The six-part series is an adaptation of two Tommy and Tuppence detective novels by Agatha Christie. Ustinov returns as Poirot for another star-studded murder investigation featuring James Mason, Roddy McDowall, Colin Blakely and Diana Rigg.Partners in Crime is a British drama television series that began on BBC One on 26 July 2015. Peter Ustinov heads an all-star cast featuring David Niven, Maggie Smith, Bette Davis and Mia Farrow in this Egyptian murder mystery.Ġ07 veteran Guy Hamilton directs this Marple mystery starring Angela Lansbury as the spinster sleuth alongside Liz Taylor and Rock Hudson. Ten strangers, invited to a hotel in the desert by the mysterious UN Owen, begin to die one at a time. Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett star as newlyweds who build their dream home on cursed land in a rare horror-themed Christie adaptation.Īlbert Finney, above, dons Poirot's moustache in this much-loved movie starring Laurel Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, John Gielgud and Sean Connery. Six classic Agatha Christie movies from the 70s and 80s are now available to watch on BritBox. We take a look at the pick of the recent crop of Agatha Christie adaptations. In total, Christie - who died in 1976 aged 85 - wrote 66 novels and 14 short stories, many of which have found their way onto screens big and small. Hugh Laurie, meanwhile, picked a lesser-known Christie title - Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? - off the shelf to adapt and direct an entertaining mini-series for BritBox. In 2017, Kenneth Branagh directed a start-studded adaptation of Christie favourite Murder on the Orient Express, and followed it up with this year's Death on the Nile. In 1928 the first film adaptation of a Christie story, The Passing of Mr Quin, was released and they’ve kept coming ever since. Since the publication of her first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, in 1920, demand for her quintessentially English mysteries has always been high.

Whether they’re set in an exotic location like Egypt or in a quiet country village, Christie’s timeless tales of greed, love and murder still provide thrilling escapism - and a gripping finale as the killer - or killers - are revealed. It’s no surprise that Agatha Christie is the best selling fiction writer of all time and that her books are ripe for TV and film adaptation.

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