As a lifelong Christie devotee, I worried about the quality of the adaptation when I saw that such liberties were being taken, but a viewing would set my concerns to rest. The Pale Horse is an intriguing story to be featured in a Miss Marple TV show, as the original novel upon which it is based is not a Miss Marple mystery. Due to licensing requirements, a DVD can not release until an episode is broadcast, so this final installment from series 5 is only just now making its way to home video. The Pale Horse aired during the original series broadcast, but it did not air in the U.S. The fifth series of Marple released on DVD in August of 2010, but it was incomplete. Julia McKenzie took on the role of Jane Marple in 2004 with the newest incarnation, featured in the TV series Agatha Christie’s Marple. I still occasionally catch myself humming the theme to Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple, the definitive and widely beloved Joan Hickson Marple series.Īfter the Joan Hickson adaptations ended, I lost touch with the Agatha Christie adaptations, but Acorn Media’s recent release of The Pale Horse on DVD has introduced me to the current era of Miss Marple productions. Mary’s Mead when I read my first Christie novel, At Bertram’s Hotel, but seeing the books adapted and broadcast on PBS Mystery! is what cemented my fandom. I first developed a fondness for the canny lady from St. As a kid who grew up on a steady diet of mystery novels and adaptations, I would have had an answer ready, and it would be Joan Hickson. While I have been asked who my Doctor is (Ten, if we can forget the horrible TV specials that concluded David Tennant’s run), no one ever has asked me who my Miss Marple is. A common conversation starter among fans of Doctor Who is “Who is your Doctor?” They aren’t asking for a physician referral, but rather they’re inquiring about which of the eleven actors who has played the time traveling Doctor is your favorite.

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