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The Worst Episodes of Agatha Christie's Marple

Every episode of Agatha Christie's Marple ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Agatha Christie's Marple!

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...
Genres:DramaCrimeMystery
Network:ITV1

Worst Episodes Summary

"Why Didn't They Ask Evans?" is the worst rated episode of "Agatha Christie's Marple". It scored 6.5/10 based on 1678 votes. Directed by Nicholas Renton and written by Patrick Barlow, it aired on 6/15/2010. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Sittaford Mystery".

  • Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
    6.5/101,678 votes
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    #1 - Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 6/15/2010

    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

  • The Sittaford Mystery
    6.8/101,962 votes
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    #2 - The Sittaford Mystery

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 5/1/2006

    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: N/A

  • Endless Night
    6.9/101,259 votes
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    #3 - Endless Night

    Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 12/29/2013

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Nemesis
    7.0/101,921 votes
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    #4 - Nemesis

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 1/1/2009

    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: N/A

  • The Body in the Library
    7.1/102,585 votes
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    #5 - The Body in the Library

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/12/2004

    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

  • They Do It with Mirrors
    7.1/101,437 votes
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    #6 - They Do It with Mirrors

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1/1/2010

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • By the Pricking of My Thumbs
    7.2/101,932 votes
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    #7 - By the Pricking of My Thumbs

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/19/2006

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

    Director: Peter Medak

    Writer: N/A

  • Murder Is Easy
    7.2/101,948 votes
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    #8 - Murder Is Easy

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/2009

    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

  • The Secret of Chimneys
    7.2/101,353 votes
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    #9 - The Secret of Chimneys

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 12/27/2010

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sleeping Murder
    7.3/101,954 votes
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    #10 - Sleeping Murder

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/5/2006

    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

  • At Bertram's Hotel
    7.3/101,807 votes
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    #11 - At Bertram's Hotel

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2007

    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: N/A

  • Ordeal by Innocence
    7.3/101,756 votes
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    #12 - Ordeal by Innocence

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2007

    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: N/A

  • Towards Zero
    7.3/101,732 votes
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    #13 - Towards Zero

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 8/3/2008

    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: N/A

  • The Murder at the Vicarage
    7.4/102,340 votes
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    #14 - The Murder at the Vicarage

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/19/2004

    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: N/A

  • 4.50 from Paddington
    7.4/102,190 votes
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    #15 - 4.50 from Paddington

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/26/2004

    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: N/A

  • The Moving Finger
    7.4/102,116 votes
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    #16 - The Moving Finger

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/12/2006

    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

  • A Pocket Full of Rye
    7.4/101,638 votes
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    #17 - A Pocket Full of Rye

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/2009

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Pale Horse
    7.4/101,394 votes
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    #18 - The Pale Horse

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 8/30/2010

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Blue Geranium
    7.4/101,225 votes
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    #19 - The Blue Geranium

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 12/29/2010

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Caribbean Mystery
    7.4/101,269 votes
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    #20 - A Caribbean Mystery

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 6/16/2013

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Murder Is Announced
    7.5/102,210 votes
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    #21 - A Murder Is Announced

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/2/2005

    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: N/A

  • The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
    7.5/101,341 votes
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    #22 - The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 1/2/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Greenshaw's Folly
    7.6/101,132 votes
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    #23 - Greenshaw's Folly

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 6/23/2013

    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: N/A