Murder on the Orient Express: A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation

by Agatha Christie, Full Cast (Read by), John Moffatt (Read by)

Overview

An international cast of suspects, all passengers on the crowded train, are speeding through the snowy European landscape when a bizarre and terrible murder brings them to an abrupt halt. One of their glittering number lies dead in his cabin, stabbed a mysterious 12 times. There is no lack of clues for Poirot—but which clue is real and which is a clever plant? Poirot realizes that this time he is dealing with a murderer of enormous cunning and that in a case fraught with fear and inconsistencies only one thing is certain—the murderer is still aboard the train waiting to strike again. . . John Moffatt stars as Hercule Poirot, with a stellar cast including Joss Ackland, Sylvia Syms, Francesca Annis, and Siân Phillips.

2 CDs. 2 hrs 10 mins.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780563478348
Publisher:	B B C Worldwide Americas
Publication date:	07/19/2004
Series:	Hercule Poirot Radio Drama Series
Edition description:	Unabridged
Pages:	1
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 5.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Agatha Christie was born in 1890. During the World War I she worked as a hospital dispenser, where she gleaned the working knowledge of various poisons. Her first novel was The Mysterious Affair at Styles, published in 1920, followed over the next six years by four more detective novels and a short story collection. However, it was not until the publication of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd that Agatha Christie’s reputation was firmly established. In 1930 the sharp-witted spinster sleuth Miss Marple made her first appearance in Murder at the Vicarage. In all, Agatha Christie published 80 crime novels and short story collections. As her play The Mousetrap (the longest-running play in the history of the theater) testifies, Agatha Christie’s detective stories are likely to appeal for a long time to come. Agatha Christie was awarded a CBE in 1956 and was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1971. She died in 1976.

Date of Birth:

September 15, 1890

Date of Death:

January 12, 1976

Place of Birth:

Torquay, Devon, England

Education:

Home schooling

Website:

http://www.agathachristie.com

What People are Saying About This

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“It’s tempting to say that Agatha Christie is a genius and let it go at that, but the world’s had plenty of geniuses. Agatha Christie is something special.”

Dorothy L. Sayers

“A brilliantly ingenious story.”

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Library Journal

What more…can a mystery addict desire?

New York Times

Nothing short of swell. [Christie] is probably the best suspicion scatterer and diverter in the business.

New York Herald Tribune

Need it be said—the little grey cells solve once more the seemingly insoluble. Mrs Christie makes an improbable tale very real, and keeps her readers enthralled and guessing to the end.

Times Literary Supplement (London)

A brilliantly ingenious story.

Dorothy L. Sayers

It’s tempting to say that Agatha Christie is a genius and let it go at that, but the world’s had plenty of geniuses. Agatha Christie is something special.

Lawrence Block

[Moves] smoothly and entertainingly to its surprise conclusion.

Chicago Daily Tribune

"Need it be said—the little grey cells solve once more the seemingly insoluble. Mrs Christie makes an improbable tale very real, and keeps her readers enthralled and guessing to the end."

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