Miss Marple Morton adapted the novel for the stage, he replaced the character of Caroline with a young girl. This change saddened Christie and she determined to give old maids a voice: Miss Marple was born. Christie may have taken the name from Marple railway station, through which she passed, or from Marple Hall, near her sister Madge's home at Abney Hall. The character of Jane Marple in the first Miss Marple book, "The Murder at the Vicarage", is markedly different from how she appears in later books. This early version of Miss Marple is a gleeful gossip and not an especially
Miss Marple (TV series) the bestowal of an OBE award to the role, as Queen Elizabeth II was a fan of the series and Hickson's performance. All 12 episodes were shown in the United States on the PBS "Mystery!" series. "Miss Marple" was also seen in over 30 countries, including Spain, the former Soviet Union and China. "Miss Marple" was first released in DVD in the UK (Region 2) in 2000. A complete box set of all 12 stories was released in 2005 by 2 Entertain Video. In North America (Region 1), episodes were first released in 2001. In summer 2009 the Sunday edition