Agatha Christie close up : a radio investigation into The Queen of Crime.

Material type: SoundSoundPublisher: [London] : Penguin Random House Ltd, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Copyright date: ℗2016Description: 2 CDs (approximately 2 hr.) : digital ; 12 cm. + 1 leaflet (4 pages)Content type: spoken word Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discISBN: 9781785295126Subject(s): Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 | Women novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography | Novelists, English -- 20th century -- BiographyGenre/Form: Radio programs. | Biographies. DDC classification: 823.912
Contents:
Agatha Christie in close-up / written by Gale Pedrick ; produced by Thurstan Holland ; narrated by John Webster ; featuring Peter Saunders [and nine others] -- The mysterious dame Agatha / produced by Michell Raper ; narrated by Cliff Michelmore ; featuring Agatha Christia [and six others] ; extracts read by Barbara Markham -- Women of mystery: queen of crime / produced by Margaret Windham ; written and presented by Jessica Mann ; performed by Jolyon Jackson and Phile Aldrich ; featuring Janet Morgan [and four others] ; extracts read by Frances Jeater -- Agatha Christie: speaking her own words / produced by Peter Reed ; introduced by Mathew Prichard ; featuring Agatha Christie.
Performed by different narrators.Summary: This is a collection of archive radio programmes focusing on the life and work of crime fiction's grande dame and featuring Agatha Christie in her own words. Agatha Christie published 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections in her lifetime, but to the public she remained an enigmatic figure. This quartet of BBC radio programmes looks at the woman behind the books, and explores the career of one of Britain's most famous mystery writers. Agatha Christie in Close-Up (1955) tells the story of the celebrated author, with contributions from Richard Attenborough, Allen Lane, Margaret Lockwood and Peter Saunders; while in The Mysterious Dame Agatha (1975), Cliff Michelmore presents an 85th birthday tribute with Peter Saunders, Nigel Stock and Julian Symons. Women of Mystery: Queen of Crime (1982) sees Jessica Mann investigating women crime writers and Christie in particular; and in Agatha Christie: Speaking Her Own Words (2015), we hear specially selected excerpts from the initial, dictated version of Christie's autobiography. Recorded in 1965, these unedited personal tapes were discovered by her grandson Matthew Prichard, who introduces the programme. Featuring the voices of fellow writers, friends, family and the Queen of Crime herself, this wide-ranging collection sheds new light on the bestselling novelist of all time.
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Agatha Christie in close-up / written by Gale Pedrick ; produced by Thurstan Holland ; narrated by John Webster ; featuring Peter Saunders [and nine others] -- The mysterious dame Agatha / produced by Michell Raper ; narrated by Cliff Michelmore ; featuring Agatha Christia [and six others] ; extracts read by Barbara Markham -- Women of mystery: queen of crime / produced by Margaret Windham ; written and presented by Jessica Mann ; performed by Jolyon Jackson and Phile Aldrich ; featuring Janet Morgan [and four others] ; extracts read by Frances Jeater -- Agatha Christie: speaking her own words / produced by Peter Reed ; introduced by Mathew Prichard ; featuring Agatha Christie.

This is a collection of archive radio programmes focusing on the life and work of crime fiction's grande dame and featuring Agatha Christie in her own words. Agatha Christie published 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections in her lifetime, but to the public she remained an enigmatic figure. This quartet of BBC radio programmes looks at the woman behind the books, and explores the career of one of Britain's most famous mystery writers. Agatha Christie in Close-Up (1955) tells the story of the celebrated author, with contributions from Richard Attenborough, Allen Lane, Margaret Lockwood and Peter Saunders; while in The Mysterious Dame Agatha (1975), Cliff Michelmore presents an 85th birthday tribute with Peter Saunders, Nigel Stock and Julian Symons. Women of Mystery: Queen of Crime (1982) sees Jessica Mann investigating women crime writers and Christie in particular; and in Agatha Christie: Speaking Her Own Words (2015), we hear specially selected excerpts from the initial, dictated version of Christie's autobiography. Recorded in 1965, these unedited personal tapes were discovered by her grandson Matthew Prichard, who introduces the programme. Featuring the voices of fellow writers, friends, family and the Queen of Crime herself, this wide-ranging collection sheds new light on the bestselling novelist of all time.

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