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
A Caribbean Mystery (film) viewers. Hayes reprised her role as Marple in "Murder with Mirrors" (1985). The film was seen on TV by writer Richard Levinson who noted its ratings success. He thought of doing a regular mystery show about a Marple-like detective, who was a mystery writer like Agatha Christie. This led to "Murder, She Wrote". A Caribbean Mystery (film) A Caribbean Mystery is a 1983 American made-for-television mystery film based on the Agatha Christie novel "A Caribbean Mystery" and starring Helen Hayes as Miss Marple. Stan Margulies had the rights to eight Christie books. He made a TV movie of Christie's "Murder