Agatha Christie's Marple

2005 • PBS
4.6
131 reviews
TV-UNRATED
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Series 1 episodes (4)

1 The Body in the Library
12/11/04
Season-only
Dolly Bantry enlists Miss Marple's help after she finds the body of a woman in their library. Then another body is discovered, and Miss Marple realizes that the roots of the killing go back to love, money, and loneliness.
2 The Murder at the Vicarage
12/18/04
Season-only
When the vicar in Miss Marple's village declares in exasperation that anyone who murdered Colonel Prothero would be doing the world a favor, he does not realize that his words will come back to haunt him. The colonel, a most unpopular local resident, has a long list of enemies who become suspects when he is, indeed, murdered. Miss Marple, temporarily incapacitated after an accident, is perfectly positioned to investigate.
3 4:50 From Paddington
12/25/04
Season-only
Two trains briefly draw alongside each other when Miss Marple's friend, Mrs. McGillicuddy, witnesses a man strangling a woman. When no body is found, the police decide she must have dreamt it; Miss Marple believes otherwise.
4 A Murder is Announced
1/1/05
Season-only
An advertisement announcing the date and place of a murder sets a village abuzz. A crowd gathers at the location when the lights go out and a gun fires. When the lights go on, one person is dead and another wounded.

About this show

Proper, demure, sharp as a tack, Agatha Christie’s spinster sleuth is brilliantly portrayed by Geraldine McEwan (Series 1–3) and Julia McKenzie (Series 4). Each dons the trademark tweeds as if they were made for her; each is surrounded by lavish post-WWII period detail and stellar supporting casts.

Ratings and reviews

4.6
131 reviews
Amy Lynn Peterson
December 11, 2017
Sent it back because it's blocking my phone. Almost as much as whoever hacked into it before with my old number, who might be in connection with some of the more disturbing cases that are not allowed to be discussed pending further investigation by due process of law in court.
7 people found this review helpful
A Google user
September 13, 2015
I first caught onto this modern version of Miss Marple series when I first watched the episode Nemesis on BBC channel starring Dan Stevens on TV and since then wanted to watch more of the show since I recognize a lot of the British actors/actresses. Geraldine McEwan played a really good Miss Marple and I got used to her for the first couple episodes but as the series progress, it was still good with Julia McKenzie either way. I really enjoyed this version and so thrilled to watch the rest of the series.
Angela Magruder
January 16, 2021
I did not like the episode of murder is easy,when she was killed and the show was just beginning!!?