This article is about the TV series that recently starred Geraldine McEwan and currently stars Julia McKenzie. For other uses, see Marple.

Marple
Julia McKenzie as Miss Marple.
Format	Drama
Starring	Geraldine McEwan (2004-2007) Julia McKenzie (2008-present) Various Others
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. Geraldine McEwan (born Geraldine McKeown on 9 May 1932) is a BAFTA award -winning English actress, with a diverse and successful Julia McKenzie (born 17 February 1941, Enfield) is an English Actress and Theatre director. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located  of episodes	12 to date
Production
Producer(s)	Agatha Chritie Ltd. , ITV Productions, WGBH Boston
Running time	95 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV
Original run	12 December 2004 – Present

Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple

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The episodes have been adapted from the original novels and the screenplays have been written by Kevin Elyot, Stephen Churchett, Stewart Harcourt and Tom MacRae. Stephen Churchett is a British Actor and Writer. One of his most notable roles was as solicitor Marcus Christie in EastEnders Tom MacRae (born 1980 is a Television Writer. He is the creator of Sky One ’s Mile High.

Background

The show has sparked much controversy with viewers, as the first episode, The Body in the Library, changed the identity of the killer and introduced lesbianism into the plot; the second episode explored Miss Marple's earlier life; the third episode contained a motive change and the fourth episode cut several characters and added affairs into the story and emphasized a lesbian subplot that was quite discreet in the original novel. The Body in the Library is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd Mead and Company in February A lesbian is a Woman who is romantically or sexually attracted only to other women The second series also saw some changes. By the Pricking of My Thumbs was originally a Tommy and Tuppence story, while The Sittaford Mystery was also not originally a Miss Marple book and the identity of the killer was changed. Tommy and Tuppence are two fictional Detectives recurring characters in the work of Agatha Christie. The Sittaford Mystery is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd Mead and Company in 1931 The third series has two adaptations that were not originally Miss Marple books: Towards Zero and Ordeal by Innocence. Towards Zero is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie first published in the US by Dodd Mead and Company in June 1944 and Ordeal by Innocence is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on November 3

Episodes

Series One (2004-2005)

Series Two (2006)

Series Three (2007-2008)

Series Four (2008)

Novels adapted with Geraldine McEwan

• The Body in the Library
• The Murder at the Vicarage
• 4.50 from Paddington
• A Murder is Announced
• Sleeping Murder
• The Moving Finger
• By the Pricking of My Thumbs
• The Sittaford Mystery
• Towards Zero
• Nemesis
• At Bertram's Hotel
• Ordeal by Innocence

Novels adapted with Julia McKenzie

• A Pocket Full of Rye

Other countries

Marple has been aired in the United States on PBS on Mystery! as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and in Canada on CBC and in french on Radio-Canada. The Body in the Library is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd Mead and Company in February The Murder at the Vicarage is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in 450 from Paddington is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on November 4 A Murder is Announced is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in June Sleeping Murder Miss Marple's Last Case is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club The Moving Finger is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd Mead and Company in July 1942 By The Pricking of My Thumbs is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in The Sittaford Mystery is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd Mead and Company in 1931 Towards Zero is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie first published in the US by Dodd Mead and Company in June 1944 and Nemesis is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in November 1971 At Bertram's Hotel is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on November Ordeal by Innocence is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on November 3 A Pocket Full of Rye is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the Mystery! (also written MYSTERY!) is a long-running Anthology television series that debuted in 1980 in the USA, which airs on Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page In Australia, Marple airs as Miss Marple on ABC. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly abbreviated to the 'ABC' is Australia's national public broadcaster. Marple is also being broadcast on ATV World in Hong Kong. Asia Television Limited ( is one of the two free-to-air television broadcasters in Hong Kong, the other being its arch-rival Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Marplehas been shown in South Korea in EBS, and currently is viewed by many audience from MegaTV

DVD releases

The first series of Marple was released in 2005 in the UK, followed by the second series in 2006. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː MegaTV is an HD IPTV service provided by South Korea's main telecom operator KT. The third series was released in fall 2007 in the US but has not been released in the UK yet, due to ITV1 not airing 2 Episodes to date.

Series One was released as four individual DVDs and as a "bundle" In Australia (Region 4) with Series Two released on August 1, 2007. The Third series will be released individually in April 2008.

Location

Marple was mainly filmed in the picturesque village of Turville. Turville is a Village and Civil parish within Wycombe district in Buckinghamshire, England.

References

External links

• Agatha Christie's Marple at itv.com
• Agatha Christie's Miss Marple (series 1) at pbs.org
• Agatha Christie's Miss Marple (series 2) at pbs.org
• Agatha Christie's Miss Marple (series 3) at pbs.org
• Marple at geraldinemcewan.com
• Agatha Christie's Marple at TV.com
• Slečna Marplová - Geraldine McEwan