Film & TV Dramas

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Agatha Christie's MARPLE Season 4 (UK)

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)

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

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

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)

Agatha Christie's MARPLE Season 5 (UK)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Agatha Christie's MARPLE Season 6 (UK)

A Caribbean Mystery, 2013

based on "A Caribbean Mystery"

director Charles Palmer

writer Charlie Higson

cast Julia McKenzie(MISS MARPLE), Robert Webb(Tim Kendall), Charity Wakefield(Molly), Sir Antony Sher(Mr Rafiel), Daniel Rigby(Canon Prescott), Warren Brown(Jackson), Montserrat Lombard(Esther Walters), Alastair Mackenzie(Colonel Edward Hillingdon), Pippa Bennett Warner(Victoria), Charles Mesure(Greg Dyson), Kingsley Ben-Adir(Errol), Hermione Norris(Evelyn Hillingdon), Joe Vaz(Sergeant Weston), Anele Matoti(Inspector Daventry), MyAnna Buring(Lucky Dyson), Oliver Ford Davies(Major Palgrave), Andrea Dondolo(Mama Zogbe), Jeremy Crutchley(Ian Fleming), Charlie Higson(James Bond)

Greenshaw's Folly

based on 'Greenshaw's Folly'

director Sarah Harding

writer Tim Whitnall

cast Julia McKenzie(MISS MARPLE), Kimberley Nixon(Louisa Oxley), Julia Sawalha(Mrs Cresswell), Martin Compston(Alfred Pollock), Sam Reid(Nat Fletcher), John Gordon Sinclair(Inspector Welch), Matt Jay(Willis Cayley), Robert Glenister(Father Brophy), Judy Parfitt(Cicely Beauclerk), Fiona Shaw(Miss Greenshaw), Rufus Jones(Horace Bindler), Jim Moir(Walter Cracken), Oscar Pearce(Philip Oxley), Candida Gubbins(Minnie Tulliver), Joanna David(Grace Ritchie), Bobby Smalldridge(Archie Oxley)

Endless Night, 2013

based on "Endless Night"

director David Moore

writer Kevin Elyot

cast Julia McKenzie(MISS MARPLE)