- This article is about the TV series that recently starred Geraldine McEwan and currently stars Julia McKenzie. For other uses, see Marple.
Marple is a British television series based on the Miss Marple murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie. It is also known as Agatha Christie's Marple. The title character was played by Geraldine McEwan from the first to third seasons, until her retirement from the role. She will be replaced by Julia McKenzie, who will start filming A Pocketful of Rye at the end of February 2008 . Each episode is known for having many well-known co-stars. Marple began in 2004 and a third series is yet to finish airing in the UK.
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.
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 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. The third series has two adaptations that were not originally Miss Marple books:
Towards Zero and
Ordeal by Innocence.
Episodes
Series One (2004-2005)
Series Two (2006)
Series Three (2007-2008)
Series Four (2008)
Novels adapted with Geraldine McEwan
Novels adapted with Julia McKenzie
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. In
Australia,
Marple airs as
Miss Marple on
ABC.
Marple is also being broadcast on
ATV World in
Hong Kong.
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. 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.
References
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