Miss Marple (1984)

Name: Miss Marple
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Rating: 8.5
Cast: Joan Hickson

Crime · Mystery

The definitive adaptation of all twelve Miss Marple novels, starring Joan Hickson in the title role and featuring one of the all-time TV themes, composed by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley. The series was produced by George Gallaccio, written by T. R. Bowen, Julia Jones, Alan Parker, Ken Taylor, and Jill Hyem, and co-stars David Horovitch and Ian Brimble as officers Slack and Lake. Over the course of the series it also features John Castle, Joan Sims, Sylvia Syms, Samantha Bond, Peter Davison, Timothy West, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Eddington, Cheryl Campbell, Maurice Denham, Donald Pleasence, Sophie Ward, Jean Simmons, and Joss Ackland.

IMDb rating: 8.5 (899 votes)
Episode average: 7.9 -0.6 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 2 seasons indexed

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Joan Hickson Miss Marple

Seasons

Season 1 (1984)

7.81 avg 12 episodes 7.8 → 7.7 57 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Body in the Library: 1	7.8	191
2	The Body in the Library (2)	7.7	162
3	The Body in the Library (3)	7.8	159
4	The Moving Finger (1)	7.6	243
5	The Moving Finger (2)	7.5	237
6	A Murder is Announced (1)	8.0	295
7	A Murder is Announced (2)	8.1	265
8	A Murder is Announced (3)	8.2	261
9	A Pocketful of Rye (1)	7.8	176
10	A Pocketful of Rye (2)	7.9	157
11	The Murder at the Vicarage (1)	7.6	132
12	The Murder at the Vicarage (2)	7.7	119

Season 2 (1987)

8.00 avg 11 episodes 7.8 → 8.3 72 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sleeping Murder (1)	7.8	129
2	Sleeping Murder (2)	7.9	126
3	At Bertram's Hotel (1)	7.9	128
4	At Bertram's Hotel (2)	7.8	120
5	Nemesis (1)	8.2	136
6	Nemesis (2)	8.3	128
7	4.50 from Paddington, Part 1	8.1	121
8	4.50 from Paddington, Part 2	8.2	107
9	A Caribbean Mystery	7.6	116
10	They Do It with Mirrors	7.9	91
11	The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side	8.3	86

Miss Marple (1984)

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