These days ITV keeps showing televised or film versions of Agatha Christie's novels almost every day. While David Suchet makes a good Poirot (better than Peter Ustinov), I am yet to see a satisfactory Miss Marple. I like the Miss Marple series better because I have not come across another such fictional detective. But I am almost always disappointed in the film/TV versions of the stories.
Joan Hickson, who stars in most of the episodes, doesn't look the part of a fluffy, pink, slightly dithering old lady wrapped up in shawls and scarves. Nor do any of the others who have played the role in the past. I wonder if ITV ever considered Jean Alexander, who plays Auntie Wainwright in the sitcom The Last of the Summer Wine. As Auntie Wainwright, she looks like the perfect Miss Marple.
I will reserve my judgement on Julia Mackenzie, the latest Miss Marple, until I have seen A Pocketful of Rye.
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