I like Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple better than Joan Hickson or Julia McKenzie. I've enjoyed both other ladies, but McEwan brings a life and sparkle to the role that the others seem to miss. She just seems more inquisitive! The beef I have with this series is the incorporating of the Tommy and Tuppence story "By the Pricking of My Thumbs" into a Miss Marple mystery. I probably wouldn't have minded if they just borrowed the story, but to turn Tommy and Tuppence into an insensitive bureaucrat and an insecure lush is sacrilege. Tuppence is an intuitive adventurer and Tommy, her sweet and sensible rock. Leave their characters alone! Let Miss Marple solve the case by herself. The story here bears little resemblance to the original story anyway. Other than that I love these Miss Marple mysteries.