Miss Marple - Season 1

First aired: 12/26/1984 10 episodes

Episodes

1. The Body in the Library (1)

Aired: 12/26/1984

Colonel Arthur and Dolly Bantry wake up to the news that a body has been found in their library. She is soon identified as Ruby Keene, a dancer at the Majestic in Danemouth, a seaside resort. Dolly takes her friend, Jane Marple, to the Majestic and together they work to solve the mystery.

2. The Body in the Library (2)

Aired: 12/27/1984

While the investigation centres on the Jefferson family and their entourage, Miss Marple's hunch about a second killing proves all too tragically justified.

3. The Body in the Library (3)

Aired: 12/28/1984

Concluding part of an adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel. Miss Marple is convinced that the death of schoolgirl Pamela Reeve holds the key to the mystery of the double murder.

4. The Moving Finger (1)

Aired: 2/21/1985

Poison pen letters are being sent to everyone in town. It seems like a vulgar joke until a letter is found next to a suicide victim. Then another body is found, and another...

5. The Moving Finger (2)

Aired: 2/22/1985

Miss Marple's instinct - that one murder will always follow another - proves to be true when more bodies are found in the sleepy town.

6. A Murder is Announced (1)

Aired: 2/28/1985

Someone announces a future murder by placing a notice in a local paper. When the time arrives, many of the townsfolk gather thinking it's a prank, but someone dies. Fortunately, Jane Marple is visiting a spa nearby, and can advise Inspector Craddock on where to look first.

7. A Murder is Announced (2)

Aired: 3/1/1985

Inspector Craddock gathers more clues, and uncovers a link to the mysterious sister and brother Pip and Emma. Do they live abroad, or in Scotland, or in Chipping Cleghorn? Meanwhile, Miss Marple is able to learn information that people wouldn't tell a policeman.

8. A Murder is Announced (3)

Aired: 3/2/1985

Inspector Craddock is alarmed to find that Miss Marple has gone missing - has she become another victim of the murderer?

9. A Pocketful of Rye (1)

Aired: 3/7/1985

When the members of a wealthy banking family start dropping like flies, Miss Marple is reminded of the old nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence and vows to find the villainous "blackbird" behind the crimes.

10. A Pocketful of Rye (2)

Aired: 3/8/1985

Following another murder, Miss Marple is certain that she knows who the next victim will be. Can she get to them in time?