MISS MARPLE-SERIES 1 TV DVD REVIEW

A short blurb from Acorn Media about Miss Marple Series 1: She’s back! Proper, demure, and sharp as a tack, Agatha Christie’s beloved Miss Marple returns to the limelight in sparkling new adaptations of four classic Christie novels.

I have been an Agatha Christie fan for many years and the first series of 4 stories are with a new Miss Marple (Geraldine McEwan). These stories are slightly different than their predecessors and controversy prevails in the very first story, “The Body In The Library” which they changed the identity of the killer from the original and introduced Lesbianism to the plot where it has been a subtle hint. “The Murder In The Vicarage” delved into Miss Marple’s earlier life and in “A Murder is Announced” several characters were cut and added affairs into the story and another lesbian subplot that was minor in the original novel. There are many big names in this first series as guest stars such as Joanna Lumley (AbFab), Derek Jacobi (I Claudius), Ian Richardson (Gormangast) to name a few. This set has a behind-the-scenes featurette on the first series, a Photo Gallery and Cast Filmographies.

VIDEO

The video quality is great! All the episodes are on film. All stories are approx 94 minutes each.

Audio

Was originally recorded in Mono. Also here in mono.

Disc 1- 1. “Murder In The Vicarage”-with Tim McInnerny, Mark Gatiss, Robert Powell, Derek Jacobi, Miriam Margolyes and Herbert Lom.

Disc 2- 1. “The Body In The Library”-with Ian Richardson, Joanna Lumley and Simon Callow.

Disc 3- 1. “A Murder Is Announced”-with Zoë Wanamaker and Catherine Tate

Disc 4-1. “4:50 From Paddington” with David Warner and Griff Rhys Jones


Extras

Disc 1: Behind The Scenes Featurette (10:51)
Miss Marple On TV and Film (Text Only)
Agatha Christie Biography (Text Only)
Photo Gallery (20) pictures
Cast Fimographies

Disc 2: Photo Gallery (20) pictures
Cast Fimographies

Disc 3: Photo Gallery (19) pictures
Cast Fimographies

Disc 4: Photo Gallery (19) pictures
Cast Fimographies


Verdict

A very good first series! A good cast and guest stars! How can you miss?


Rating; ****!