Adaptations of Agatha Christie

Adaptations of the works of Agatha Christie:

Film
YearTitleStory based onCharacterCountryNotes
1928The Passing of Mr. QuinnThe Coming of Mr QuinDr. Alec PortalFirst Christie film adaptation
1929Die Abenteurer G.m.b.H.The Secret AdversaryChanged NamesGermanFirst Christie foreign film adaptation; Name changed from the novel.
1931AlibiThe stage play Alibi and the novel The Murder of Roger AckroydHercule PoirotFirst Christie film adaptation to feature Hercule Poirot
1931Black CoffeeBlack CoffeeHercule Poirot
1932Le Coffret de LaqueBlack CoffeeHercule PoirotFranceAdaptation of Black Coffee
1934Lord Edgware DiesThirteen at DinnerHercule Poirot
1937Love from a StrangerThe stage play Love from a Stranger and the short story Philomel CottageChanged NamesReleased in the US as A Night of Terror
1945And Then There Were NoneThe stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were NoneChanged NamesFirst Christie film adaptation of And Then There Were None
1947Love from a StrangerThe stage play Love from a Stranger and the short story Philomel CottageCecily HarringtonReleased in the UK as A Stranger Walked In
1957Witness for the ProsecutionThe stage play Witness for the Prosecution and the short story The Witness for the ProsecutionLeonard Vole
1960The Spider's WebSpider's WebHailsham-Brown
1960Chupi Chupi AasheyThe Mousetrap and Three Blind Mice (radio play and short story)Changed NamesIndiaUncredited adaptation possibly the only notable film version of the celebrated play.
1961Murder, She Said4.50 from PaddingtonMiss MarpleFirst Christie film adaptation to feature Miss Marple
1963Murder at the GallopAfter the FuneralMiss MarpleThe original Novel features Hercule Poirot instead of Miss Marple
1964Murder Most FoulMrs McGinty's DeadMiss MarpleThe original Novel features Hercule Poirot instead of Miss Marple
1964Murder Ahoy!NoneMiss MarpleAn original film, not based on any book, although it borrows some elements of They Do It with Mirrors
1965Ten Little IndiansThe stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were NoneChanged Names
1965GumnaamAnd Then There Were NoneChanged NamesIndiaUncredited adaptation
1965The Alphabet MurdersThe A.B.C. MurdersHercule Poirot
1970Nadu IravilAnd Then There Were NoneChanged NamesIndiaUncredited adaptation in Tamil
1972Endless NightEndless NightMichael Rogers
1973DhundThe Unexpected GuestChanged NamesIndiaDhund (translation: Fog) produced and directed by B. R. Chopra
1974Murder on the Orient ExpressMurder on the Orient ExpressHercule Poirot
1974And Then There Were NoneThe stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were NoneChanged NamesReleased in the US as Ten Little Indians
1978Death on the NileThe stage play Murder on the Nile and the novel Death on the NileHercule Poirot
1980The Mirror Crack'dThe Mirror Crack'd from Side to SideMiss Marple
1982Evil Under the SunEvil Under the SunHercule Poirot
1983Taina "Chernykh Drozdov"(Secret of the Blackbirds)The novel A Pocket Full of RyeChanged NamesSoviet Union
1985Ordeal by InnocenceOrdeal by InnocenceArthur Calgary
1987Desyat NegrityatThe stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were NoneLawrence WargraveRussia
1988Appointment with DeathThe stage play Appointment with Death and the novel Appointment with DeathHercule Poirot
1989Ten Little IndiansThe stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were NoneLawrence Wargrave
1995Innocent LiesTowards ZeroNames ChangeLoose adaptation of Towards Zero after scripts issue.
2003Shubho MahuratThe Mirror Crack'd from Side to SideNames ChangedIndia(Bengali)Loosely based on Miss Marple Novel The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
2004Mindhuntersn/aChanged NamesVery loose adaptation of The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None
2005Mon petit doigt m'a dit...By the Pricking of My ThumbsPrudence BeresfordFrance
2007L'Heure zéroTowards ZeroChanged NamesFrance
2008Le crime est notre affaire4.50 from PaddingtonPrudence BeresfordFranceThe original Novel features Miss Marple instead of Bersesford
2008Le Grand AlibiThe HollowChanged NamesFranceNo Belgian Detectives here.
2011AduthathuThe stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were NoneChanged NamesIndia
2012GrandmasterThe A.B.C. MurdersChanged NamesIndia (Malayalam)
2015AatagaraThe stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were NoneChanged NamesIndia
2016Chorabali Cards on the TableChanged NamesIndia(Bengali)
2017Murder on the Orient ExpressMurder on the Orient ExpressHercule Poirot
2017Crooked HouseCrooked HouseCharles Hayward
2021Death on the NileDeath on the NileHercule PoirotA 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

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.

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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