Miss Marple (radio series)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Miss Marple
GenreRadio drama
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Home stationBBC Radio 4
StarringJune Whitfield
Written byMichael Bakewell
Adapted from the works of Agatha Christie
Directed by
Original release26 December 1993 (1993-12-26) – 8 December 2001 (2001-12-08)

Miss Marple is a series of full cast BBC Radio drama adaptations of all twelve of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novels, dramatised by Michael Bakewell and directed by Enyd Williams. They were broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1993 and 2001 and starred June Whitfield as Miss Marple.[1]

Additionally, adaptations of three short Miss Marple stories, again featuring June Whitfield ("Tape-Measure Murder", "The Case of the Perfect Maid" and "Sanctuary") were broadcast under the collective title Miss Marple's Final Cases weekly 16 – 30 September 2015. These were adapted by Joy Wilkinson and directed by Gemma Jenkins.[2]

List of adaptations[]

No. Title First broadcast Notes
1 The Murder at the Vicarage 26–30 December 1993 5 episodes[3]
2 A Pocket Full of Rye 11 February 1995 Saturday Playhouse[4]
3 At Bertram's Hotel 25–29 December 1995 5 episodes[5]
4 4.50 from Paddington 29 March 1997 Saturday Playhouse[6]
5 A Caribbean Mystery 30 October – 27 November 1997 5 episodes[7]
6 The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side 29 August 1998 Agatha Christie Special[8]
7 Nemesis 9 November – 7 December 1998 5 episodes[9]
8 The Body in the Library 22 May 1999 The Saturday Play[10]
9 A Murder Is Announced 9 August – 6 September 1999 5 episodes[11]
10 The Moving Finger 5 May 2001 The Saturday Play[12]
11 They Do It with Mirrors 23 July 2001 – 20 August 2001 5 episodes[13]
12 Sleeping Murder 8 December 2001 The Saturday Play[14]
13 Tape-Measure Murder 16 September 2015 Part of the Miss Marple's Final Cases series[15]
14 The Case of the Perfect Maid 23 September 2015 Part of the Miss Marple's Final Cases series[16]
15 Sanctuary 30 September 2015 Part of the Miss Marple's Final Cases series[17]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "BBC Radio 4 Extra – Miss Marple". BBC.
  2. ^ "Miss Marple's Final Cases". BBC Programmes. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  3. ^ "The Murder at the Vicarage". BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  4. ^ "A Pocket Full of Rye". BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  5. ^ "At Bertram's Hotel". BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  6. ^ "4.50 from Paddington". BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  7. ^ "A Caribbean Mystery". BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  8. ^ "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side". BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Nemesis". BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  10. ^ "The Body in the Library". BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  11. ^ "A Murder Is Announced". BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  12. ^ "The Moving Finger". BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  13. ^ "They Do It with Mirrors". BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Sleeping Murder". BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Tape-Measure Murder". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "The Case of the Perfect Maid". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "Sanctuary". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links[]

Miss Marple at BBC Online Edit this at Wikidata

Retrieved from ""