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- DirectorJames MarshStarsJoan HicksonHermione EyreM.J. RonayneThe first bio-film of the world's most read author and the creator of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. With dramatic reconstructions and contemporary archive, it unravels a life as mysterious as Agatha Christie's and the shared obsession with murder.Documentary
- StarsKeith BlacklerDavid SuchetJoan HicksonDocumentary
- DirectorNicolas WrightStarsStan BernardAgatha ChristieJanet MorganCrime novelist Agatha Christie goes missing in 1926.Documentary
- DirectorRichard Curson SmithStarsOlivia WilliamsAnna MasseyRaymond CoulthardLate in 1926 acclaimed mystery writer Agatha Christie disappears after marital problems and creates a media frenzy.Documentary
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- DirectorBen WarwickStarsJenny AgutterJane BirkinColin BlakelyWhat makes Agatha Christie such a successful writer? On the 75th anniversary of the creation of her immortal character Miss Marple, this documentary introduces viewers to new fields of scientific inquiry using sophisticated computer analyses of Christie's every written word, her sentence structure, story arcs, poisons used, red herrings, clues and more. From British Pathé TV's Arts Collection.Documentary
- DirectorDavid DessitesStarsMathew PrichardFrank TurnerWilliam IngreyDocumentary
- DirectorRieke BrendelAndrew DaviesStarsMargaret RutherfordDamaris HaymanTony BennMargaret Rutherford's true life story is in fact much more eccentric than the most famous fictional role she ever played: Miss Jane Marple - Agatha Christie's amateur sleuth. Rutherford's version was the very first appearance of Miss Marple on the big screen and it was far removed though from the petite, upper middle-class lady in the detective novels.Documentary
- 2011– 57mTV-PG7.5 (151)TV EpisodeDirectorClare LewinsStarsDavid SuchetMathew PrichardRosalind ChristieDavid Suchet, who has spent more of his life acting out the plots of Agatha Christie's work than anyone else in the world, takes a journey around Britain to get under the skin of the best-selling author of all time.Documentary
- DirectorTim PostinsStarsMark AldridgeLucy BoyntonKenneth BranaghDocumentary
- DirectorGuillem MoralesStarsAnna Maxwell MartinBill PatersonRosie CavalieroCrime writers Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Dorothy L Sayers put their sleuthing skills to the ultimate test in 1926 when they are drafted in to help police in the hunt for Agatha Christie.Documentary
- DirectorAndré SchäferAnna SteuberStarsAgatha ChristieJohn CurranJulius GreenA. Christie is the world's most translated writer. But who is the woman behind the sales records? A biographical search for clues, the unraveling of her personality whose existence and works were shaped by the history of the 20th century.Documentary
- StarsMaurice DenhamAngela EasterlingChristopher WrenA collection of ten hour-long dramas based on short stories by Agatha Christie.Short stories
- DirectorGeorge PollockStarsMargaret RutherfordArthur KennedyMuriel PavlowWhen Miss Jane Marple reports witnessing a murder through the window of a passing train, the police dismiss her as a dotty spinster when no trace of the crime can be found.Marple: Margaret Rutherford
- DirectorGeorge PollockStarsMargaret RutherfordStringer DavisRobert MorleyWhen a wealthy old man appears to have been "frightened to death" by a cat, Miss Jane Marple suspects one of his four relatives, all heirs to his estate, of his murder.Marple: Margaret Rutherford
- DirectorGeorge PollockStarsMargaret RutherfordRon MoodyCharles 'Bud' TingwellWhen Miss Jane Marple joins a theatrical company after a blackmailer is murdered, several members of the troupe are also dispatched by this mysterious killer.Marple: Margaret Rutherford
- DirectorGeorge PollockStarsMargaret RutherfordLionel JeffriesCharles 'Bud' TingwellAfter Miss Jane Marple is made a trustee of a merchant marine training vessel, a fellow trustee is poisoned, and ship's officers are later murdered after she comes on board.Marple: Margaret Rutherford
- StarsJoan HicksonGwen WatfordMoray WatsonAmateur detective Miss Jane Marple investigates the murder of a young woman whose body is found in the library at Gossington Hall, home of Colonel and Mrs. Arthur Bantry.Marple: Joan Hickson
