Adaptations of Agatha Christie

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Adaptations of the works of Agatha Christie:

Film[]

Year Title Story based on Character Country Notes
1928 The Passing of Mr. Quinn The Coming of Mr Quin Dr. Alec Portal First Christie film adaptation
1929 Die Abenteurer G.m.b.H. The Secret Adversary Changed Names German First Christie foreign film adaptation; Name changed from the novel.
1931 Alibi The stage play Alibi and the novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Hercule Poirot First Christie film adaptation to feature Hercule Poirot
1931 Black Coffee Black Coffee Hercule Poirot
1932 Le Coffret de Laque Black Coffee Hercule Poirot France Adaptation of Black Coffee
1934 Lord Edgware Dies Thirteen at Dinner Hercule Poirot
1937 Love from a Stranger The stage play Love from a Stranger and the short story Philomel Cottage Changed Names Released in the US as A Night of Terror
1945 And Then There Were None The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None Changed Names First Christie film adaptation of And Then There Were None
1947 Love from a Stranger The stage play Love from a Stranger and the short story Philomel Cottage Cecily Harrington Released in the UK as A Stranger Walked In
1957 Witness for the Prosecution The stage play Witness for the Prosecution and the short story The Witness for the Prosecution Leonard Vole
1960 The Spider's Web Spider's Web Hailsham-Brown
1960 Chupi Chupi Aashey The Mousetrap and Three Blind Mice (radio play and short story) Changed Names India Uncredited adaptation possibly the only notable film version of the celebrated play.[citation needed]
1961 Murder, She Said 4.50 from Paddington Miss Marple First Christie film adaptation to feature Miss Marple
1963 Murder at the Gallop After the Funeral Miss Marple The original Novel features Hercule Poirot instead of Miss Marple
1964 Murder Most Foul Mrs McGinty's Dead Miss Marple The original Novel features Hercule Poirot instead of Miss Marple
1964 Murder Ahoy! None Miss Marple An original film, not based on any book, although it borrows some elements of They Do It with Mirrors
1965 Ten Little Indians The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None Changed Names
1965 Gumnaam And Then There Were None Changed Names India Uncredited adaptation
1965 The Alphabet Murders The A.B.C. Murders Hercule Poirot
1970 Nadu Iravil And Then There Were None Changed Names India Uncredited adaptation in Tamil
1972 Endless Night Endless Night Michael Rogers
1973 Dhund The Unexpected Guest Changed Names India Dhund (translation: Fog) produced and directed by B. R. Chopra
1974 Murder on the Orient Express Murder on the Orient Express Hercule Poirot
1974 And Then There Were None The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None Changed Names Released in the US as Ten Little Indians
1978 Death on the Nile The stage play Murder on the Nile and the novel Death on the Nile Hercule Poirot
1980 The Mirror Crack'd The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side Miss Marple
1982 Evil Under the Sun Evil Under the Sun Hercule Poirot
1983 Taina "Chernykh Drozdov"(Secret of the Blackbirds) The novel A Pocket Full of Rye Changed Names Soviet Union
1985 Ordeal by Innocence Ordeal by Innocence Arthur Calgary
1987 Desyat Negrityat The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None Lawrence Wargrave Russia
1988 Appointment with Death The stage play Appointment with Death and the novel Appointment with Death Hercule Poirot
1989 Ten Little Indians The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None Lawrence Wargrave
1995 Innocent Lies Towards Zero Names Change Loose adaptation of Towards Zero after scripts issue.
2003 Shubho Mahurat The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side Names Changed India(Bengali) Loosely based on Miss Marple Novel The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
2004 Mindhunters n/a Changed Names Very loose adaptation of The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None
2005 Mon petit doigt m'a dit... By the Pricking of My Thumbs Prudence Beresford France
2007 L'Heure zéro Towards Zero Changed Names France
2008 Le crime est notre affaire 4.50 from Paddington Prudence Beresford France The original Novel features Miss Marple instead of Bersesford
2008 Le Grand Alibi The Hollow Changed Names France No Belgian Detectives here.
2011 Aduthathu The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None Changed Names India
2012 Grandmaster The A.B.C. Murders Changed Names India (Malayalam)
2015 Aatagara The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None Changed Names India
2016 Chorabali Cards on the Table Changed Names India (Bengali)
2017 Murder on the Orient Express Murder on the Orient Express Hercule Poirot
2017 Crooked House Crooked House Charles Hayward
2022 Death on the Nile Death on the Nile Hercule Poirot A sequel to 2017's Murder on the Orient Express.

