Murder She Wrote DVD - Origin and History of "Murder She Wrote"

An American mystery drama serial "Murder She Wrote" is in fact the longest running mystery drama serial in American History. It ran for 12 years with one season a year with 264 episodes in total. It stars Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher who is an anonymity author and an amateur detective. "Murder She Wrote" was on aired on CBS. The first season was on television in 1984 and the last season was on aired in 1996. The producers of this TV serial were William Link and Richard Levinson.
These producers had success with their T.V. sequence "Ellery Queen" already but they wanted to continue the TV mystery serial and base their drama serial on murder mysteries by the novelist, focused on real murders. They changed their main character in the drama from male to female. The former character in their cast was a bright, good looking and an intelligent person while in this drama serial they changed the gender as well as the characteristics of the character. In "Murder She Wrote" the character women was middle aged, and a down to earth widow. And this character was hit for them for a period of 12 years.
"Murder She Wrote" was immediately liked by the people and it had a strong viewership. People loved to write mails and express their comments to the producers of the drama serial. Cast of the drama included Angela Lansbury who was also one of the producers, William windom, Tom Bosley from year 1984 to 1988, and Ron Masak from year 1988 to 1996. Producers and cast work very hard to maintain standard of the drama for the 12 years. Although it was an uphill task but was well-accepted and well-accomplished by them.
The name of the drama "Murder She Wrote" comes from the novel "Murder She Said" by Agatha Christie. In this novel the main character was named as Miss Marple. The role of Jessica Fletcher played by Angela Lansbury is thought to be an amalgam of different characters that are Miss Marple, Ariadne and Oliver Agatha Christie which was another character of Agatha Christie. You can buy Murder She Wrote DVD easily from any CD shop.