Agatha Christie

‘Marple’ Season 6 (2013) takes a respectable final bow

“Agatha Christie’s Marple” wraps its run with a three-episode Season 6 (2013, ITV, A&E) featuring the last remaining novel to be adapted, a smart mashup

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‘Agatha Christie’s Marple’ Season 5 (2010-11) offers something old, something new

Had “Agatha Christie’s Marple” kept going beyond its 23 episodes, it likely would’ve adapted all or most of the Marple short stories. The first one

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Handoff to McKenzie is intriguing – if not exactly smooth – in ‘Marple’ Season 4 (2009)

It’s generally thought that “Poirot” nailed the TV casting with David Suchet whereas “Miss Marple”/”Marple” struggled by bouncing between Joan Hickson, Geraldine McEwan and Julia

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‘Marple’s’ intrusions make more sense in strong Season 3 (2007-09)

I should be careful about making judgments based on a small sample size. “Marple” Season 2 inserts Jane Marple (Geraldine McEwan) into two of Agatha

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Jane gets nosy in ‘Agatha Christie’s Marple’ Season 2 (2006)

“Agatha Christie’s Marple” Season 2 (2006) starts with the same high standards as Season 1, with “Sleeping Murder” and the best episode so far, “The

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‘Agatha Christie’s Marple’ Season 1 (2004-05) comes out of the garden gate swinging

“Agatha Christie’s Marple” Season 1 (2004-05) faced a daunting question: Why (other than money) remake adaptations that had already been done to fans’ pleasure in

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‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ bows out with class in Season 13 (2013)

“Agatha Christie’s Poirot” Season 13 (2013) secures the show’s spot as an all-time top-250 entry with two great episodes and three, um … interesting …

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‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ gets dark for Season 12 (2009-10)

By its penultimate Season 12 (2009-10, ITV, A&E), “Agatha Christie’s Poirot” had developed an emotional and thematic continuity, wherein Poirot is forced to confront the

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‘Poirot’ Season 11 (2008-09) runs into adaptation challenges

“Agatha Christie’s Poirot” has never looked better than in Season 11 (2008-09, ITV, A&E), as we’re invited into the cluttered boarding house of “Mrs. McGinty’s

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‘Poirot’ Season 10 (2005-06) a mix of smart and ill-advised alterations

“Agatha Christie’s Poirot” began its “dark half” by adapting four masterpieces in Season 9. Season 10 (2005-06, ITV and A&E), on the other hand, tackles

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