UK TV
Joan Hickson stars as Agatha Christie's famous detective, the spinster from St. Mary Mead.
“Poirot” will probably be remembered as the classic Agatha Christie TV mystery, but another series set in the same era, “Miss Marple,” is as superb. The best iteration, a BBC production originally aired in the 1980s, stars Joan Hickson as the clear-eyed spinster sleuth in a lovely English town where nothing is as it seems. Like “Poirot,” “Miss Marple” features Merchant-Ivory level historical recreations and excellent supporting casts. “Volume One” includes four episodes plus bonus material.
