Agatha Christie Omnibus


(4.7 stars; 165 reviews)

Agatha Christie - And Then There Were None Saturday Drama  Agatha Christie's famous detective story without a detective, adapted by Joy Wilkinson.  Ten guests are separately invited to an island by a person none of them knows very well, if at-all. When they arrive, it seems they have all been invited for different reasons. Nothing quite adds up. An anonymous voice accuses each of them of having murdered someone. By the end of the first night, one of the guests is dead. Stranded by a violent storm and tormented by the nursery rhyme 'Ten Little Soldier Boys', the ten guests fear for their lives. Who is the killer? Is it one of them? 'And Then There Were None' was named the world's favourite Agatha Christie novel in a poll in September 2015. Directed by Mary Peate. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010. Credits Vera Claythorne Lyndsey Marshal  Cyril Harry Child  Captain Lombard Alex Wyndham  Emily Brent Joanna Monro  Dr Armstrong Sean Baker  Mr Justice Wargrave Geoffrey Whitehead  Anthony Marston Lloyd Thomas  Mr Blore Sam Dale  Narracott Adeel Akhtar  General MacArthur John Rowe  Mr Rogers Wayne Foskett  Mrs Rogers Sally Orrock  Hugo Henry Devas  Gramophone Voice Jude Akuwudike  Writer Agatha Christie  Adaptor Joy Wilkinson  Director Mary Peate  The ABC Murder s A chilling letter sets Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot on the trail of an enigmatic killer. The arrival of an anonymous note warns Poirot to look out for Andover on the 21st of the month. Signed "Yours ABC", it sparks one Poirot's most disturbing cases. As the body count starts stacking up - who is ABC? Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot, Simon Williams as Captain Hastings, Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp and Tom George as Inspector Crome. Dramatised by Michael Bakewell Directed by Enyd Williams Murder on the Orient Express  A train departs, but one person aboard the Orient Express is destined never to arrive. Speeding through the snowy European landscape, a bizarre and terrible murder brings the train to an abrupt halt.  The high-class carriages are packed with passengers and one of them - Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot - soon realises the challenge that awaits him...  Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot. With Sian Phillips as Princess Dragmiroff, Francesca Annis as Miss Debenham, Joss Ackland as Mr Ratchett, Frank Windsor as Pierre Michel, Sylvia Syms as Mrs Hubbard and Desmond Llewelyn as Masterman.  Pianist: Michael Haslam  From the book published in 1934 and dramatised by Michael Bakewell 

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Reviews

Edm for that extra flavour


(4 stars)

the first and second books in this compilation are 100% spot on , beautifully acted out and have a perfect ambiance to them. The murder on the orient express however has a faint techno music playing in the background at all times which killed the immersion a bit. still a great listen all in all


(4 stars)

The reading is exquisite and theatrical, but… inexplicably, extremely grating and annoying techno music (?) plays in the background.

Terrible quality with background music


(1 stars)

Kept repeating the story...I never got to the end, which is such a pain!

great material


(5 stars)

I enjoyed the broadcast, except that it stopped every time iphone went to sleep.


(5 stars)

Love the radio cast and sound effects. A.C. does it again.

amazingly well done


(5 stars)

i love it very much.it is very thriling to listen to.