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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, Miss Marple often stumbles upon

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Agatha Christie's Marple Season 6 Episode 2 - Greenshaw's Folly
    7.6/10(1236 votes)

    #1 - Greenshaw's Folly

    S6:E2

    Miss Marple aids a young mother and son by spiriting them away to the estate of an eccentric botanist, not knowing that it will soon become the scene of murder.

    Director:Sarah Harding
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 1 Episode 3 - 4.50 from Paddington
    7.5/10(2360 votes)

    #2 - 4.50 from Paddington

    S1:E3

    Miss Marple investigates the wealthy Crackenthorpe clan, believing a body to be hidden on their estate after a visiting friend witnesses a brutal strangling murder occurring on a passing train.

    Director:Andy Wilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 1 Episode 4 - A Murder Is Announced
    7.5/10(2405 votes)

    #3 - A Murder Is Announced

    S1:E4

    The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are summoned by a newspaper notice to the house of Letitia Blacklock, anticipating an evening of murder games. But things become all too real when an intruder is shot dead.

    Director:John Strickland
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 2 Episode 2 - The Moving Finger
    7.5/10(2312 votes)

    #4 - The Moving Finger

    S2:E2

    Troubled war veteran Jerry Burton and his sister Joanna rent a cottage in a seemingly tranquil English village which is plagued by a spate of poison pen letters... and murder.

    Director:Tom Shankland
    Writer:Kevin Elyot

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  5. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 5 Episode 4 - The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
    7.5/10(1459 votes)

    #5 - The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

    S5:E4

    A troubled Hollywood actress and her director husband move to St. Mary Mead, but their arrival becomes clouded in tragedy when an ardent fan is fatally poisoned during a garden fête.

    Director:Tom Shankland
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 1 Episode 2 - The Murder at the Vicarage
    7.4/10(2512 votes)

    #6 - The Murder at the Vicarage

    S1:E2

    No one seems surprised when Colonel Lucius Protheroe, the most disliked person in St. Mary Mead, is found murdered in the local vicarage. Red herrings abound, especially when his widow and her lover both confess to the murder.

    Director:Charles Palmer
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 3 Episode 3 - Towards Zero
    7.4/10(1900 votes)

    #7 - Towards Zero

    S3:E3

    A wealthy woman holds a party at her Devon estate for family and friends, including old schoolmate Miss Marple. When a solicitor and the hostess herself are both murdered, Miss Marple tries to find a clever killer with a devious plan.

    Director:David Grindley
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 4 Episode 1 - A Pocket Full of Rye
    7.4/10(1781 votes)

    #8 - A Pocket Full of Rye

    S4:E1

    A detestable businessman is murdered while at work, and a handful of rye is found in his pockets. Soon after, members of his household fall victim to a killer intent on recreating scenes from a popular nursery rhyme.

    Director:Charles Palmer
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 5 Episode 1 - The Pale Horse
    7.4/10(1520 votes)

    #9 - The Pale Horse

    S5:E1

    Miss Marple's friend - a Catholic priest - is battered to death after visiting a woman dying under strange circumstances. Seeking justice, she becomes entangled in a nefarious organization centered around an inn run by purported witches.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 5 Episode 3 - The Blue Geranium
    7.4/10(1328 votes)

    #10 - The Blue Geranium

    S5:E3

    A cruel, superstitious woman dies of apparent fright after her fate is foretold by a medium. Miss Marple, however, is convinced of foul play when another death occurs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 6 Episode 1 - A Caribbean Mystery
    7.4/10(1388 votes)

    #11 - A Caribbean Mystery

    S6:E1

    While holidaying on the Caribbean island of St. Honoré, Miss Marple is drawn into a case of intrigue and black magic when a garrulous old major who bragged of owning a photograph of a known murderer dies under mysterious circumstances.

    Director:Charles Palmer
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 2 Episode 1 - Sleeping Murder
    7.3/10(2119 votes)

    #12 - Sleeping Murder

    S2:E1

    Gwenda Halliday, a wealthy young Englishwoman recently emigrated from India, intuitively buys a seaside manor house, where she re-experiences a murder.

