Young Mabel West is the daughter of mystery writer Raymond West, who wants her to lead a normal life. Rebelling against this, Mabel wants to be a great detective, and sets out for London to become assistant to none other than Hercule Poirot, the great Belgian detective who resides there. She finally wins the reluctant approval of her father, and embarks on an exciting life of mystery and suspense - his only demand being that she occasionally spend some time with her great-aunt, Jane Marple, in the small village of St. Mary Mead.
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (Season 1)
The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan (Episode 1)
Air date: 2004-07-04
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Mabel West, holidaying with her father in Brighton, meets Poirot and Hastings and becomes involved in a case.
The Riddle of the Cheap Flat (Episode 2)
Air date: 2004-07-18
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Mabel West leaves boarding school to go to London where she offers to work for Poirot. At first Poirot refuses but then Mabel stumbles on a puzzle which interests him.
Strange Will (Episode 3)
Air date: 2004-07-25
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Mabel West is visiting her great aunt Miss Marple. A young couple arrives to seek Miss Marple's help in finding some buried treasure which they believe their late Uncle Matthew bequeathed to them.
The Perfect Maid (Episode 4)
Air date: 2004-08-01
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Mabel West visits her great aunt Miss Marple. At St. Mary Mead, Mabel meets Gladys, a friend of hers who has just been dismissed from her job. Mabel persuades Miss Marple to help.
The Case of the ABC Murders, Part 1: Poirot Receives a Letter of Challenge (Episode 5)
Air date: 2004-08-08
Runtime: 25 min
The Case of the ABC Murders, Part 2: A Town and a Name Beginning with 'B' (Episode 6)
Air date: 2004-08-15
Runtime: 25 min
The Case of the ABC Murders, Part 3: The Culprit Appears (Episode 7)
Air date: 2004-08-22
Runtime: 25 min
The Case of the ABC Murders, Part 4: Poirot Solves the Riddle (Episode 8)
Air date: 2004-08-29
Runtime: 25 min
The Disappearance of the Prime Minister, Part 1: Pursuit in the Dover Strait (Episode 9)
Air date: 2004-09-05
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Lord Estair, the Home Secretary asks Poirot to help find the prime minister who has been kidnapped. However he is not used to Poirot's methods.
The Disappearance of the Prime Minister, Part 2: The Truth is in England (Episode 10)
Air date: 2004-09-12
Runtime: 25 min
The Mystery of the Egyptian Tomb, Part 1: A Challenge from the Past (Episode 11)
Air date: 2004-09-19
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Sir John Willard, a noted archaeologist dies while excavating an Egyptian tomb. Lady Willard is worried because her son, Sir Guy Willard intends to carry on his father's work, regardless of the risks. She confides in Poirot that she is worried about the talk on the ground that a curse is at work at the site. Poirot agrees to protect her son.
The Mystery of the Egyptian Tomb, Part 2: The Curse of Pharaoh Men-her-Ra (Episode 12)
Air date: 2004-09-26
Runtime: 25 min
Tape-Measure Murder (Episode 13)
Air date: 2004-10-03
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Mabel West gets involved in another murder investigation while visiting her great aunt Miss Marple at St. Mary Mead. A woman is found dead but her husband does not seem to be very upset. Naturally the suspicion falls on him.
Crime of the Gold Ingots (Episode 14)
Air date: 2004-10-10
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: While watching Mabel participate in a treasure hunt, Miss Marple tells her about a mystery her father was involved in many years ago.
The Blue Geranium (Episode 15)
Air date: 2004-10-17
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Miss Marple and Mabel West are asked to help solve the mystery of the death of Mrs Mary Pritchard.
The Mystery of End House, Part 1: The Night of the Party (Episode 16)
Air date: 2004-11-14
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Poirot, Hastings and Mabel are at St. Loo enjoying a hotel that was a reward for solving a burglary. There they meet Nick Buckley who says she has had several narrow escapes in the past few days.
The Mystery of End House, Part 2: Concealed Love (Episode 17)
Air date: 2004-11-21
Runtime: 25 min
The Mystery of End House, Part 3: Perfect Evidence (Episode 18)
Air date: 2004-11-28
Runtime: 25 min
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, Part 1: A Commission from a Prince (Episode 19)
Air date: 2004-12-05
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Poirot is asked to help recover a ruby for a foreign prince.
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, Part 2: The Royal Family's Ruby (Episode 20)
Air date: 2004-12-12
Runtime: 25 min
4:50 from Paddington, Part 1: The Train a Murderer Rides (Episode 21)
Air date: 2005-01-09
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Elspeth McGillicuddy, a friend of Miss Marple, witnesses a murder on a passing train while on her way to visit St Mary Mead. The police stop investigating when they cannot find the body. Mabel persuades Miss Marple to send her on a dangerous undercover mission to find out the truth.
4:50 from Paddington, Part 2: The Gathering Darkness (Episode 22)
Air date: 2005-01-16
Runtime: 25 min
4:50 from Paddington, Part 3: A Simple Motive (Episode 23)
Air date: 2005-01-23
Runtime: 25 min
4:50 from Paddington, Part 4: Marple vs. the Culprit (Episode 24)
Air date: 2005-01-30
Runtime: 25 min
The Plymouth Express, Part 1: A Body in a Carriage (Episode 25)
Air date: 2005-02-06
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Poirot, Hastings and Mabel investigate the murder of a woman whose body was found on the Plymouth Express.
The Plymouth Express, Part 2: The Blue Dress (Episode 26)
Air date: 2005-02-13
Runtime: 25 min
Motive v. Opportunity (Episode 27)
Air date: 2005-02-20
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: A visiting lawyer, Mr Petherick, tells Miss Marple an Mabel West about a strange case where a will was changed but those who had the opportunity to do so did not have the motive while those who had a motive did not have the opportunity.
The Disappearing Cook, Part 1: A Forced Commission (Episode 28)
Air date: 2005-02-27
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Poirot, Hastings and Mabel are asked to find a cook who has disappeared.
The Disappearing Cook, Part 2: The Secret in the Trunk (Episode 29)
Air date: 2005-03-06
Runtime: 25 min
Sleeping Murder, Part 1: Sleeping Murder (Episode 30)
Air date: 2005-03-13
Runtime: 25 min
Sleeping Murder, Part 2: The Door to One's Memory (Episode 31)
Air date: 2005-03-20
Runtime: 25 min
Sleeping Murder, Part 3: What Helen Loved (Episode 32)
Air date: 2005-03-27
Runtime: 25 min
Sleeping Murder, Part 4: The Evil, Stretched Out Hand (Episode 33)
Air date: 2005-04-03
Runtime: 25 min
Four and Twenty Blackbirds (Episode 34)
Air date: 2005-04-10
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Poirot becomes interested in a regular diner at a restaurant turns up on a day he does not habitually come and who then orders something he does not habitually eat.
The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim (Episode 35)
Air date: 2005-04-17
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: The well known banker Mr Davenheim has disappeared. Sharpe challenges Poirot to solve the mystery within one week without leaving his apartment.
Death in the Clouds, Part 1: The Flying Locked Room (Episode 36)
Air date: 2005-04-24
Runtime: 25 min
Death in the Clouds, Part 2: Madame Giselle of Paris (Episode 37)
Air date: 2005-05-01
Runtime: 25 min
Death in the Clouds, Part 3: The Threat to Lady Horbury (Episode 38)
Air date: 2005-05-08
Runtime: 25 min
Death in the Clouds, Part 4: The Heir to the Vast Inheritance (Episode 39)
Air date: 2005-05-15
Runtime: 25 min