Television[]

Miss Marple television series[]

Episodes of the television series Miss Marple include:

Agatha Christie's Marple television series[]

Episodes of the television series Agatha Christie's Marple include:

Agatha Christie's Poirot television series[]

Episodes of the television series Agatha Christie's Poirot include:

Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie television series[]

The French-language television series Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie adapted thirty-six of Christie's works of detective fiction. It included a four-part mini-series set in 1930s France (2006) and a distinct two-series run with Series One also set in 1930s France (2009–2012, 11 episodes) and Series Two set in mid-1950s to 1960s France (2013–2020, 27 episodes).

BBC Radio[]

Many of Christie's novels have been adapted for BBC Radio over the course of several years.[1] The most prominent productions were the dramatisations of the Poirot and Miss Marple stories:

Poirot[]

(Starring John Moffatt as Poirot, unless otherwise stated)

Miss Marple[]

(Starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple)

Notable others[]

Starring Jonathan Forbes as Mike and Lizzy Watts as Ellie

Starring Hugh Bonneville as Nevile and Marcia Warren as Lady Tresselian

Starring Melinda Walker as Emily Trefusis, Stephen Tompkinson as Charles Enderby, John Moffatt as Mr. Rycroft and Geoffrey Whitehead as Inspector Narracott

  • And Then There Were None

Geoffrey Whitehead as Justice Wargrave, Lyndsey Marshal as Vera Claythorne, Alex Wyndham as Philip Lombard, John Rowe as Dr. Armstrong, and Joanna Monro as Emily Brent

Starring Naomi Frederick as Iris and Amanda Drew as Ruth

Starring Mark Umbers as Arthur Calgary and Jacqueline Defferary as Gwenda

Graphic novels[]

Euro Comics India began issuing a series of graphic novel adaptations of Christie's work in 2007.

  • 2007 The Murder on the Links. Adapted by François Rivière, illustrated by Marc Piskic
  • 2007 Murder on the Orient Express. Adapted by François Rivière, illustrated by Solidor (Jean-François Miniac).
  • 2007 Death on the Nile. Adapted by Francois Riviere, illustrated by Solidor (Jean-François Miniac)
  • 2007 The Secret of Chimneys. Adapted by François Rivière, illustrated by Laurence Suhner
  • 2007 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Adapted and illustrated by Bruno Lachard
  • 2007 The Mystery of the Blue Train. Adapted and illustrated by Marc Piskic
  • 2007 The Man in the Brown Suit. Adapted and illustrated by Alain Paillou
  • 2007 The Big Four. Adapted by Hichot and illustrated by Bairi
  • 2007 The Secret Adversary. Adapted by François Rivière and illustrated by Frank Leclercq
  • 2007 The Murder at the Vicarage. Adapted and illustrated by "Norma"
  • 2007 Murder in Mesopotamia. Adapted by François Rivière and illustrated by Chandre
  • 2007 And Then There Were None. Adapted by François Rivière and illustrated by Frank Leclercq
  • 2007 Endless Night. Adapted by Francois Rivière and illustrated by Frank Leclercq
  • 2008 Ordeal by Innocence. Adapted and illustrated by Chandre
  • 2008 Hallowe'en Party. Adapted and illustrated by Chandre
  • 2008 Peril at End House Adapted by Thierry Jollet and illustrated by Didier Quella-Guyot
  • 2009 Dumb Witness Adapted and illustrated by "Marek"
  • 2010 Cards on the Table Adapted and illustrated by Frank Leclercq
  • 2010 Five Little Pigs Adapted by Miceal O'Griafa, David Charrier
  • 2012 Dead Man's Folly Adapted and illustrated by Marek
  • 2013 Evil Under the Sun Adapted by Thierry Jollet and illustrated by Didier Quella-Guyot

Video games[]

Animation[]

In 2004, the Japanese broadcasting company Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai turned Poirot and Marple into animated characters in the anime series Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple, introducing Mabel West (daughter of Miss Marple's mystery-writer nephew Raymond West, a canonical Christie character) and her duck Oliver as new characters.

References[]

  1. ^ "Series: Agatha Christie". www.radioechoes.com. 1942–1998. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
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