Marples

•Joan Collins guests in Miss Marple: They Do It With Mirrors (PBS, Sunday, 9 ET/PT, times may vary), perhaps the best of the four new Marples running this summer on Masterpiece Mystery.

Critic's Corner Weekend 2009

The only audio things I listen to are BBC radio adaptations of Hercules Pierot, Miss Marples, & Rumpole.

Ears to Hear: Blood of Ambrose, the Audiobook Lou Anders 2009

With some of them now over 20 years old, the Hickson Miss Marples are beginning to look like a late manifestation of the mid-century Britain in which they were set.

Archive 2008-01-01 2008

With Morse dead, Poirot too twee and the new Marples atrocious - has the age of the iconic telly detective passed?

Rewind TV: Doctor Who; The Nativity; Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express; Come Fly With Me 2010

The motor-way system was kicked off by Ernest Marples who also commissioned Dr. Beeching to produce his report which closed thousands of miles of rail track.

Archive 2007-08-26 Newmania 2007

The motor-way system was kicked off by Ernest Marples who also commissioned Dr. Beeching to produce his report which closed thousands of miles of rail track.

What Are We Defending ? Newmania 2007

Having absolutely loved the Hickson Marples as a child, I was distressed to catch a couple of them recently, and discover quite how torturously ponderous the script and direction is.

Archive 2007-10-01 Stephen Tall 2007

Marples was the founder of Marples Ridgeway a firm of civil engineers that specialised inroad building.

What Are We Defending ? Newmania 2007

Having absolutely loved the Hickson Marples as a child, I was distressed to catch a couple of them recently, and discover quite how torturously ponderous the script and direction is.

Losing our Marples Stephen Tall 2007

Marples was the founder of Marples Ridgeway a firm of civil engineers that specialised inroad building.

Archive 2007-08-26 Newmania 2007