Agathe kann's nicht lassen

Agathe kann's nicht lassen (English: Agathe can’t help it) (Working title: Agathe hat noch nicht ermittelt (Agathe has not yet investigated)) is an Austrian/German television series based of Agatha Christie's character Miss Marple. It lasted for two series between 2005 and 2007, and consisted of a total of five episodes.

Summary
Agathe Heiland lives in the small town of Mooskirch. She solves the crimes that the local police officer Hauptkommissar Krefeld fails to solve. To help Frau Heiland is her somewhat clumsy friend Cornelius Stringermann.

Cast

 * Ruth Drexel as Agathe Heiland (5 episodes)
 * Hans-Peter Korff as Cornelius Stingermann (5 episodes)
 * Maximilian Krückl as Hauptkommissar Markus Krefeld (5 episodes)
 * Barbara Bauer as Fräulein Buchecker (3 episodes)
 * Martin Walch as Postbote Gruber (2 episodes)

Series 1

 * Episode 1: Mord im Kloster (Murder in the Abbey) October 27, 2005
 * Episode 2: Alles oder nichts (All or Nothing) November 3, 2005

Series 2

 * Episode 1: Die Tote im Bootshaus (The Body in the Boathouse) December 21, 2006
 * Episode 2: Mord mit Handicap (Murder with Handicap) December 30, 2006
 * Episode 3: Das Mörderspiel (Deathtrap) January 4, 2007

Trivia

 * The title of the series is a reference to the 1962 German film Er kann's nicht lassen, which is based on Father Brown stories by G. K. Chesterton.
 * Some of the incidental music features snippets of the music from the Margaret Rutherford films.
 * The character Cornelius Stringermann shares traits with the character Mr Stringer from the Margaret Rutherford films.