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Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)

Agatha Christie's Marple poster
Genre
drama television series, historical television series, crime television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
6 seasons, 23 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 145 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Miss Marple, an elderly amateur detective, solves murders in English villages by observing human nature. The show adapts Agatha Christie stories, often adding Miss Marple to mysteries where she was not originally present.

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What happens

Agatha Christie's Marple is a British ITV television programme loosely based on books and short stories by British crime novelist Agatha Christie. The title character was played by Geraldine McEwan from the first to the third series, until her retirement from the role, and by Julia McKenzie from the fourth series onwards. Unlike the counterpart TV series Agatha Christie's Poirot, the show took many liberties with Christie’s works, most notably adding Miss Marple’s character to the adaptations of novels in which she never appeared. Following the conclusion of the sixth series, the BBC acquired the rights for the production of Agatha Christie adaptations, suggesting that ITV would be unable to make a seventh series of Marple. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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