Miss Marple (TV series) Inspector Craddock presents another inconsistency in the series. The character is clearly unknown to Miss Marple in "A Murder is Announced" but in his second appearance in "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side", Craddock is Miss Marple's nephew. All of the episodes take place in the 1950's. "The Murder at the Vicarage" is set in 1954, according to a sign about money being raised for the church fund. This takes place after the events of "The Body in the Library", which Miss Marple relates briefly when describing how she first came across Inspector Slack. "Nemesis" is set in 1955
George Marple he was captain in 1907. Marple was a partner in the scrap metal business of Marple and Gillott Ltd, Sheffield, which broke up railway engines. He was involved in the LLoyd George cash for honours affair having been invited to contribute £5000 for a knighthood. In 1919 Marple applied for a patent for a carburettor design with James Frederick Bennett. In 1921 he donated a cup as the Marple Trophy for a brass band contest Marple died in Ecclesall, Sheffield at the age of 63. He married Florence Madoline Gillott in 1893. George Marple "Not to be confused with George