Off The Bookshelf BEST OF BBC DETECTIVES - SILENT WITNESS - DALZIEL & PASCOE - WAKING THE DEAD - JUDGE JOHN DEED - MISS MARPLE R2 Search DVD

Bookmark the site

Return to Homepage

US Shopping
UK Shopping

HomePage > DVD > Miss Marple

page 1 of 5
1 2 3 4 5

Search DVD - select a category

1.Agatha Christie : The Miss Marple Collection - Starring Joan Hickson (12 Disc Box Set) starring: Joan Hickson June 20, 2005
Average Rating: >>More Details		List Price: £99.99 Off The Bookshelf's Price: £43.98 You Save: £56.01 (56%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: £49.99
I bought this as a gift for my wife who loves Joan Hickson as Miss Marple. Now, I'd read about the deleted scenes etc., but threw caution to the wind and ordered anyway. It was a safe bet it turned out, because she was over the moon, and having watched every single one now, has made zero comments about lost scenes. That's not to say there have not been cuts, but if there have been, they did not spoil her enjoyment. It could be that the ones she has seen on TV recently already had the scenes cut, I don't know. All I do know is, this is a bargain for what you get, just like the Poirot Collection she is working her way through now!

2.Agatha Christie's Miss Marple Collection - Murder Ahoy / Murder At The Gallup / Murder Most Foul (4 Discs) (Box Set) (DVD) starring: Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries, Ron Moody, Charles Tingwell, James Bolam directed by: George Pollock February 02, 2004
Average Rating: >>More Details		List Price: £34.99 Off The Bookshelf's Price: £12.98 You Save: £22.01 (63%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: £10.99
Academy award winning Dame Margret Rutherford is properly one if not the best loved eccentric actress of the post war cinema. At the age of nearly 70, she first played the film role with which she was most often associated in later life, that of Miss Marple. In a series of four films (1961-1964) - loosely based on the novels of Agatha Christi - Margaret's portrayal of Miss Maple captured audiences worldwide now and then. . She took great umbrage when she learned that Christie herself had expressed concerns about Rutherford's ample figure, as Miss Marple was usually described as a trim, tallish spinster. Her acting sparkles, it is tough and touching. The language is just wonderful. All four movies are a great pleasure to watch. ... Read More:

3.Agatha Christie: Miss Marple Complete TV Mini Series - 12 Episodes Boxset Edition [import] starring: Joan Hickson
Average Rating: >>More Details		Used Price:
After seeing the abysmal portrayal by Geraldine McEwan in the abomination that was the "Marple" series with (as if McEwan's interpretation of Miss Marple wasn't bad enough!) its preposterous political correctness, what a relief it was to once again see how Miss Marple is really meant to be portrayed. Joan Hickson is the definitive Miss Marple and if anyone is going to attempt to make another series, then they really should look to recreate Joan Hickson's performance, perhaps in some of Miss Marple's stories that weren't covered by these twelve. As to this set of six dvds containing all twelve of the original series, it is very good value for money and interesting to see that they must have sourced different avenues for the stories contained here, ... Read More:

4.Agatha Christie : Miss Marple - A Murder Is Announced starring: Geraldine McEwan, Christian Coulson, Cherie Lunghi, Robert Pugh, Keeley Hawes directed by: John Strickland March 20, 2006
Average Rating: >>More Details		List Price: £9.99 Off The Bookshelf's Price: £5.97 You Save: £4.02 (40%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: £2.39
The other reviewer is partially correct inasmuch as Zoe Wanamaker , Elaine Paige and Geraldine McEwan do a first class job . One must not forget that Robert Pugh is excellent in his role too ! It is impressive that they managed to do this novel in 90 or so minutes when the Joan Hickson one was a three parter if memory serve me right . This adaptation is pretty cliched as lesbianism which is hinted at in the original novel & the Joan Hickson version is much more blatant in the Geraldine McEwan adaptation . This in your face approach confirms what the intelligent reader and/or viewer could have worked out for themselves . The location & the script are both spot on as is the casting - it has a great deal of drama and pace and so is a stunning piece of television ... Read More:

5.Agatha Christie : Miss Marple - 4.50 From Paddington starring: Geraldine McEwan, Griff Rhys Jones, David Warner, Niamh Cusack, Ben Daniels directed by: Andy Wilson March 20, 2006
Average Rating: >>More Details		List Price: £9.99 Off The Bookshelf's Price: £5.97 You Save: £4.02 (40%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: £3.12
I've been an Murder Myster fan from I was very young, growing up with a mother who watched Miss Marple, Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poriot, Murder She Wrote etc. So, it was a difficult not to get interested and become a fan of these programmes. But I must admit my favourite is Miss Marple the old granny type who pretends to be a dottery but is so not, and always seems to outwit the male detectives and solve the cases before they can even figure it out. My two favourite Miss Marple actresses have been of course Margaret Rutherford and Joan Hickson, in my book they were the two that best fitted the part. So you can imagine that I wasn't to impressed when I heard that there where some new remakes of Miss Marple cases like 4.50 From Paddington, The Body in the Library, A Murder ... Read More:

6.MISS MARPLE - complete Series 3 starring: Geraldine McEwan, Richard E. Grant
Average Rating: >>More Details		Used Price:
I've been an Murder Myster fan from I was very young, growing up with a mother who watched Miss Marple, Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poriot, Murder She Wrote etc. So, it was a difficult not to get interested and become a fan of these programmes. But I must admit my favourite is Miss Marple the old granny type who pretends to be a dottery but is so not, and always seems to outwit the male detectives and solve the cases before they can even figure it out. My two favourite Miss Marple actresses have been of course Margaret Rutherford and Joan Hickson, in my book they were the two that best fitted the part. So you can imagine that I wasn't to impressed when I heard that there where some new remakes of Miss Marple cases like 4.50 From Paddington, The Body in the Library, A Murder ... Read More:

7.Agatha Christie : Miss Marple - Murder At The Vicarage starring: Geraldine McEwan, Mark Gatiss, Robert Powell, Jane Asher, Derek Jacobi directed by: Charles Palmer March 20, 2006
Average Rating: >>More Details		List Price: £9.99 Off The Bookshelf's Price: £5.97 You Save: £4.02 (40%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: £1.79
Robert Powell , Tim McInnery , Derek Jacobi , Janet McTeer and Rachel Tier all do a very good job in a well filmed attempt to update the Miss Marple franchise . Geraldine McKewan is very brave to try and follow on after Joan Hickson and both of them have the merit of looking and sounding like the Miss Marple of the novels . It is a stunning TV Movie but the excecutions at the end are a bit distressing . But it does point out that thoughts of adultery & murder can give birth to death if not rooted out by a desire to stand before Our Lord in good conscience . In a way it is pleasing that Agatha Christie's works are being adapted for a modern early 21st Century audience but the harrowing conclusion of this episode could have been made less graphic by just having Miss Marple ... Read More:

8.Miss Marple - The Body In The Library starring: Geraldine McEwan, Ian Richardson, Jamie Theakston, Tara Fitzgerald, Simon Callow directed by: Andy Wilson March 20, 2006
Average Rating: >>More Details		List Price: £9.99 Off The Bookshelf's Price: £5.97 You Save: £4.02 (40%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: £1.50
It was great to see James Fox , Joanna Lumley , David Walliams , Jamie Theakston and Tara Fitzgerald playing their parts so well . It was a very lavish & stunning piece of work - the bumbling , comic coppers take the edge off of an otherwise dark storyline . The real treat of course is Ian Richardson and one had to laugh at Miss Marple declining a lemonade and wanting a ginger wine ( plus a bit of whisky ! ) - what would Joan Hickson say !?! Miss McKewan plays the part like your favourite aunt who is unshockable and full of life . Fans of Joan Hickson might lament the lesbian twist at the end but as some of Agatha Christies novels had a gay/lesbian subtext ( like Five Little Pigs , Cards On The Table & A Murder Is Announced not to mention The Moving Finger ) you have to ... Read More:

9.Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: Classic Mysteries Collection [1986] (REGION 1) (NTSC) starring: Joan Hickson, Paul Eddington, Cheryl Campbell, Robert Lang (II), Polly Adams directed by: Julian Amyes, David Tucker, Roy Boulting, Martyn Friend, John Davies February 28, 2006
Average Rating: >>More Details		Used Price: £22.83
There she sits: A white-haired lady dressed in tweeds, a pair of knitting needles in her lap, more interested in village gossip than in the goings-on of the world at large - and out of nothing, she utters sentences like that. For more likely than not, another murder has been committed; and Miss Jane Marple, elderly spinster from the village of St. Mary Mead, just happens to find herself near the scene of the crime. And also more likely than not, while the police are still toddling around searching for clues she'll find the solution - relying on her ever-unfailing "village parallels;" those seemingly innocuous incidents of village life that make up the sum of her knowledge of human nature, and to which she routinely turns in unmasking even the cleverest killer. "Miss Marple ... Read More:

10.BEST OF BBC DETECTIVES - SILENT WITNESS - DALZIEL & PASCOE - WAKING THE DEAD - JUDGE JOHN DEED - MISS MARPLE R2
Average Rating: >>More Details		Used Price:
This is a Dutch dvd release. This five disk set contains an excellent selection of Crime series that was made by the BBC. The following stories are in this package. Silent Witness - Buried Lies, Waking The Dead - Burn Out, Miss Marple - 4.50 From Paddington, Judge John Deed - Rough Justice and Duty Of Care, and Dalziel And Pascoe - A Clubbable Woman. Each story is in English Language with removable subtitles. The actual packaging is in Dutch and contains a number of stills from the series but not all of them are from the episodes included in this set. The dvd is region 2 coded which is the same as UK releases and should play on your player with no problems. This is an excellent selection of stories and features some excellent actors including Joan Hickson, Claire ... Read More:

page 1 of 5
1 2 3 4 5

Off The Bookshelf.co.uk gives you a unique shopping experience, you can find all the DVD products you like within a few minutes online, locate the latest charting CD's, DVD's & Games, read DVD reviews on the bestselling DVD Books and DVD products. All DVD are available to buy Used (at a greater saving) or New (at a great discounted RRP). Add the DVD items you would like to your shopping basket, pay securely online and we send these products to be delivered to your door. We take great pride in being able to offer you the great savings partnering with Amazon, offering you cheaper prices than the high street retailers, we have thousands of discounts on all the the DVD's you can buy off the shelf and hope you find the website easy to use.

Thanks for visiting and browsing Off The Bookshelf.co.uk

In association with Amazon.co.uk

SME-WS
HolidayHavens - Holiday Rental Accommodation