Agatha Christie (Radio Edit)

You're Dead to Me

BBC

Comedy, History

4.7 • 10.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Sue Perkins and Dr Lucy Worsley join Greg Jenner to discuss the life of world-famous novelist, Agatha Christie. Agatha Christie is arguably the greatest ever crime novelist but her work has also permeated film, theatre and television over the past century. Christie also lived during an extraordinary period of modern history. Her life encompassed the end of the Victorian era, the two world wars and ended at the age of 85 in 1976. There was also much more to Christie the person: from unexpected sporting hobbies to a romantic life that had its fair share of heartbreak and harmony; her life off the page is as interesting as her novels are on it. For the full-length version of this episode, please look further back in the feed. Research by Jessica Honey Written by Emma Nagouse, Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow, Jessica Honey and Greg Jenner Produced by Emma Nagouse and Greg Jenner Assistant Producer: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow Project Management: Isla Matthews Audio Producer: Steve Hankey

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0:36.6	Hello and welcome to Your Dead To Me,
0:38.4	the Radio 4 comedy podcast that takes history seriously.
0:41.2	My name is Greg Jenner, I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster.
0:44.4	And today we are hopping aboard the Oriental Express
0:46.4	to investigate the life and works,
0:48.2	the queen of crime writing herself, Agatha Christie,
0:51.4	and to help us sift through ploughs and detect fact from fiction
0:54.0	I'm joined by two very special suspects.
0:55.6	Sorry guests, guests.
0:57.6	In History Corner, she's a historian writer,
0:59.4	BBC broadcaster and chief curator, a historic royal palaces.
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1:04.5	historical true crime podcast Lady Killers.
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