Poirot Collection: "Murder on the Orient Express", "Death on the Nile", "Mystery of the Blue Train" (BBC Radio Collection)
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Journal Entry 1 by AgnesXNitt from Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Saturday, June 30, 2007
'The Poirot Collection: Three Radio 4 full cast dramatisations starring John Moffatt & Maurice Denham as the Great Belgian Detective in three classic Christie stories.
Death On The Nile.
Linnet Ridgeway has led a charmed life. Blessed with beauty, enormous wealth and a devoted husband, she has everything anyone could wish for. But as the happy couple set out on an idyllic honeymoon cruise up the River Nile, storm clouds are gathering. Linnet begins to feel that she is in deadly danger - and although at first her fears seem groundless, she is later found horribly murdered.
With an obvious suspect who cannot possibly have committed the crime, Poirot must probe the depths of a remarkable criminal mind to discover the dark secret behind what is only the first in a series of inexplicable deaths.
Running time: 2hrs 30mins.
ISBN: 0-563-38953-2.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in Jan/Feb 1997.
Murder On The Orient Express.
An international cast of suspects, all passengers on the crowded trains, 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 twelve times.
There are no lack of clues for Hercule Poirot - but which clue is real and which a clever plant? Poitor realises that this time he is dealing with a murderer of enormous cunning and that in a cas efraught with fear and inconsistances only one thing is certain - the murderer is still aboard the train waiting to strike again.
Running time: 2 hrs 20 mins.
ISBN: 0-563-40690-9
First broadcast: December 1992/January 1993.
The Mystery Of The Blue Train.
A millionaire strikes a deal on a seedier side of Paris and a priceless cache of rubies become destined for his beloved daughter Rachel.
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. Could the murdere be Derek, her weak and greedy husband? Or the beautiful dancer Mirelle, Derek's scheming and expensive mistress? Only master sleuth Hercule Poirot can unravel the mystery and find the truth.
Running time: 2hrs 30mins.
ISBN: 0-563-36643-5.
First broadcast: December 1985/January 1986.'
Someone must have *really* had a sort out - this is the second lot of AC audiobooks I found in one raid on the British Heart Foundation this afternoon! A few minor cracks to the individual cases, this is a real steal - £6 for the box set of three stories! Their clear out - and my bargain!
Death On The Nile.
Linnet Ridgeway has led a charmed life. Blessed with beauty, enormous wealth and a devoted husband, she has everything anyone could wish for. But as the happy couple set out on an idyllic honeymoon cruise up the River Nile, storm clouds are gathering. Linnet begins to feel that she is in deadly danger - and although at first her fears seem groundless, she is later found horribly murdered.
With an obvious suspect who cannot possibly have committed the crime, Poirot must probe the depths of a remarkable criminal mind to discover the dark secret behind what is only the first in a series of inexplicable deaths.
Running time: 2hrs 30mins.
ISBN: 0-563-38953-2.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in Jan/Feb 1997.
Murder On The Orient Express.
An international cast of suspects, all passengers on the crowded trains, 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 twelve times.
There are no lack of clues for Hercule Poirot - but which clue is real and which a clever plant? Poitor realises that this time he is dealing with a murderer of enormous cunning and that in a cas efraught with fear and inconsistances only one thing is certain - the murderer is still aboard the train waiting to strike again.
Running time: 2 hrs 20 mins.
ISBN: 0-563-40690-9
First broadcast: December 1992/January 1993.
The Mystery Of The Blue Train.
A millionaire strikes a deal on a seedier side of Paris and a priceless cache of rubies become destined for his beloved daughter Rachel.
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. Could the murdere be Derek, her weak and greedy husband? Or the beautiful dancer Mirelle, Derek's scheming and expensive mistress? Only master sleuth Hercule Poirot can unravel the mystery and find the truth.
Running time: 2hrs 30mins.
ISBN: 0-563-36643-5.
First broadcast: December 1985/January 1986.'
Someone must have *really* had a sort out - this is the second lot of AC audiobooks I found in one raid on the British Heart Foundation this afternoon! A few minor cracks to the individual cases, this is a real steal - £6 for the box set of three stories! Their clear out - and my bargain!
Journal Entry 2 by AgnesXNitt from Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Monday, July 30, 2007
I thoroughly enjoyed all three dramas - every single moment of set up, background info, the murder, the fall out, the tracking down of clues and the naming of the murderer! So Poirot - so many 'little grey cells' - So Brilliant Agatha Christie :)
On my PC shelf for now.
On my PC shelf for now.