- StarsJoan HicksonMichael CulverDeborah ApplebyThe normally friendly village of Lymston is plagued by vile anonymous letters. When a mother of three takes her own life, following such a letter, Ms. Marple is not at all convinced things are as they seem.Marple: Joan Hickson
- StarsJoan HicksonFabia DrakeStacy DorningWhen a handful of grain is found in the pocket of a murdered businessman, Miss Marple seeks a murderer with a penchant for nursery rhymes.Marple: Joan Hickson
- StarsJoan HicksonUrsula HowellsSamantha BondAn unusual announcement in the newspaper leads the curious villagers to Miss Blacklock's home, where they become witnesses to a murder.Marple: Joan Hickson
- DirectorJulian AmyesStarsJoan HicksonPaul EddingtonCheryl CampbellFaced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.Marple: Joan Hickson
- DirectorJohn DaviesStarsJoan HicksonGeraldine AlexanderJohn Moulder-BrownWhen a young bride moves into a country manor, long repressed childhood memories of witnessing a murder come to the surface.Marple: Joan Hickson
- StarsJoan HicksonCaroline BlakistonHelena MichellDuring a stay at one of London's most elegant and venerable hotels Miss Marple uncovers a sinister undercurrent of corruption and murder beneath Bertram's stuffy veneer.Marple: Joan Hickson
- StarsJoan HicksonPeter TilburyHelen CherryMiss Marple receives a cryptic letter requesting her to right an unknown injustice, but receives no hint other than a ticket for guided tour of historic homes.Marple: Joan Hickson
- DirectorMartyn FriendStarsJoan HicksonJuliette MoleDavid BeamesA friend of Miss Marple's sees a woman being strangled in a passing train. When police cannot find a body and doubt the story, Miss Marple enlists professional housekeeper, Lucy Eyelesbarrow, to go undercover.Marple: Joan Hickson
- DirectorChristopher PetitStarsJoan HicksonDonald PleasenceAdrian LukisWhile on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a murderer planning yet another killing.Marple: Joan Hickson
- DirectorNorman StoneStarsJoan HicksonJean SimmonsJoss AcklandWhen Miss Marple is invited to the manor house of an old friend, it is not long before a puzzling murder puts her mind to work.Marple: Joan Hickson
- DirectorNorman StoneStarsJoan HicksonClaire BloomBarry NewmanAt a reception for a fading film star making a screen comeback, a gushing, pushy fan is poisoned by a drink apparently meant for the actress.Marple: Joan Hickson
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsAngela LansburyTony CurtisRock HudsonMiss Jane Marple comes to solve the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.Marple: Angela Lansbury
- DirectorRobert Michael LewisStarsHelen HayesBarnard HughesJameson ParkerWhile Miss Marple is on vacation in a luxurious Caribbean resort, a fellow guest confides he has evidence that another resident of the hotel is an unscrupulous serial murderer but is poisoned before he can reveal his identity to her.Marple: Helen Hayes
- DirectorDick LowryStarsHelen HayesBette DavisJohn MillsWhen Carrie Louise Serrocold suspects that someone is trying to poison her, she sends for the one person who might be able to help, her old friend Miss Jane Marple.Marple: Helen Hayes
- StarsGeraldine McEwanJulia McKenzieStephen ChurchettAn elderly spinster living in the village of St. Mary Mead helps her friends and relatives solve mysterious murders.Marple
- StarsJoan HicksonKevin WhatelyMiss Marple, an elderly woman and amateur detective whose sharp mind helps her solve a series of seemingly baffling cases.TBC
- DirectorLeslie S. HiscottStarsAustin TrevorFranklin DyallElizabeth AllanBelgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a mysterious suicide at a country house.Poirot: Austin Trevor
- DirectorLeslie S. HiscottStarsAustin TrevorAdrianne AllenRichard CooperA famous but hated scientist, Sir Amory, is killed during a house party, and some of his valuable papers are missing. Poirot rapidly determines the cause of death and the motive, then narrows down the suspects to the most likely culprit.Poirot: Austin Trevor
- DirectorHenry EdwardsStarsAustin TrevorJane CarrRichard CooperA talented American actress enlists the help of the famed Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, to negotiate a divorce from her husband, Lord Edgware, only to find him the next day stabbed to death in his library. Who would want him dead?Poirot: Austin Trevor