    Director:Edward Hall
    Writer:Stephen Churchett

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  13. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 3 Episode 1 - At Bertram's Hotel
    7.3/10(1962 votes)

    #13 - At Bertram's Hotel

    S3:E1

    Miss Marple spends a holiday in a luxurious London hotel. The sinister atmosphere, the odd disappearance of a clergyman and the murder of the commissionaire moves her on the trail of a clever criminal gang.

    Director:Dan Zeff
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 3 Episode 2 - Ordeal by Innocence
    7.3/10(1896 votes)

    #14 - Ordeal by Innocence

    S3:E2

    Old wounds are reopened for the Argyle family when a man suddenly turns up after being abroad and claims that the black sheep of the family could not have murdered its tyrannical matriarch.

    Director:Moira Armstrong
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 4 Episode 2 - Murder Is Easy
    7.3/10(2100 votes)

    #15 - Murder Is Easy

    S4:E2

    A village is plagued by a spate of seemingly accidental deaths, but Miss Marple is convinced a more sinister hand is involved when a villager on her way to Scotland Yard is conveniently dispatched.

    Director:Hettie Macdonald
    Writer:Stephen Churchett

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  16. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 5 Episode 2 - The Secret of Chimneys
    7.3/10(1484 votes)

    #16 - The Secret of Chimneys

    S5:E2

    An attempt to bring a famed stately home back to its former glory is marred when a visiting Austrian diplomat is shot to death decades after the disappearance of a priceless diamond.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 2 Episode 3 - By the Pricking of My Thumbs
    7.2/10(2101 votes)

    #17 - By the Pricking of My Thumbs

    S2:E3

    Miss Marple joins forces with Tommy and Tuppence Beresford to find the murderer of Tommy's Aunt Ada.

    Director:Peter Medak
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 1 Episode 1 - The Body in the Library
    7.1/10(2800 votes)

    #18 - The Body in the Library

    S1:E1

    Dolly Bantry calls upon her old friend Miss Marple when the strangled corpse of an unknown blonde girl is found in the library of her home, Gossington Hall.

    Director:Andy Wilson
    Writer:Kevin Elyot

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  19. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 4 Episode 3 - They Do It with Mirrors
    7.1/10(1557 votes)

    #19 - They Do It with Mirrors

    S4:E3

    A reformatory for delinquent boys run by Miss Marple's philanthropic friend becomes the scene of arson and poisoning, and ultimately murder.

    Director:Andy Wilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 3 Episode 4 - Nemesis
    7.0/10(2070 votes)

    #20 - Nemesis

    S3:E4

    Miss Marple and her nephew, novelist Raymond West, embark on a coach tour of historic English houses with an eclectic group of characters at the behest of a late friend who had knowledge of an unsolved murder.

    Director:Nicolas Winding Refn
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 6 Episode 3 - Endless Night
    6.9/10(1375 votes)

    #21 - Endless Night

    S6:E3

    Miss Marple investigates the downfall of an optimistic young couple who ignored the warnings of a gypsy and built a dream home on allegedly cursed land.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 2 Episode 4 - The Sittaford Mystery
    6.8/10(2136 votes)

    #22 - The Sittaford Mystery

    S2:E4

    The death of the presumptive future PM is predicted during a séance in a snowbound country hotel and, not surprisingly, he is found stabbed to death the next morning.

    Director:Paul Unwin
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Agatha Christie's Marple Season 4 Episode 4 - Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
    6.5/10(1824 votes)

    #23 - Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

    S4:E4

    The cryptic final words of a dying man lead Miss Marple and two young adventurers to a dysfunctional family harboring dark secrets.

    Director:Nicholas Renton
    Writer:Patrick Barlow

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Best Episodes Summary

"Greenshaw's Folly" is the best rated episode of "Agatha Christie's Marple". It scored 7.6/10 based on 1236 votes. Directed by Sarah Harding and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/23/2013. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "4.50 from Paddington".