Miss Marple (1984)
Synopsis
Miss Marple, an elderly woman and amateur detective whose sharp mind helps her solve a series of seemingly baffling cases.
Episodes
The Body in the Library (Part 1)
When a young blonde is found strangled in the library of Gossington Hall, Dolly Bantry quickly calls in her old friend Miss Marple to help her with some sleuthing.
The Body in the Library (Part 2)
Miss Marple and Dolly Bantry investigate the millionaire Conway Jefferson and his entourage at a seaside hotel.
The Body in the Library (Part 3)
The identity of the killer is revealed, as is the dubious motive for the crime.
The Moving Finger (Part 1)
Poison pen letters are being sent to many people in the village. It seems like a vulgar joke until one is found next to a suicide victim.
The Moving Finger (Part 2)
The truth about the murders - and the poison-pen letters - gradually emerges, although Miss Marple herself is menaced.
A Murder is Announced (Part 1)
A newspaper advertisement suggests that a murder will occur at an address in an English village. Is it a joke? People assume so - until a man is killed.
A Murder is Announced (Part 2)
The inspector visits a dying millionairess in Scotland, whilst another murder takes place in the village.
A Murder is Announced (Part 3)
A third murder occurs, and Miss Marple is only just able to prevent a fourth.
A Pocketful of Rye (Part 1)
When the poison which killed Rex is identified as deriving from yew, it is on the household and staff at Yew Tree Lodge that suspicion falls.
A Pocketful of Rye (Part 2)
To Miss Marple the connection with the nursery rhyme is all too clear, as is who the next victim will be. She sets off at once for Yew Tree Lodge.
The Murder at the Vicarage
Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.
Sleeping Murder (Part 1)
With Miss Marple's help, she discovers that the murder she'd witnessed was that or her stepmother, Helen Kennedy. Despite Miss Marple's advice to leave Sleeping Murder be, she decides to keep digging and search for the truth.
Sleeping Murder (Part 2)
When a young bride moves into a country manor, long repressed childhood memories of witnessing a murder come to the surface.
At Bertram's Hotel (Part 1)
Miss Marple takes a well earned holiday at Bertram's, a Hotel she stayed in as a child. It seems familiar, but underneath the dainty teas and classy clientele, Bertram's hides a secret.
At Bertram's Hotel (Part 2)
Canon Pennyfather returns to Bertram's, but struggles to explain his disappearance, could he have been on The Irish Mail Train, robbing it?
Nemesis (Part 1)
Miss Marple receives word that her friend Jason Rafiel has died. In his will, he asks that she attended a coach tour, her aim, to unearth a mystery.
Nemesis (Part 2)
Elizabeth Temple is badly injured, she sends for Jane Marple, and manages to relay one piece of information, 'ask them about Verity.'
4.50 from Paddington
A friend of Miss Marple's sees a woman being strangled in a passing train. When police cannot find a body and doubt the story, Miss Marple enlists professional housekeeper, Lucy Eyelesbarrow, to go undercover.
A Caribbean Mystery
While on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a murderer planning yet another killing.
They Do It with Mirrors
When Miss Marple is invited to the manor house of an old friend, it is not long before a puzzling murder puts her mind to work.
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
At a reception for a fading film star making a screen comeback, a gushing, pushy fan is poisoned by a drink apparently meant for the actress.
Cast
Details
Original Title
Miss Marple
Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
21
Production
BBC One, Arts and Entertainment Network, Seven Network