Agatha Christie

You're Dead to Me

BBC

Comedy, History

4.7 • 10.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2023

⏱️ 56 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. 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 You’re Dead To Me is a production by The Athletic for BBC Radio 4.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.4	Hello and welcome to your Dead To Me, the Radio 4 comedy podcast that takes history
0:10.2	seriously.
0:11.2	My name is Greg Jenner, I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster and today we are
0:14.8	hopping aboard the Oriental Express to investigate the life and works, the queen of crime writing
0:19.2	herself, Agatha Christie, and to help us sift through plues and detect fact from fiction
0:23.8	I'm joined by two very special suspects.
0:25.6	Sorry guests, guests.
0:27.4	In History Corner, she is a historian writer, BBC broadcaster and chief curator, a historic
0:31.5	royal palaces, she's the host, the fantastic BBC Sounds Historical True Crime podcast
0:35.6	Lady Killers.
0:36.6	A fantastic show that explores women who killed in history, she's also something of a
0:40.4	TV detective herself, solving historical myths on royal history's biggest fibs and
0:44.5	Lucy Wurzley investigates, that's given away the name hasn't it, she's the author of
0:47.8	a very British murder and lucky for us also the author, the recent biography, Agatha Christie,
0:52.2	a very elusive woman, it's Dr Lucy Wurzley, welcome Lucy.
0:55.4	Hello, thank you for having me.
0:57.2	Absolutely, pleasure, it's the crossover event of the year.
1:00.8	And in Comedy Corner, she's a renowned broadcaster, writer, actor, comedian, you name it, she
1:04.8	can do it.
1:05.8	You'll know her from her iconic hosting skills on just a minute, great British Bake Off
1:08.8	in certain name here, plus various marvellous travel adventures, documentaries and shows,
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