The twenty-three episodes of this series are adapted from Dame Agatha Christie's twelve feature-length novels featuring Miss Marple, two Miss Marple short stories, and nine feature-length novels that do not feature Miss Marple in them at all.
The title of the series removes the word Miss from Miss Marple, to match the title of the Dame Agatha Christie's Poirot series.
Geraldine McEwan was nominated for a Satellite Award in 2005 for her role as Miss Marple in season one.
Dame Agatha Christie's "Greenshaw's Folly" and "The Thumb Mark of St. Peter" were combined into one story for the series.
Dame Agatha Christie wrote twelve novels about Miss Marple, all of which have been adapted for the series. They are: The Murder at the Vicarage, The Body in the Library, The Moving Finger, A Murder is Announced, They Do It with Mirrors, A Pocket Full of Rye, 4.50 from Paddington, The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, A Caribbean Mystery, At Bertram's Hotel, Nemesis, and Sleeping Murder.