (1991–92) |
| Original release | 26 December 1984 – 27 December 1992 |
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| Related shows | Agatha Christie's Marple |
Miss Marple is a British television series based on the Miss Marple murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie. It starred Joan Hickson in the title role, and aired from 26 December 1984 to 27 December 1992. All 12 original Miss Marple Christie novels were dramatised. The adaptations were written by T. R. Bowen, Julia Jones, Alan Plater, Ken Taylor and Jill Hyem, and the series was produced by George Gallaccio. In addition to its availability on VHS and DVD, the series began to be released on Blu-ray Disc in October 2014, marking its 30th anniversary.
Agatha Christie had never been very happy with most filmed adaptations of her works, and according to her grandson Mathew Pritchard, who handled her estate after her death, "did not care much for television" either. Producer Pat Sandys of LWT first approached Pritchard and the Christie estate with a researched, detailed plan to film the novels Why Didn't They Ask Evans? and The Seven Dials Mystery in the early 1980s. Although indifferently treated by critics, the projects were popular with audiences and led to the filming of a number of short stories and the Tommy and Tuppence Beresford stories including The Secret Adversary and in the subsequent series Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime. With the success of that series, the BBC got the approval to produce the stories of one of Christie's most famous detectives. At the time the BBC were granted the screen rights to all twelve Marple novels, the rights to three already co-existed. 'The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side' had already been filmed and theatrically released in 1980 with Angela Lansbury in the role and the same production company were in the process of filming 'A Caribbean Mystery' and 'They Do It With Mirrors' with Helen Hayes for television broadcast. Thus these three titles were the last to be dramatized under the BBC's agreement.
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