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsTony RandallRobert MorleyAnita EkbergHercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.Poirot: Tony Randall
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsAlbert FinneyLauren BacallIngrid BergmanIn December 1935, when his transcontinental luxury train is stranded by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before, with a multitude of suspects.Poirot: Albert Finney
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsPeter UstinovMia FarrowSimon MacCorkindaleAs Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?Poirot: Peter Ustinov
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsPeter UstinovJames MasonMaggie SmithTrying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.Poirot: Peter Ustinov
- DirectorLou AntonioStarsPeter UstinovFaye DunawayDavid SuchetAn American movie actress, best known for playing dumb blondes, is Scotland Yard's prime suspect when her husband, Lord Edgware, is murdered. The great detective, Hercule Poirot, digs deeper into the case.Poirot: Peter Ustinov
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsPeter UstinovJean StapletonConstance CummingsDuring a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.Poirot: Peter Ustinov
- DirectorGary NelsonStarsPeter UstinovTony CurtisEmma SammsHercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The cause seems to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.Poirot: Peter Ustinov
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsPeter UstinovLauren BacallCarrie FisherWhen a former prison wardress who dominates the lives of her three adult stepchildren and her daughter is found dead at an archaeological dig near the Dead Sea, there are a great many suspects.Poirot: Peter Ustinov
- StarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonHercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.Poirot: David Suchet
- DirectorCarl SchenkelStarsAlfred MolinaMeredith BaxterLeslie CaronHercule Poirot, now in modern times, investigates the famous crime on the famed train with a modern twist.Poirot: Alfred Molina
- StarsJohn MalkovichEamon FarrenMichael ShaefferIn 1933, retired detective Hercule Poirot is targeted by a taunting killer who sends letters signed "ABC", which Poirot must decode in order to discover the identity of the murderer.Poirot: John Malkovich (Sarah Phelps)
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghPenélope CruzWillem DafoeWhen a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.Poirot: Kenneth Branagh
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsTom BatemanAnnette BeningKenneth BranaghWhile on vacation on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress.Poirot: Kenneth Branagh
- DirectorJohn DaviesTony WharmbyStarsFrancesca AnnisJohn GielgudBernard MilesWhile golfing on the Welsh coast, Bobby Jones apparently hits a stranger who falls off the the sea cliff. His enigmatic last words are "Why didn't they ask Evans?"Stand Alone (James Warwick)
- DirectorTony WharmbyStarsJohn GielgudHarry AndrewsCheryl CampbellLady Eileen "Bundle" Brent is a pert, aggressive young aristocrat that insinuates herself into a series of murders, stolen state secrets, and a mysterious secret society.Stand Alone (James Warwick)
- DirectorTony WharmbyStarsJames WarwickFrancesca AnnisGavan O'HerlihyAfter two old friends accidentally meet and resolve to become investigators for hire, they quickly become embroiled in a missing treaty and a Bolshevik conspiracy.Tommy & Tuppence (James Warwick)
- StarsFrancesca AnnisJames WarwickReece DinsdaleAgatha Christie's husband-and-wife sleuthing team take on a series of short whodunit mysteries.Tommy & Tuppence (James Warwick)
- DirectorSidney GilliatStarsHayley MillsHywel BennettBritt EklandA working-class young Englishman marries an affable American heiress, but their marital bliss is soon interrupted when they begin constructing a home on land alleged to be cursed.Stand Alone
- DirectorClaude WhathamStarsBill BixbyLesley-Anne DownOlivia de HavillandAn American computer expert meets a distraught old lady on a train and she tells him that a homicidal maniac is stalking her quiet little village.Stand Alone
