Agatha Christie's Marple - Series 6

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Greenshaw's Folly is the best story of this series. A classic Agatha Christie tale with a shocking twist at the end. Julia McKenzie on top form as Miss Marple with a brilliant supporting cast. I absolutely loved this interpretation. Joan Hickson made the definitive "A Carribean Mystery" but this version was really rather good and I enjoyed the lovely setting and detailed attention given to the sets and the costumes. It is "out of sequence" but does complete the Miss Marple collection and I'm pleased it was included. I loved the "James Bond" joke, very well done indeed, I certainly didn't see it coming! The whole cast were excellent and obviously enjoyed playing their roles. Well done ITV. Endless Night is the weakest of the three stories. Wendy Craig played the Major's widow superbly well and Julia McKenzie did the best she could with her script but the whole story just wasn't up to the high standard I have come to expect from ITV. Ellie and Mike could have been much much better. Ellie's American accent kept slipping, Mike was too nasty from the off; he's supposed to be a real charmer, sweeping Ellie off her feet for goodness sake! The rest of the supporting cast were lacklustre; the gypsy wasn't scary enough, Mike's friend was just managing to play his part and the doctor was a poor shadow somewhere lurking around. As for Greta and that house words fail me! The book is so much better and very dark and menacing indeed, it really does portray the evil soul of the killer and is a true macabre thriller. ITV did not do justice to Agatha Christie's legacy with this interpretation. There are no extra's on the DVD, which is disappointing. A "behind the scenes" for the Carribean would have been lovely! It looks as if this will be the last Marple DVD unless ITV put her into other stories. There are certainly books which have not been filmed where Marple could play a part. ITV did a nice job with "Why didn't they ask Evans?" with Julia McKenzie so the potential is there. However, as this DVD only includes 3 stories I'm guessing that either ITV have called time on Marple or Julia McKenzie has completed her contract and doesn't wish to take the role further. I will though live in hope that Marple may continue or be once again totally revamped! I can watch the Marple stories many times, they are Christie classics.

A wonderful dark, twisting tale of love, greed and betrayal. The casting was superb and the production values are excellent. Worth watching and re-watching!

No info on this product yet but I imagine that two of the films on this set are 'A Caribbean mystery' and 'Greenshaw's folly' since they have both been screened fairly recently on ITV. There is a third title (Endless night) which has not been screened yet but is very likely to be included in this Miss Marple set (series 6). The two titles screened to date are excellent in every detail as they always are, and I am looking forward to owning this set very soon to add to my collection. The Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot TV adaptions are brilliant - and of course no ads in the dvd's ! I look forward to more Miss Marple adaptions over the coming years - no more Poirot to look forward to unfortunately but I am so glad for David Suchet that he was allowed to complete the entire set of Poirot stories. I don't think giving the role to another actor would be acceptable for many years to come. I wonder how long Julia Mackenzie can carry on with her good work as Miss Marple ?

I consider the late Joan Hickson to have been the definitive Ms Marple and, while Geraldine McEwan is a most accomplished actress, she was not suited to the role of Jane Marple but Julia McKenzie is a most worthy successor to Joan Hickson. In terms of sheer escapism I enjoyed the latest series of Agatha Christie's Marple and even though the stories tend towards the far-fetched, the series appears to attract some very fine actors which added to my appreciation of the DVD. Two of the episodes are based on full-length Agatha Christie books while Greenshaw's Folly is based on a short story. In fact, the novel Endless Night did not feature Ms Marple. The DVD comprises 3 episodes: A Caribbean Mystery Ms Marple is staying in a hotel in the Caribbean courtesy of her nephew Raymond when a fellow guest dies apparently of a heart attack. Ms Marple refuses to believe Major Palgrave died of natural causes and sets about investigating his death, Greenshaw's Folly The spinster detective helps a young mother and her son by finding them refuge in a country house Greenshaw's Folly, However murder most foul soon occurs and Ms Marple steps in to solve the mystery, Endless Night Newlyweds Mike and Ellie decide to build their dream home on a local beauty spot called Gypsy's Acre despite warnings from local gypsy Mrs Lee that the land is cursed. The house is built and when Mike and Ellie are installed tragedy strikes, Enter Ms Marple... I must say I failed to warm to Mike and Ellie's "Dream House" which appeared to me a bit of an eyesore!

I love this series, which could be the last as I can't see how they can include Miss Marple in the remaining Agatha Christie Stories, except Crooked House. The set starts well with 'A Caribbean Mystery' and is an excellent adaption of Christie's book and is probably my favourite Miss Marple story. The single down side is there was no mention of Nemesis which is the name Jason Raffiel gave Miss Marple at the end of the story. This would have lead quite nicely into the story Nemesis which was filmed when Geraldine Mckewan played Miss Marple. Greenshaw's Folly is a very good 'murder in the big house' mystery which is very atmospheric and creepy and I enjoyed this adaption very much. Endless Night is also an accurate adaption. I know Miss Marple wasn't in the original book but they have included her quite nicely into this story. This is a great inclusion to any Agatha Christie collection and also to anyone watching Miss Marple for the first time. Highly recommended

a agatha christie and julia mckenzie fan but not this time

Arrived early. I had not seen any of these adaptations. Was a pleasure to watch.