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Agatha Christie's MISS MARPLE (UK)
- The Body In The Library, 1984
- based on "The Body In The Library"
- director Silvio Narizzano
- writer T. R. Bowen
- cast Joan Hickson(Miss Marple), Andrew Cruickshank(Conway Jefferson), Keith Drinkel(Mark Gaskell), Raymond Francis(Sir Henry Clinthering), David Horovitch(Slack), Frederick Jaeger(Colonel Melchett), Ciaran Madden(Adelaide Jefferson), Anthony Smee(Basil Blake), Trudie Styler(Josie Turner), Gwen Watford(Dolly Bantry)
- director Silvio Narizzano
- The Moving Finger, 1985
- based on "The Moving Finger"
- director Roy Boulting
- writer Julia Jones
- cast Joan Hickson(Miss Marple), Andrew Bicknell(Gerry Burton), Sabina Franklyn(Joanna Burton), Dilys Hamlett(Maud Calthorp), Michael Culver(Edward Symmington), Sandra Payne(Eryl Griffith), Richard Pearson(Mr. Pye), John Arnatt(Guy Calthorp), Hilary Mason(Emily Barton)
- director Roy Boulting
- A Murder is Announced, 1985
- based on "A Murder is Announced"
- director David Giles
- writer Alan Plater
- cast Joan Hickson(Miss Marple), Renee Asherson(Miss Bunny), John Castle(Craddock), Paola Dionisotti(Miss Hinchcliffe), Ursula Howells(Miss Blacklock), Mary Kerridge(Mrs. Swettenham), Ralph Michael(Colonel Easterbrook), Joan Sims(Murgatroyd), Sylvia Syms(Mrs. Easterbrook), Kevin Whately(Fletcher)
- director David Giles
- A Pocketfull of Rye, 1986
- based on "A Pocketfull of Rye"
- director Guy Slater
- writer T. R. Bowen
- cast Joan Hickson(Miss Marple), Stacy Dorning(Adele Fortescue), Clive Merrison(Percival Fortescue), Rachel Bell(Jennifer Fortescue), Peter Davison(Lance Fortescue), Martyn Stanbridge(Vivian Dubois), Selina Cadell(Mary Dove), Tom Wilkinson(Neele), Fabia Drake(Miss Henderson)
- director Guy Slater
- Murder At The Vicarage, 1986
- based on "Murder At The Vicarage"
- director Julian Amyes
- writer T. R. Bowen
- cast Joan Hickson(Miss Marple), Paul Eddington(Vicar Leonard Clement), Cheryl Campbell(Mrs. Clement), Robert Lang(Col. Lucius Protheroe), Polly Adams(Anne Protheroe), James Hazeldine(Lawrence Redding), Norma West(Mrs. Lestrange), Rosalie Crutchley(Mrs. Price-Ridley), David Horovitch(Inspector Slack), Ian Brimble(Sergeant Lake)
- director Julian Amyes
- Nemesis, 1986
- based on "Nemesis"
- director David Tucker
- writer T. R. Bowen
- cast Joan Hickson(Miss Marple), Helen Cherry(Miss Temple), Anna Cropper(Anthea Banbury-Scott), Valerie Lush(Lavinia Glynne), Bruce Payne(Michael Rafiel), Peter Tilbury(Lionel Peel), Margaret Tyzack(Clotilde Banbury-Scott), Frank Gatlif(Jason Rafiel), Barbara Franceschi(Miss K), Roger Hammond(Broadribb),
- director David Tucker
- Sleeping Murder, 1986
- based on "Sleeping Murder"
- director John Howard Davies
- writer Ken Taylor
- cast Joan Hickson(Miss Marple), Geraldine Alexander(Gwenda Reed), John Moulder Brown(Giles Reed), Jean Anderson(Mrs. Faine), Terrence Hardiman(Walter Faine), Jack Watson(Mr. Foster), Jean Scott(Miss Crocker), Frederick Treves(Dr. James Kennedy), John Bennett(Richard Erskine), Geraldine Newman(Janet Erskine),
- director John Howard Davies
- At Bertram's Hotel, 1986
- based on "At Bertram's Hotel"
- director Mary McMurray
- writer Jill Hyem
