Miss Marple (TV series) in "The Murder at the Vicarage" and '"The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side". Rhoda Lewis is village shopkeeper and postmistress Mrs Brogan in "A Pocketful of Rye", "4.50 from Paddington" and "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side". BBC producer Guy Slater cast Joan Hickson as Miss Marple. The series was filmed beginning in 1983 in areas including Norfolk, Devon, Oxfordshire and Barbados. The town of Nether Wallop, Hampshire doubled as Miss Marple's home village of St. Mary Mead. Slater was replaced by producer George Gallaccio starting with the fourth film. Hickson vowed not to do another film after
Marple, Greater Manchester are operated by Stagecoach Manchester and High Peak. Education in Marple is run by Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. There are two primary schools, the secondary Marple Hall School which occupies the site of the ancestral home of the Bradshaw-Isherwood family. Marple Sixth Form College (formerly "Ridge Danyers College") offers courses to young people and adults. There is also an independent school and nursery, Brabyns Preparatory School. Marple Rugby Club has three adult teams, and a "Marple Minis Rugby" outfit with teams from age 7 to 17. Marple Cricket Club was formed in 1900 and has been based at Bowden Lane