Agatha Christie Marple. Series 1

Author

Matthew Read

Call Number

• DVD TV SERIES (CEN, OSH)

Languages

Closed-captioned.

Performers

Geraldine McEwan, Derek Jacobi, Janet McTeer, Joanna Lumley, Simon Callow, Tara Fitzgerald, Ian Richardson, James Fox, Zoë Wanamaker, Keeley Hawes, Niamh Cusack, John Hannah, Celia Imrie.

Publication Information

Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, [2009]

Physical Description

4 videodiscs (approximately 376 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

"She's back! Proper, demure, and sharp as a tack, Agatha Christie's beloved Miss Marple returns to the limelight in sparkling new adaptations of four classic Christie novels. Geraldine McEwan is the ladylike sleuth, a wispy senior citizen who blows the police professionals out of the water with her keen insight and shrewdly analytical nature. Fearless and uncommonly wise to the worst in human nature, Marple has lived a long time-and she's paid attention. As seen on the PBS Mystery! series, these lavish 21st-century productions are rich in post-WWII period atmosphere and delicious Christie wit, with star-studded casts that include Joanna Lumley, Derek Jacobi, Tara Fitzgerald, Ian Richardson, Janet McTeer, Zoe Wanamaker, Simon Callow, James Fox, John Hannah, and Celia Imrie."--Container.

Notes

Based on the novels by Agatha Christie.

Originally broadcast as individual episodes in the UK on ITV in 2004-2005 and in the US as part of the PBS television program Mystery! in 2005.

Special features: An hour-long behind-the-scenes featurette with cast and crew interviews ; history of Miss Marple adaptations ; photo gallery ; Agatha Christie bio ; cast filmographies.

Contents

• Murder at the vicarage / Body in the library / Murder is announced / 4:50 from Paddington