- cast Joan Hickson(Miss Marple), Caroline Blakiston(Lady Bess Sedgwick), James Cossins(Colonel Derek Luscombe), Joan Greenwood(Selina Haze), Helena Michell(Elvira Blake), George Baker(Detective Inspector Fred Davy), Philip Bretherton(Detective Inspector Campbell), Preston Lockwood(Canon Pennyfeather), Irene Sutcliffe(Miss Gorringe), Brian McGrath(Michael Gorman),
- director Mary McMurray
- 4.50 from Paddington, 1986
- based on "4.50 from Paddington"
- director Martyn Friend
- writer T. R. Bowen
- cast Joan Hickson(Miss Marple), David Horovitch(Slack), Jill Meager(Lucy Eyelesbarrow), Joanna David(Emma Crackenthorpe), Maurice Denham(Luther Eyelesbarrow), Andrew Burt(Dr. Quimper), David Beames(Bryan Eastley), Christopher Haley(Alexander Eastley), David Waller(Duckham), Ian Brimble(Sergeant Lake)
- director Martyn Friend
- A Caribbean Mystery, 1989
- based on "A Caribbean Mystery"
- director Christopher Petit
- writer T. R. Bowen
- cast Joan Hickson(Miss Marple), Frank Middlemass(Major Palgrave), Donald Pleasence(Jason Rafiel), Barbara Barnes(Esther Walters), Stephen Bent(Jackson), Robert Swan(Greg Dyson), Sue Lloyd(Lucky Dyson), Michael Feast(Edward Hillingdon), Sheila Ruskin(Evelyn Hillingdon), T.P.McKenna(Dr. Grahame),
- director Christopher Petit
- They Do It with Mirrors, 1991
- based on "They Do It with Mirrors"
- director Norman Stone
- writer T. R. Bowen
- cast Joan Hickson(Miss Marple), Jean Simmons(Carrie-Louise Serrocold), Joss Ackland(Lewis Serrocold), Faith Brook(Ruth van Rydock), John Bott(Christian Gulbrandsen), Gillian Barge(Mildred Strete), David Horovitch(Inspector Slack), Holly Aird(Gina Hudd), Todd Boyce(Walter Hudd), Christopher Villiers(Alex Restarick),
- director Norman Stone
- Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side, 1992
- based on "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side"
- director Norman Stone
- writer T. R. Bowen
- cast Joan Hickson(Miss Marple), Claire Bloom(Marina Gregg), Barry Newman(Jason Rudd), Elizabeth Garvie(Ella Zielinsky), Constantine Gregory(Ardwyck Fenn), John Castle(Inspector Craddock), David Horovitch(Superintendent Slack), Glynis Barber(Lola Brewster), Amanda Elwes(Margot Bence), Gwen Watford(Dolly Bantry),
- director Norman Stone
Agatha Christie's MARPLE Season 1 (UK)
- The Body in the Library, 2004
- based on "The Body in the Library"
- director Andy Wilson
- writer Kevin Elyot
- cast Geraldine McEwan(Miss Jane Marple), Joanna Lumley(Dolly Bantry), Simon Callow(Colonel Melchett), Ian Richardson(Conway Jefferson), Tara Fitzgerald(Adelaide Jefferson), Jamie Theakston(Mark Gaskell), Jack Davenport(Superintendent Harper), Adam Garcia(Raymond Starr), David Walliams(George Bartlett), Ben Miller(Basil Blake)
- director Andy Wilson
- The Murder at the Vicarage, 2004
- based on "The Murder at the Vicarage"
- director Charles Palmer
- writer Stephen Churchett
- cast Geraldine McEwan(Miss Jane Marple), Sir Derek Jacobi(Colonel Protheroe), Miriam Margolyes(Mrs. Price-Ridley), Janet McTeer(Anne Protheroe), Jason Flemyng(Lawrence Redding), Tim McInnerny(Reverend Leonard Clement), Rachael Stirling(Griselda Clement), Stephen Tompkinson(Inspector Slack), Jane Asher(Mrs. Lester), Christina Cole(Lettice Protheroe), Emily Bruni(Helene Dufosse)
- director Charles Palmer
- 4.50 from Paddington, 2004
- based on "4.50 from Paddington"
- director Andy Wilson
- writer Stephen Churchett
