Highbrow British mysteries including Agatha Christie 's Poirot , The Avengers , Cracker , Dalziel and Pascoe , Inspector Morse , Lovejoy , Midsomer Murders , the Joan Hickson Miss Marple series , and Sherlock Holmes were also featured ; several of these series were produced in association with A & E . By 1990 , A & E 's original programming accounted for 35 to 40 percent of the network 's program content .
Joan Hickson stars the British mystery series , Miss Marple .