AuthorAgatha Christie
NarratorFull Cast
SeriesHercule Poirot, Book 36
Duration1h 27m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries, Plays and Dramatisations, Cosy Crime
Key StageKS4
PublisherBBC Audiobooks
VersionUnabridged
John Moffatt stars as the great Belgian detective in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Famous crime novelist Ariadne Oliver, visiting her friend Judith Butler in the little town of Woodleigh Common, is invited to a Hallowe'en Party put on by society hostess Mrs. Rowena Drake for the local teenagers. During her preparations for the party, the conversation turns to Ariadne's grisly novels. One of the teenagers, Joyce Reynolds, boasts that she once witnessed a murder, although she didn't realise at the time what she'd seen. Convinced that she is just trying to attract attention, no-one believes her - but later she is found tragically drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. Distraught, Ariadne decides to call upon the services of her old friend Hercule Poirot to solve the case. Assuming that Joyce was killed because of what she said, Poirot knows he must find out if the teenager was telling the truth. If so, there is not just one death for him to investigate, but two...
Author: Agatha Christie
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 34m
A millionaire strikes a deal on the seedier side of Paris and a priceless cache of rubies becomes destined for his beloved daughter Rachel. Two days later Rachel is dead - murdered on a train on her way to the Riviera to meet her scoundrel lover: a mysterious, dark man. The suspects line up...only master slueth Hercule Poirot can unravel the myster...
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Author: Agatha Christie
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesHercule Poirot, Book 12
Duration 1h 27m
A full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of an Agatha Christie story. On a flight from Le Bourget to Croydon, on which Hercule Poirot is an apprehensive passenger, a woman is found dead. A doctor on board is inclined to put it down to a wasp-sting, but Poirot suspects that a poisoned dart is the real cause - and, perhaps rather too conveniently, a blo...
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Author: Agatha Christie
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Hugh Fraser
SeriesHercule Poirot, Book 2
Duration 6h
On a French golf course, a millionaire is found stabbed in the back... An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. But why is the dead man wearing his son's overcoat? And who was the impassioned love-letter in the pocket for? Before Poirot can answer these questions, the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second, identically murde...
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Author: Agatha Christie
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator John Moffatt
SeriesHercule Poirot, Book 9
Duration 2h 20m
"Monsieur Poirot, somehow or other I've just got to get rid of my husband!" No sooner had she uttered the words than Lady Edgware's husband was dead, brutally stabbed in the neck. The evidence against her is overwhelming, the case cut and dried. But what was the truth behind it all? What enemies lurked in the background of the victim's life? Hercul...
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Author: Agatha Christie
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator John Moffatt
SeriesHercule Poirot, Book 30
Duration 1h 27m
BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring John Moffatt as the great Belgian detective. When Richard Abernethie, last master of Enderby Hall, dies suddenly in his sleep, the family are eager to discover how his riches have been divided. However, the reading of the will is rudely interrupted by his youngest sister Cora - "he was murdered, wasn't h...
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The Mysterious Affair At Styles
Author: Agatha Christie
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Andrew Sachs
SeriesHercule Poirot, Book 1
Duration 5h 29m
There had been some strange goings on at Styles St Mary. Evelyn had stormed out of the house and the atmosphere had changed to one of impending doom. With impeccable timing Poirot makes his dramatic entrance...
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Author: Agatha Christie
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesHercule Poirot, Book 9
Duration 2h 20m
Hercule Poirot joins an international cast of characters on the glamorous Orient Express, and is approached by a wealthy American who offers the detective 'big money' to protect him. The next day the man is found dead in his cabin, stabbed twelve times. There are no lack of clues for Poirot - but which are real and which a clever plant? One thing i...
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Author: Agatha Christie
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesHercule Poirot, Book 15
Duration 1h 27m
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot with Stephanie Cole and Donald Sinden. Hercule Poirot, along with three other luminaries from the world of crime detection, is invited to dinner by the renowned London socialite Dr. Shaitana. Also on the guest list are four members of what Shaitana calls his Black Museum...
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Author: Agatha Christie
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 12m
Poirot has always hated visiting the dentist, but this time his check-up is painless and soon over. As he leaves Mr. Morley's surgery, he observes a woman wearing patent leather shoes with large buckles. She catches one of the buckles on the taxi door and wrenches it off, and as Poirot hands it back, he is reminded of the children's rhyme "One, two...
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Author: Agatha Christie
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 14m
The gruesome death of Mrs. McGinty provokes Superintendent Spence to seek the help of his old ally Hercule Poirot. The victim's young lodger has been found guilty and is due to hang. But Spence is not convinced by the circumstantial evidence which influenced the verdict. So, at considerable personal discomfort, Poirot goes down to the sleepy villag...
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