- cast Geraldine McEwan(Miss Jane Marple), Pam Ferris(Elspeth McGillicuddy), Amanda Holden(Lucy Eyelesbarrow), John Hannah(Inspector Tom Campbell), Griff Rhys Jones(Dr. David Quimper), David Warner(Luther Crackenthorpe), Niamh Cusack(Emma Crackenthorpe), Ben Daniels(Alfred Crackenthorpe), Charlie Creed-Miles(Harold Crackenthorpe), Ciaran McMenamin(Cedric Crackenthorpe), Michael Landes(Bryan Eastley)
- director Andy Wilson
- A Murder is Announced, 2005
- based on "A Murder is Announced"
- director John Strickland
- writer Stewart Harcourt
- cast Geraldine McEwan(Miss Jane Marple), Zoe Wanamaker(Letitia Blacklock), Elaine Paige(Dora Bunner), Keeley Hawes(Philippa Haymes), Robert Pugh(Colonel Archie Easterbrook), Cherie Lunghi(Sadie Swettenham), Christian Coulson(Edmund Swettenham), Sienna Guillory(Julia Simmons), Claire Skinner(Amy Murgatroyd), Frances Barber(Hinch), Alexander Armstrong(DI Dermot Craddock), Matthew Goode(Patrick Simmonds), Virginia McKenna(Belle Goedler), Catherine Tate(Mitzi Kosinski)
- director John Strickland
Agatha Christie's MARPLE Season 2 (UK)
- Sleeping Murder, 2005
- based on "Sleeping Murder"
- director Ed Hall
- writer Stephen Churchett
- cast Geraldine McEwan(Miss Jane Marple), Phil Davis (Dr. Kennedy), Dawn French (Janet Erskine), Paul McGann (Dickie Erskine), Una Stubbs (Mrs. Pagett), Peter Serafinowicz (Walter Fane), Sarah Parish (Eve Ballantyne), Helen Coker (Lily), Nickolas Grace (Lionel Luff), Anna-Louise Plowman (Helen Marsden), Richard Bremmer (Mr. Sims), Julian Wadham (Kevin Halliday), Martin Kemp (Jackie Afflick), Sophia Miles (Gwenda Halliday), Harry Treadaway (George Erkskine), Mary Healey (Shop Assistant), Greg Hicks (Ferdinand), Vincent Leigh (Jim Tutt), Geraldine Chaplin (Mrs. Fane), Russ Abbot (Chief Inspector Primer), Harriet Walter (Duchess), Emilio Doorgasingh (Sgt. Desai), Aidan McArdle (Hugh Hombeam)
- director Ed Hall
- The Moving Finger, 2005
- based on "The Moving Finger"
- director Tom Shankland
- writer Kevin Elyot
- cast Geraldine McEwan(Miss Jane Marple), Angela Curran (Miss Ginch), Rosalind Knight (Partridge), Imogen Stubbs (Mona Simmington), Sean Pertwee (Dr. Owen Griffith), Ellen Capron (Agnes), Keith Allen (Inspector Graves), Frances De La Tour (Mrs. Maud Dane Calthorp), Stephen Churchett (Coroner), Jessica Stevenson (Aimee Griffith), John Sessions (Mr. Cardew Pye), Emilia Fox (Joanna Burton), Kelly Brook (Elsie Holland), Harry Enfield (Richard Symmington), Ken Russell (Reverend Caleb Dame Calthorp), Talulah Riley (Megan Hunter), James d'Arcy (Jerry Burton)
- director Tom Shankland
- By The Pricking Of My Thumbs, 2005
- based on "By The Pricking Of My Thumbs"
- director Peter Medak
- writer Stewart Harcourt
- cast Geraldine McEwan(Miss Jane Marple), Clare Holman (Miss Packard), Miriam Karlin (Marjorie Moody), O.T. Fagbenle (Chris Murphy), Jody Halse (Amos Perry), Josie Lawrence (Hannah), Michael Begley (Ethan Maxwell), Greta Scacchi (Tuppence Berresford), Brian Conley (Eric Johnson), Eliza Bennett (Nora Johnson), Florence Strickland (Jane Eyre), Patrick Barlow (Mr. Timothy), Lia Williams (Nellie Bligh), Steven Berkoff (Freddie Eccles), Oliver Jordan (Young Ethan), Anthony Andrews (Tommy Berresford), Michael Maloney (Dr. Joshua Waters), Leslie Phillips (Sir Phillip Starke), Chloe Pennington (Young Hannah), Michelle Ryan (Rose)
- director Peter Medak
- The Sittaford Mystery, 2005
- based on "The Sittaford Mystery"
