Advantages: Great romping whodunits Disadvantages: May not be everyone's cup of tea
...12 Miss Marple episodes from the original BBC series in a boxed set. This is the series made in the mid-1980s starring Joan Hickson as Miss Marple, not the recent ITV remakes with Geraldine McKewan (which I thought were pretty rubbish and overacted).
~~ who is Miss Marple? ~~
For anyone that doesn't know (!), Miss Marple is a fictional character created by Agatha Christie. An elderly spinster who lives in a small English village, she seems to find ... ...by the police as an old 'biddy' but uses her experiences of village life and people to draw comparisons in the crimes and solve the murder. ~~ the series ~~
The series was made by the BBC between 1984 and 1992 and was a big hit. Joan Hickson received 2 Bafta nominations and it was sold it to more than 30 countries.
The series is set in the 1950s. Not all of the original stories are set in this time so it's not entirely accurate, but I don't think ...
filmlover 16.01.2006
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Miss Marple Collection - Starring Joan Hickson (Box Set) (DVD)
Advantages: Has the best portrail of Miss Marple ever Disadvantages: No special features
...Joan Hickson will always be the best 'Miss Marple'. Possibly as she was the first one I saw playing the part. I'm surprised that it took the BBC so long to releace them on DVD
From the acting to the setting to the pacing... everything seems just right. Every part of Joan Hicksons performance (which earned her two BAFTA nominations) was perfect. She plays Miss Marple as the 'rather nosey busy body' who the criminal always seems to dismiss as past ... ...brain she can always solve the crimes faster than the inspector. Marple lives in her small village and knows everything that goes on there. Through this she knows the world. She is always saying 's/he reminded me of...' Unlike Poirot who always had a good relatioship with the Inspector, the relationship between Marple and the inspector in these storys is a little more strained. He thinks she's an interfering old busy body, which she is, but she always ...
mjc121 30.06.2007 (06.05.2008)
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out, spinster detective Miss Marple tells Inspector Craddock during their first meeting over tea and crumpets. Agatha Christie's most popular character has her own t...
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