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BBC Radio has a long history of adapting the works by Agatha Christie.

Year Date Title Radio service / Radio station Notes
1934 Miss Marple Tells a Story BBC National Programme
1937 November 2nd The Yellow Iris BBC National Programme
1945 March 24th Love From a Stranger BBC Home Service Saturday Night Theatre
1945 May 9th Love From a Stranger General Forces Programme
1947 May 30th Three Blind Mice BBC Light Programme
1947 December 27th Ten Little Ni**ers BBC Home Service
1948 January 13th Butter in a Lordly Dish BBC Light Programme As part of Mystery Playhouse presents The Detection Club
1948 May 29th Peril at End House BBC Home Service Saturday Night Theatre
1951 January 3rd Witness for the Prosecution BBC Light Programme
1953 April 13th - July 13th Partners in Crime BBC Home Service
1954 April 21st The Third Floor Flat BBC Home Service
1954 May 31st Personal Call BBC Light Programme
1955 March 20th Murder in the Mews BBC Light Programme
1956 February 26th The Adventure of the Clapham Cook BBC Light Programme
1956 February 29th The ABC Murders BBC Light Programme
1956 March 7th Murder in Mesopotamia BBC Light Programme
1956 March 11th Butter in a Lordly Dish BBC Light Programme
1957 April 10th Death by Drowning BBC Light Programme
1960 Personal Call BBC Light Programme
1981 May 30th The Unexpected Guest BBC World Service
1983 Ordeal by Innocence BBC Radio 4 Saturday Night Theatre
1984 July The Lamp BBC World Service
1985-1986 December 29th - February 2nd The Mystery of the Blue Train BBC Radio 4 Maurice Denham portrayed Poirot
1986 December 24th Hercule Poirot's Christmas BBC Radio 4 Peter Sallis portrayed Poirot
1987 December 24th The Murder of Roger Ackroyd BBC Radio 4 First BBC Radio adaptation featuring John Moffatt as Poirot
1990 The Sittaford Mystery BBC Radio 4
1990 September 15th The Murder on the Links BBC Radio 4 Saturday Night Theatre, broadcast on the centenary of Agatha Christie's birth.
1992 March 18 - April 15th Lord Edgware Dies BBC Radio 4
1992 May 14th - June 11th Sad Cypress BBC Radio 4
1993 The Murder at the Vicarage BBC Radio 4
1993 The Pale Horse BBC Radio 4 Originally aired to celebrate the 50th anniversary of BBC Radio 4's Saturday Night Theatre.
1993 October 30th Hallowe'en Party BBC Radio 4
1993-1994 December 28th - January 1st Murder on the Orient Express BBC Radio 4
1994 Five Little Pigs BBC Radio 4
1994 December 26th - December 30th Murder in Mesopotamia BBC Radio 4
1995 A Pocket Full of Rye BBC Radio 4
1995 At Bertram's Hotel BBC Radio 4
1997 4.50 from Paddington BBC Radio 4
1997 A Caribbean Mystery BBC Radio 4
1997 January 2nd - January 30th Death on the Nile BBC Radio 4
1998 Nemesis BBC Radio 4
1998 The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side BBC Radio 4
1998 April 6th - May 4th Evil Under the Sun BBC Radio 4
1999 The Body in the Library BBC Radio 4
1999 August 9th A Murder is Announced BBC Radio 4
1999 August 28th After the Funeral BBC Radio 4
2000 April 22nd The A.B.C. Murders BBC Radio 4
2000 December 18th Peril at End House BBC Radio 4
2001 August 25th Appointment with Death BBC Radio 4
2001 Sleeping Murder BBC Radio 4
2001 The Moving Finger BBC Radio 4
2001 They do it with Mirrors BBC Radio 4
2002 Cards on the Table BBC Radio 4
2002 January 7th Witness For The Prosecution BBC Radio 4 A series of six 30 minute dramatisations of Agatha Christie short stories broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during 2002.
2002 January 14th Philomel Cottage BBC Radio 4 A series of six 30 minute dramatisations of Agatha Christie short stories broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during 2002.
2002 January 21st The Gate of Baghdad BBC Radio 4 A series of six 30 minute dramatisations of Agatha Christie short stories broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during 2002.
2002 January 28th Swan Song BBC Radio 4 A series of six 30 minute dramatisations of Agatha Christie short stories broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during 2002.
2002 February 4th Magnolia Blossom BBC Radio 4 A series of six 30 minute dramatisations of Agatha Christie short stories broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during 2002.
2002 February 11th The Hound Of Death BBC Radio 4 A series of six 30 minute dramatisations of Agatha Christie short stories broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during 2002.
2003 Death in the Clouds BBC Radio 4
2003 Three Act Tragedy BBC Radio 4
2003 October Taken at the Flood BBC Radio 4
2003 February 17th The £199 Adventure, adapted from the short story The Case of the City Clerk BBC Radio 4 A second series of six 30 minute dramatisations of Agatha Christie stories broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during 2003.
2003 February 24th In a Glass Darkly BBC Radio 4 A second series of six 30 minute dramatisations of Agatha Christie stories broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during 2003.
2003 March 3rd The Gypsy BBC Radio 4 A second series of six 30 minute dramatisations of Agatha Christie stories broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during 2003.
2003 March 10th The Dressmaker's Doll BBC Radio 4 A second series of six 30 minute dramatisations of Agatha Christie stories broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during 2003.
2003 March 17th The Case Of The Perfect Carer BBC Radio 4 A second series of six 30 minute dramatisations of Agatha Christie stories broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during 2003.
2003 March 24th The Last Seance BBC Radio 4 A second series of six 30 minute dramatisations of Agatha Christie stories broadcast on BBC Radio 4 during 2003.
2004 The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding BBC Radio 4
2004 August One, Two, Buckle My Shoe BBC Radio 4
2005 September 5th - October 3rd The Mysterious Affair at Styles BBC Radio 4
2006 Dumb Witness BBC Radio 4
2006 Mrs McGinty's Dead BBC Radio 4
2008 Endless Night BBC Radio 4
2008 Crooked House BBC Radio 4
2010 And Then There Were None BBC Radio 4
2010 Towards Zero BBC Radio 4
2011 Sparkling Cyanide BBC Radio 4
2013 Murder is Easy BBC Radio 4
2014 Ordeal by Innocence BBC Radio 4
2014 The Pale Horse BBC Radio 4
2015 September 16th Tape-Measure Murder BBC Radio 4
2015 September 23rd The Case of the Perfect Maid BBC Radio 4
2015 September 30th Sanctuary BBC Radio 4
2020 August 29th Agatha Christie's The Lie BBC Radio 4
2020 August 31st Agatha Christie's Absent in the Spring BBC Radio 4
2020 September 1st Agatha Christie's The Rose and the Yew Tree BBC Radio 4
2022 Marple: Three New Stories BBC Radio 4
2022 May 29th Agatha Christie's Giant's Bread BBC Radio 4
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