The Best Episodes of Agatha Christie's Marple Season 1

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.0/10(2933 votes)

   #1 - The Body in the Library

   S1:E112/12/2004

   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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   Director:Andy Wilson

   Writer:Kevin Elyot
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   6.6/10(2620 votes)

   #2 - The Murder at the Vicarage

   S1:E212/19/2004

   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:Stephen Churchett

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   Director:Charles Palmer

   Writer:Stephen Churchett
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   7.6/10(2446 votes)

   #3 - 4.50 from Paddington

   S1:E312/26/2004

   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:Stephen Churchett

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   Director:Andy Wilson

   Writer:Stephen Churchett
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   7.0/10(2487 votes)

   #4 - A Murder Is Announced

   S1:E41/2/2005

   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:Stewart Harcourt

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   Director:John Strickland

   Writer:Stewart Harcourt