- director Paul Unwin
- writer Stephen Churchett
- cast Geraldine McEwan(Miss Jane Marple), Carey Mulligan (Violet Willett), Patricia Hodge (Mrs. Evadne Willett), Rita Tushingham (Miss Elizabeth Percehouse), Michael Brandon (Martin Zimmerman), James Wilby (Stanley Kirkwood), Michael Attwell (Archie Stone), Matthew Kelly (Donald Jones), Robert Hardy (Churchill), Paul Kaye (Dr. Ambrose Burt), Mel Smith (John Enderby), Zoë Telford (Emily Trefusis), Timothy Dalton (Clive Trevelyan)
- director Paul Unwin
Agatha Christie's MARPLE Season 3 (UK)
- Ordeal by Innocence, 2007
- based on "Ordeal by Innocence"
- director Moira Armstrong
- writer Stewart Harcourt
- cast Geraldine McEwan(Miss Jane Marple), Julian Rhind-Tutt(Dr.Arthur Calgary), Dennis Lawson(Leo Argyle), Stephanie Leonidas(Hester Argyle), Burn Gorman(Jacko Argyle), Jane Seymour(Rachel Argyle), Juliet Stevenson(Gwenda), Alison Steadman(Kirsten Lindstrom)
- director Moira Armstrong
- At Bertram's Hotel, 2007
- based on "At Bertram's Hotel"
- director Dan Zeff
- writer Dan Macrae
- cast Geraldine McEwan(Miss Jane Marple), Francesca Annis(Lady Selina Hazy), Vincent Regan(Mickey Gorman), Polly Walker(Bess Sedgwick), Emily Beacham(Elvira Blake), Charles Kay(Canon Pennyfather), Ed Stoppard(Malinowski)
- director Dan Zeff
- Nemesis, 2007
- based on "Nemesis"
- director Nicholas Winding Refn
- writer Stephen Churchett
- cast Geraldine McEwan(Miss Jane Marple), Laura-Michelle Kelly(Verity Hunt), Richard E. Grant(Raymond West), Anne Reid(Sister Agnes), Amanda Burton(Sister Clothilde)
- director Nicholas Winding Refn
- Towards Zero, 2007
- based on "Towards Zero"
- director David Grindley
- writer Kevin Elyot
- cast Geraldine McEwan(Miss Jane Marple), Julian Sands(Thomas Royde), Zoe Tapper(Kay Strange), Paul Nicholls(Ted Latimer), Greg Wise(Neville Strange), Saffron Burrowes(Audrey Strange), Tom Baker(Frederick Treves), Eileen Atkins(Lady Tressilian), Julie Graham(Mary Aldin)
- director David Grindley
Agatha Christie's MARPLE Season 4 (UK)
- Murder Is Easy, 2008
- based on "Murder Is Easy"
- director Hettie Macdonald
- writer Stephen Churchett
- cast Julia McKenzie(MISS MARPLE), Shirley Henderson(Honoria Waynflete), Benedict Cumberbatch(Luke Fitzwilliam), Margo Stilley(Bridget Conway), Anna Chancellor, Lyndsey Marshal, Russell Tovey(Constable Reed), Sylvia Syms(Miss Lavinia Pinkerton), Jemma Redgrave(Jessie Humbleby), James Lance(Dr. Geoffrey Thomas), Steve Pemberton(Reverend Alfred Wake), Hugo Speer, David Haig, Tim Brooke-Taylor(Dr. Humbleby), Camilla Arfwedson
- director Hettie Macdonald
- A Pocketful of Rye, 2008
- based on "A Pocketful of Rye "
- director Charles Palmer
- writer Kevin Elyot
- cast Julia McKenzie(MISS MARPLE), Matthew Macfadyen(Inspector Neele), Wendy Richard(Mrs. Crump), Rupert Graves(Lance Fortescue), Liz White(Jennifer Fortescue), Helen Baxendale(Mary Dove), Hattie Morahan(Elaine Fortescue), Ralf Little(Sergeant Hay), Ben Miles(Percival Fortescue), Anna Madeley(Adele Fortescue), Lucy Cohu(Patricia Fortescue), Prunella Scales(Miss Effie Ramsbottom), Kenneth Cranham(Rex Fortescue), Joseph Beattie(Vivian Dubois), Ken Campbell(Mr. Crump), Laura Haddock, Rose Heiney(Gladys Martin)
- director Charles Palmer
- Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, 2009
- based on "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?"
