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Miss Marple (1984)

Miss Marple poster
Genre
detective television series
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
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How it feels

An elderly amateur detective solves murder cases in a quiet English village. The series adapts all twelve Miss Marple novels by Agatha Christie.

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What happens

Miss Marple, titled Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the series, is a British television series based on the Miss Marple murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie, starring Joan Hickson in the title role. It aired from 26 December 1984 to 27 December 1992 on BBC One. All twelve original Miss Marple novels by Christie 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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