Agatha Christie's Marple feature-length episodes, except series six which only has three episodes. The first six episodes were all adaptations of "Miss Marple" novels by Christie. Subsequent episodes were derived both from works featuring Miss Marple but also Christie novels that did not feature the character. The title of the series removes the word "Miss" from Miss Marple, to match the title of the "Agatha Christie's Poirot" series. "Agatha Christie's Marple" follows the adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages (and
Miss Marple of Miss Marple, this one smoked cigarettes. In 1983, Estonian stage and film actress Ita Ever starred in the Russian language film adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel "A Pocket Full of Rye" (using the Russian edition's translated title, "The Secret of the Blackbirds") as the character of Miss Marple. American TV was the setting for the first dramatic portrayal of Miss Marple with Gracie Fields, the legendary British actress, playing her in a 1956 episode of "Goodyear TV Playhouse" based on "A Murder Is Announced", the 1950 Christie novel. In 1970, the character of Miss Marple was portrayed by Inge