A Noticing Sort of Person: Miss Jane Marple of St. Mary Mead

The list author says:
	"1930 (debut): "Miss Marple is a white-haired old lady with a gentle, appealing manner - Miss Wetherby is a mixture of vinegar and gush. Of the two Miss Marple is the more dangerous." (Vicar Clement.)"

The list author says:
	"In the BBC adaptations, only Miss Marple's 5th case (the 2nd featuring Inspector Slack), but one of the best - not least due to the biting Marple-Slack exchanges. Who'll mourn Col. Protheroe, anyway?"

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	"1932 (short stories):  Dinner and murder mysteries at the Bantrys'."

The list author says:
	"1939 (1 Miss Marple mystery among several Poirot and nonseries short stories): "Miss Marple Tells a Story.""

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	"1942:  In response to a friend's request, Christie makes a mysterious dead platinum blonde appear in the Bantrys' library.  The horror!  The scandal!"

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	""The Body in the Library" was the BBC's first adaptation starring Joan Hickson. Inspector Slack's "good old policework" vs. Miss Marple's "village parallels" ... guess who carries the day?"

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	"1942 (one of the stories that Christie herself found had stood the "test of time" particularly well):  Murder, scandal and poison pen letters in Lymstock, a village much like St. Mary Mead."

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	"1947: Miss Marple's friend Elspeth McGillicuddy sees a woman being murdered in a passing train. But without a body or other clues to substantiate her story, who's going to believe her?"

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	"... and will take place on Friday, October 29, at 6:30 P.M." (1950) But the person ending up dead is the ad's author himself. So who is he and what's he got to do with Ms. Blacklog of Little Paddocks?"

The list author says:
	"1950: 4 Miss Marple stories (plus 3 x Poirot, & the title story is the source of "The Mousetrap"): "Strange Jest," "Tape-Measure Murder," "The Case of the Perfect Maid" & "The Case of the Caretaker.""

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	"1952:  Murder at a reformatory for young criminals - and who is trying to poison Miss Marple's old friend Carrie Louise?  Inspector Slack's hobby provides an unexpected clue."

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	"1953: "Sing a song of sixpence ..." With the police in the dark and the press speculating about black magic, Miss Marple finds clues to a string of murders in a children's nursery rhyme."

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	"1961 (2 Miss Marple stories plus 4 Poirot mysteries and 2 fantasy stories):  "Greenshaw's Folly" and "Sanctuary.""

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	"1962: Based on real events involving Jean Tierney; a cocktail of murder, Hollywood and Tennyson served at the Bantrys' former estate."

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	"Hollywood does Christie:  Angela Lansbury holds her own fairly well as Miss Marple, and Liz Taylor's & Kim Novak's ageing actresses' showdown is pure eye (and ear) candy.  Acid never tasted so sweet!"

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	"Not as glitzy, but truer to the source material, despite the addition of Inspector Slack (actually this is ONLY an Inspector Craddock story). But then, Slack & Miss Marple are always fun to watch!"

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	"1965:  Miss Marple unveils what lies behind the respectable facade of an old London hotel - and the decidedly less respectable facade of a lady of society."

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	"1965: "Would you like to see a picture of a murderer?" Bored to stitches on her Caribbean vacation, Miss Marple accepts the invitation - and soon has to solve the murder of the man who issued it."

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	"1971: From his grave, rich old Mr. Rafiel, who dubbed Miss Marple "Nemesis" when meeting her in the Caribbean, sends her on a bus tour to either clear his own son of a murder - or prove him guilty."

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	"1976: "Let sleeping dogs lie" ... and sleeping murder, too! But Miss Marple's young friends Gwenda and Giles Reed disregard her advice, and soon discover things they wish they'd never found out about."

The list author says:
	"9 of the BBC's 12 Miss Marple features starring Joan Hickson, with 4 Poirot mysteries thrown in for good measure.  The Miss Marple movies are also available separately, as well as in 2 smaller sets:"

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	""4:50 From Paddington" (BBC 1987), "The Mirror Crack'd" (BBC 1992), "A Caribbean Mystery" (BBC 1989) and "Sleeping Murder" (BBC 1987)."

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	""Murder at the Vicarage" (BBC 1986), "The Moving Finger" (BBC 1985), "They Do It With Mirrors" (BBC 1991), "At Bertram's Hotel" (BBC 1987) and "Nemesis" (BBC 1987)."

The list author says:
	"Repackaging of the nine mysteries previously already released as "Collection 1" and "Collection 2."  Now, if only they'd done it right and released all 12 episodes in a single set ..."

The list author says:
	"... but for the series's first 3, you still gotta buy this one.  Contains "The Body in the Library" (BBC 1984), "A Murder is Announced" (BBC 1985) and "A Pocket Full of Rye" (also BBC 1985)."