- DirectorRobert Michael LewisStarsAnthony AndrewsDeborah RaffinPamela BellwoodRosemary Barton, the beautiful wife of a top attorney, dies during their anniversary party at an exclusive restaurant. Later a suicide note is found along with traces of cyanide in her drink, but murder cannot be ruled out.Stand Alone
- DirectorAlan GrintStarsRue McClanahanTony RandallEdward WoodwardAn American woman is getting involved in a diamond theft in South Africa.Stand Alone
- DirectorTristram PowellStarsKenneth CranhamRachel ShelleyLia WilliamsIn this TV movie, a classic mystery is updated and relocated to a glamorous world of London socialites and secret agents, introducing two unique and compelling investigators and taking us through to the highest corridors of power.Stand Alone
- DirectorGilles Paquet-BrennerStarsMax IronsStefanie MartiniGlenn CloseIn Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, a spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets.Stand alone
- DirectorRené ClairStarsBarry FitzgeraldWalter HustonLouis HaywardSeven guests, a newly hired secretary and two staff are gathered at a manor house on an isolated island by an unknown absentee host and are killed off one-by-one. They work together to determine who the killer is before it's too late.Stand Alone (Ten Little Indians)
- DirectorGeorge PollockStarsHugh O'BrianShirley EatonFabianTen people are invited to a luxury mountaintop mansion, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?Stand Alone
- DirectorPeter CollinsonStarsOliver ReedElke SommerRichard AttenboroughTen people are invited to a hotel in the Iranian desert, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?Stand Alone
- DirectorStanislav GovorukhinStarsVladimir ZeldinTatyana DrubichAleksandr KaydanovskiyA psychological thriller based on the novel by Agatha Christie. Ten strangers are forced to come face to face with their dark pasts after receiving invitation to an isolated island off the coast of England.Stand Alone
- DirectorAlan BirkinshawStarsDonald PleasenceBrenda VaccaroFrank StalloneTen people are invited to go on an African safari, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?Stand Alone
- StarsMaeve DermodyCharles DanceToby StephensTen strangers are invited to an island by a mysterious host, and start to get killed one by one. Could one of them be the killer?Stand Alone (Ten Little Indians) (Sarah Phelps)
- DirectorDesmond DavisAlan BirkinshawStarsDonald SutherlandFaye DunawayChristopher PlummerDr Calgary returns home from an expedition and goes looking for a hitchhiker whom he gave a lift to two years previously in order to return the man's address book. He discovers the man has been executed for his mother's murder.Stand Alone
- StarsMorven ChristieAnthony BoyleChristian CookeChristmas 1954. Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll is arrested for her murder. He vehemently protests his innocence.Stand Alone (Sarah Phelps)
- DirectorCharles BeesonStarsColin BuchananJayne AshbourneHermione NorrisWhen Mark Easterbrook finds himself in the frame for the murder of a priest, there seems no way to prove his innocence other than solving the mystery himself.Stand Alone
- StarsKaya ScodelarioGeorgina CampbellRufus SewellIs a trio of witches responsible for a series of sudden deaths or is there a rational explanation?Stand Alone (Sarah Phelps)
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsTyrone PowerMarlene DietrichCharles LaughtonA veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.Stand Alone
- DirectorAlan GibsonStarsRalph RichardsonDeborah KerrBeau BridgesLeonard Vole is accused of murdering an elderly rich woman, and the only alibi to him depends on his wife Christine.Stand Alone
- StarsBilly HowleKim CattrallMonica DolanThe hunt is on to find the murderer of a wealthy glamorous heiress who is found dead in her London townhouse. Based on the short story by Agatha Christie.Stand Alone (Sarah Phelps)
- DirectorGodfrey GraysonStarsGlynis JohnsJohn JustinJack HulbertWhen an intruder is killed in her house, the comfortable life of Clarissa Hailsham-Browne is turned upside-down.
- DirectorBasil ColemanStarsPenelope KeithRobert FlemyngThorley WaltersThe wife of a Foreign Office diplomat discovers a body in the drawing-room of her house in Kent.
