Miss Marple (radio series)
BBC Radio adaptation of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novels
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Miss Marple is a series of full cast BBC Radio drama adaptations of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple stories. The original series consisted of adaptations of all twelve 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]
June Whitfield as Jane Marple | |
| Genre | Radio drama |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
| Starring | June Whitfield |
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| Original release | 26 December 1993 – 30 September 2015 |
Subsequently, adaptations of three Miss Marple short stories (again starring Whitfield) 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 | Series |
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| 1 | The Murder at the Vicarage | 26–30 December 1993 (5 episodes)[3] | N/a |
| 2 | A Pocket Full of Rye | 11 February 1995[4] | Saturday Playhouse |
| 3 | At Bertram's Hotel | 25–29 December 1995 (5 episodes)[5] | N/a |
| 4 | 4.50 from Paddington | 29 March 1997[6] | Saturday Playhouse |
| 5 | A Caribbean Mystery | 30 October – 27 November 1997 (5 episodes)[7] | N/a |
| 6 | The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | 29 August 1998[8] | |
| 7 | Nemesis | 9 November – 7 December 1998 (5 episodes)[9] | |
| 8 | The Body in the Library | 22 May 1999[10] | The Saturday Play |
| 9 | A Murder Is Announced | 9 August – 6 September 1999 (5 episodes)[11] | N/a |
| 10 | The Moving Finger | 5 May 2001[12] | The Saturday Play |
| 11 | They Do It with Mirrors | 23 July 2001 – 20 August 2001 (5 episodes)[13] | N/a |
| 12 | Sleeping Murder | 8 December 2001[14] | The Saturday Play |
| 13 | "Tape-Measure Murder" | 16 September 2015[15] | Miss Marple's Final Cases[16] |
| 14 | "The Case of the Perfect Maid" | 23 September 2015[17] | |
| 15 | "Sanctuary" | 30 September 2015[18] | |
