Agatha Christie's Marple

2005 • PBS
4.6
131 reviews
TV-UNRATED
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Series 5 episodes (4)

1 The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
5/22/10
Season-only
St. Mary Mead is abuzz with the news that Hollywood star Marina Gregg has moved into town. When Marina hosts a party, a fan drops dead after drinking a poisoned cocktail. Miss Marple ponders a cast of suspicious characters.
2 The Secret of Chimneys
6/19/10
Season-only
Miss Marple accompanies Lady Virginia Revel to her family home of Chimneys, a great house once famed for its diplomatic gatherings. MP George Lomax has persuaded Virginia's father to host an evening for an Austrian count. George has also proposed to Virginia, who is torn between her duty and her heart. Then a murder in a secret passageway puts Miss Marple on the path to uncovering Chimney's dark past.
3 The Blue Geranium
6/26/10
Season-only
Miss Marple turns to her old friend Sir Henry Clithering, retired from Scotland Yard, for help with a troubling case. Did the wealthy and unpopular Mary Pritchard really die of shock when the geranium on her wallpaper turned blue? And what about the murder that happened soon after, and the body discovered shortly before? Miss Marple has new evidence and must stop a court hearing before the wrong person is found guilty.
4 The Pale Horse
7/9/11
Season-only
Miss Marple (the marvelous Julia McKenzie, Cranford), follows a series of clues to the Pale Horse Inn in Hampshire, a spooky establishment run by three modern-day witches. The star-studded cast also included Oscar nominee Pauline Collins (Shirley Valentine) and JJ Field (Northanger Abbey).

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
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.
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.
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Joyful Musick
November 8, 2017
Not my favorite actress as Miss Marple. Also didn't care for the change of the ending in the first episode.