Miss Marple

Miss Marple is the BBC murder mystery series about an elderly spinster, Miss Marple, who is secretly an amateur detective. The story follows Miss Jane Marple, who lives in a little English village St. Mary Mead. She looks like a typical old lady, dressed neatly in tweed and seen knitting and pulling weeds. What most people don't realize is that she is a sharp-minded amateur detective on a mission to solve the mysteries which have the local police stumped. Marple was featured in a dozen novels and several short stories, and her popularity led to movie and television adaptations. In 1984 the BBC adapted the original novels in Miss Marple, with Joan Hickson playing the lead role. The series of 12 feature length TV movies followed the plots of the original novels more closely than the other adaptations, and Hickson became the definitive Miss Marple in most fans' eyes. Tune in for some adventures from an unlikely detective on Miss Marple. MORE