- director Nicholas Renton
- writer Patrick Barlow
- cast Julia McKenzie(MISS MARPLE), Natalie Dormer(Moria Nicholson), Hannah Murray, Sean Biggerstaff(Bobby Attfield), Rik Mayall(Dr. Nicholson), Richard Briers, Mark Williams, Georgia Moffett(Lady Frances Derwent), Samantha Bond, Rafe Spall, Warren Clarke, Helen Lederer
- director Nicholas Renton
- They Do It with Mirrors, 2009
- based on "They Do It with Mirrors"
- director Andy Wilson
- writer Paul Rutman
- cast Julia McKenzie(MISS MARPLE), Elliot Cowan(Wally Hudd), Emma Griffiths Malin(Gina Elsworth), Joan Collins(Ruth Van Rydock), Penelope Wilton(Carrie Louise Serrocold), Brian Cox(Lewis Serrocold), Jordan Long(Whitstable Ernest), Sarah Smart(Mildred), Maxine Peake(Jolly Bellever), Alexei Sayle(Dr. Maverick), Liam Garrigan(Stephen Restarick), Tom Payne(Edgar Lawson), Nigel Terry(Christian Gulbrandsen), Ian Ogilvy(Johnny Restarick), Alex Jennings(Inspector Curry)
- director Andy Wilson
Agatha Christie's MARPLE Season 5 (UK)
- The Pale Horse, 2009
- based on "The Pale Horse"
- director Andy Hay
- writer Russell Lewis
- cast Julia McKenzie(MISS MARPLE), Jenny Galloway(Bella Ellis), Tom Ward(Captain Cottam), Nigel Planer(Roger Venables), Sarah Alexander(Lydia Harsnet), Jonathan Cake(Mark Easterbrook), Amy Manson(Ginger Corrigan), Bill Paterson(Mr Bradley), Susan Lynch(Sybil Stamfordis), Pauline Collins(Thyrza Grey), Lynda Baron(Mrs Coppins), JJ Feild(Paul Osbourne), Holly Valance(Kanga Cottam), Nicholas Parsons(Father Gorman), Elizabeth Rider(Mrs Davis)
- director Andy Hay
- The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, 2009
- based on "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side"
- director Tom Shankland
- writer Kevin Elyot
- cast Julia McKenzie(MISS MARPLE), Will Young(Casey Croft), Gene Goodman(Louis-Charles), Isabella Parriss(Marie Thérèse), Lois Jones(Primrose Dixon), Anna Anderson(Maisie Cooper), Jonathan Coyne(French Officer), Don Gallagher (Man in Livery), Hannah Waddingham(Lola Brewster), Neil Stuke(Dr Haydock), Samuel Barnett(Sergeant Tiddler), Hugh Bonneville(Inspector Hewitt), Brennan Brown(Hailey Preston), Michele Dotrice(Mrs Hubbard), Lindsay Duncan(Marina Gregg)
- director Tom Shankland
- The Secret of Chimneys, 2009
- based on "The Secret of Chimneys"
- director John Strickland
- writer Paul Rutman
- cast Julia McKenzie(MISS MARPLE), Alex Knight(Jaffers), Ruth Jones(Hilda Blenkinsopp), Dervla Kirwan(Bundle), Charlotte Salt Lady(Virginia Revel), Letty Butler(Young Treadwell), Mathew Horne(Bill Eversleigh), Anthony Higgins(Count Ludwig von Stainach), Robert Dunbar(Young Count Ludwig), Laura O'Toole(Agnes Parker), Jonas Armstrong(Anthony Cade), Michelle Collins(Constance Treadwell), Stephen Dillane(Chief Inspector Finch), Edward Fox(Lord Caterham), Adam Godley(George Lomax), Ian Weichardt(Young Lomax)
- director John Strickland
- The Blue Geranium, 2009
- based on 'The Blue Geranium'
- director Dave Moore
- writer Stewart Harcourt
- cast Julia McKenzie(MISS MARPLE), Richard Betts(Clerk of the Court), Paul Rhys(Lewis Pritchard), Patrick Baladi(Dr Jonathan Frayn), Claire Rushbrook(Nurse Caroline Copling), Claudie Blakley(Philippa Pritchard), Joanna Page(Hester Milewater), Caroline Catz(Hazel Instow), Kevin R. McNally(Detective Somerset), Molly Harcourt(Susan Pritchard), Benjamin Harcourt(Peter Pritchard), Toby Stephens(George Pritchard), David Calder(Reverend Dermot Milewater), Sharon Small(Mary Pritchard), Jason Durr(Eddie Seward)
- director Dave Moore