- DirectorLawrence Gordon ClarkStarsPeggy AshcroftIan HolmRichard WilsonPoirot has been murdered! Did Dame Agatha Christie do it?Agatha as a character
- DirectorTerry LoaneStarsDean AndrewsRuth BradleyBebe CaveIn 1926, with her personal life in tatters and her writing in crisis, a young Agatha Christie decides to solve a real-life murder.Agatha as a character
- DirectorSam YatesStarsJonah Hauer-KingLyndsey MarshalBronagh WaughOn an archaeological dig in Iraq, author Agatha Christie uncovers a series of murders.Agatha as a character
- DirectorJoe StephensonStarsHelen BaxendaleBlake HarrisonJacqueline BoatswainAs bombs fall on London, writer Agatha Christie considers selling a manuscript that will kill off her most famous creation.Agatha as a character
- Agatha as a character
- An expatriate living in Baghdad becomes embroiled in a conspiracy when a man dies in her hotel room.TBC
- Set in Ancient Egypt, a young woman suspects her priest father may be tied up in the death of a concubine.TBC
- DirectorChristopher HodsonStarsElizabeth GarvieAndrew BicknellAmanda RedmanAn unemployed girl is the spitting image of a Grand Duchess fearing to be assassinated by the anarchists. So, she accepts to impersonating her in a charity fête, risking her life for a very big sum of money.
- StarsWill PoulterLucy BoyntonDaniel IngsA dying man's enigmatic last words send vicar's son, Bobby Jones, and his socialite friend, Lady Frankie Derwent, on a crime-solving adventure.
- DirectorPascal ThomasStarsCatherine FrotAndré DussollierGeneviève BujoldThe Beresfords investigate mysterious deaths at an old people's home.French - Stand Alone
- StarsRobert HosseinElsa ZylbersteinBruno TodeschiniThe French adaption of Agatha Christie's mystery novel 'Hercule Poirot's Christmas'.French mini series
- DirectorPascal ThomasStarsFrançois MorelDanielle DarrieuxMelvil PoupaudA wealthy woman holds a party at her estate for family and friends. When a solicitor and the hostess herself are both murdered, only the trusty Inspector Bataille can put together the pieces.French
- CreatorAgatha ChristieThierry DebrouxSylvie SimonStarsBlandine BellavoirSamuel LabartheElodie FrenckAgatha Christie's masterful storytelling gets a soupçon of French flair in these attractive, witty mysteries. These French adaptations are a fresh, stylish twist on classic Christie tales.French Series
- DirectorPascal BonitzerStarsMiou-MiouLambert WilsonValeria Bruni TedeschiA psychoanalyst and consummate womanizer is brutally shot while his wife is standing over him with a revolver in her hand.
- DirectorPascal ThomasStarsAndré DussollierCatherine FrotLinh-Dan PhamThe Beresfords are tasked with finding what happened to a Russian heiress who's mysteriously disappeared.
- DirectorPascal ThomasStarsCatherine FrotAndré DussollierClaude RichPrudence Beresford is investigating another murder. Her aunt had witnessed it, but no body was found, and nobody trusted her word. Nobody, except Prudence, of course!
- DirectorTom GeorgeStarsKieran HodgsonPearl ChandaGregory CoxIn the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered.
- CreatorPatrik GyllströmStarsJohan RheborgHanna AlströmMaria LundqvistWe get to follow the former criminal investigator Sven Hjerson who has been involved in solving some of Sweden's most difficult cases of all time.
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghMichelle YeohJamie DornanIn post-World War II Venice, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to once again uncover the killer.
- DirectorNicholas RentonStarsJulia McKenzieSean BiggerstaffDavid BuchananThe cryptic final words of a dying man lead Miss Marple and two young adventurers to a dysfunctional family harboring dark secrets.
- StarsDavid JonssonMathew BayntonNimra BuchaFollows Luke Fitzwilliam, as he finds himself on the trail of a serial killer after meeting Miss Pinkerton on a train to London. Now Fitzwilliam has to find the killer before any more blood will be shed.
- DirectorMichael SperrazzaJo ThrockmortonStarsEric BreienCatherine CurtinThomas FattorusoSix friends are trapped in an isolated cabin reachable only by a rugged ten-mile hike. Then they start to die one by one.
- StarsEmrys JonesClare AustinGladys BootA suave ladies man sweeps a working class girl, who has just won a lottery, off her feet.She doesn't yet realize that he is a serial murderer.