I like this new series that ITV are screening at the moment. I didn't know what to expect but having seen first couple of episodes, the first being "The Body in the Library" I am quite impressed.
Though there is a bit of poetic license in some of the plots I have to admit it gives the Miss Marple stories a lot more "OOMPH", I think Agatha Christie would have liked that, for she always hinted of a darker side to human nature in many of her books, and her creation Miss Marple was a ruthless woman in her own right, hiding behind cups of tea, inane chit-chat and lace gloves.
Geraldine McEwen is superb as the devilishly clever Miss Marple, and the sting in the tale in this episode is one that I think Agatha Christie would have loved but never have dared to put in her books when she wrote them all those years ago.
I am looking forward to this series and I hope more of Agatha Christies are given this dark but curiously addictive update by ITV in the future.
Though there is a bit of poetic license in some of the plots I have to admit it gives the Miss Marple stories a lot more "OOMPH", I think Agatha Christie would have liked that, for she always hinted of a darker side to human nature in many of her books, and her creation Miss Marple was a ruthless woman in her own right, hiding behind cups of tea, inane chit-chat and lace gloves.
Geraldine McEwen is superb as the devilishly clever Miss Marple, and the sting in the tale in this episode is one that I think Agatha Christie would have loved but never have dared to put in her books when she wrote them all those years ago.
I am looking forward to this series and I hope more of Agatha Christies are given this dark but curiously addictive update by ITV in the future.