{"product_id":"miss-marple-1984-1992-the-complete-bbc-mystery-collection-starring-joan-hickson","title":"Miss Marple - 1984-1992 - The Complete BBC Mystery! Collection starring Joan Hickson","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgatha Christie’s Miss Marple – The Complete BBC Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e 9 Discs Approx. 23 hours. Beautifully remastered. 1984-1992 Close-captioned with optional subtitles in English. Color. Playable on any standard North American (US, Canada, etc.) DVD player.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn 1946, Agatha Christie sent Joan Hickson a note that read, \u003cem\u003e“I hope one day you will play my dear Miss Marple.\u003c\/em\u003e” Years later, Hickson did just that, taking on the role of the spinster sleuth at age 78. Many fans consider her the definitive Miss Marple. This collection includes all 12 episodes starring Hickson, all filmed in the mid-1980s, seen on Mystery!, restored and remastered!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBinge on these twelve classic mysteries by the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, or savor them slowly. Superb actress Joan Hickson serves murder anyway you like it as Miss Jane Marple, the soft-spoken senior sleuth who succeeds where young policemen fail. Gather your wits for a dozen dastardly crimes, filmed entirely on location with lush period settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Opulently filmed, extravagantly dressed, period detail right up to the last hairclip.\" \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLondon Daily Express.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIncludes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“The Murder at the Vicarage”\u003cbr\u003eWhen the hated Colonel Protheroe is found murdered in the sleepy village of St Mary Mead, Miss Marple is puzzled why so many people want to confess.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“The Moving Finger”\u003cbr\u003eA nasty case of poison-pen letters brings Miss Marple to the East Anglian village of Lymston.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“The Body in the Library”\u003cbr\u003eWho is the strange young blonde lying strangled in the library of Gossington Hall? Fortunately for the Bantrys, Miss Marple is their neighbor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“A Murder Is Announced”\u003cbr\u003eEveryone in Chipping Cleghorn is intrigued by the advertisement predicting a murder at Little Paddocks. But when the lights go out at the appointed hour, no one thinks it's a joke anymore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“They Do It with Mirrors”\u003cbr\u003eTo reassure an old friend, Miss Marple agrees to go down to Stonygates, a rambling country mansion. There she finds a curious ménage - an extended family and a reformatory for young criminals - where violence seems just below the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“A Pocketful of Rye”\u003cbr\u003eAn old nursery rhyme comes true in a grotesque double murder. Only Miss Marple sees the connection and that the next victim will be an old acquaintance - unless she can uncover the murderer in time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“4:50 From Paddington”\u003cbr\u003eA murder witnessed from a train, a missing body and an eccentric old patriarch... A bizarre riddle for Miss Marple and a deadly family intrigue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side”\u003cbr\u003eWhen a woman is poisoned during the village fête at Gossington Hall, the police deduce the intended victim was film star, Marina Gregg. Then another woman is murdered. Can Miss Marple succeed where the police have failed?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“A Caribbean Mystery”\u003cbr\u003eFilmed on location in the West Indies. Miss Marple finds her luxurious island holiday sadly flat - until Major Palgrave is found dead in his hotel bed. More murders follow and Miss Marple once more is in her element.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“At Bertram's Hotel”\u003cbr\u003eThere is something rather too perfect about Bertram's Hotel, Miss Marple decides during a stay there in London. Even the murder seems rehearsed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“Nemesis”\u003cbr\u003eA friend asks Miss Marple to investigate a crime. Instead of giving any clues, he books her on a coach tour of historic homes. Murder is on the itinerary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“Sleeping Murder”\u003cbr\u003eA couple's new dream home becomes a nightmare when the young wife sees a vision of a strangled woman in the hall. Was she murdered or is she yet to be killed?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“A Very British Murder”: This three part series explores Britain\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es fascination with murder and how it has become a central theme to books, television shows and movies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e- Part One: The New Taste for Blood\u003cbr\u003e- Part Two: Detection Most Ingenious\u003cbr\u003e- Part Three: The Golden Age\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BBC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45929679847477,"sku":null,"price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0035\/4058\/2467\/files\/miss_marple_-_front_sm_2aea2871-5f5a-4aba-8d21-ee9e610df4cc.jpg?v=1787777225","url":"https:\/\/giddyupvideo.com\/products\/miss-marple-1984-1992-the-complete-bbc-mystery-collection-starring-joan-hickson","provider":"Giddy Up Video","version":"1.0","type":"link"}