One should read from 'Nemesis' AC's description of her (in her dead friend's message) wandering the garden in her pink woolen scarf to get a better picture. Common sense and wisdom, feet planted firmly in the ground but not in-your-face confidence, soft and kind blue eyes and fluffy white hair, appearing generally 'doolally' with the intelligent glint flashing just at the right moment. Hickson portrayed AC's Marple she didn't re-write the character.

Lansbury was too Gemini, if that makes any sense? Both of the latter two were too forward and energetic, with too much presence. McKenzie was too tall and imposing, although she did manage to look kinder than McEwan. When she was nosing about, she was too openly inquisitive. McKenzie was too tall and imposing, although she did manage to look kinder than McEwan. When she was knitting or gardening she didnt really look the part- too much nervous energy in the eyes. Prim and proper in her smart tweed suits and matching hats, Miss Marple is often brushed aside by the police and underestimated by criminals. When she was nosing about, she was too openly inquisitive. Geraldine McEwan (The Magdalene Sisters, Mapp & Lucia) effortlessly captures the sly wit and keen observations of Agatha Christie's beloved senior-citizen sleuth in these 12 full-length mysteries. When she was knitting or gardening she didn't really look the part- too much nervous energy in the eyes. I love these, except for Nemesis, I find it the worst of the her adaptations. I will stick with the Joan Hickson episodes. It was after these, and the horrible Sleeping Murder that was the final straw to me ever watching one again. I think I saw one with Tuppence in, too, and Tommy was a horrible, uncaring husband.

There was another modern one I saw before giving up and it had Miss Marple confessing to having been in love with a married man when she was younger. I hated the way they changed the murderer.

Did the actress, Zoe (Whatever her name is), who plays Mrs Oliver in Poirot, take the part of Letita Blacklock? I have a vague memory of her clutching her pearls to her throat and breaking them. I think I saw the latest A Murder is Announced. I haven't seen the new version of Nemesis, after the horror of Sleeping Murder I stopped watching the adaptations. I agree Anne and Nemesis and not having Bunch in A Murder Is Announced was wrong

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