The Miss Marple Collection
Not to be confused with the current, and much maligned, Marple series, this is the highly regarded BBC series starring the unbeatable Joan Hickson as Miss Jane Marple - fluffy, elderly, infuriating ... And the possessor of a sharp intelligence and understanding of depravity and evil!
While not as polished in production as the recent programmes, this series shines in it’s acting quality, it’s attention to the novels and the fairly strict adherence to the time period. Starting (naturally) with The Body In The Library and finishing - all too soon - with The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, the series is a real joy to watch again and again. Unlike other actors, Joan Hickson manages to act the perfectly quiet, woolly and out-of-date spinster that Christie seemed to write and yet inject a subtle humour and penetrating thought-process.
Notable cases include Sleeping Murder which has a subtle yet very chilling atmosphere and A Carribean Mystery which co-stars Donald Pleasence as the irascible Jason Raphael.
Available from Amazon (LINK HERE)
