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BBC Radio 4 Poirot
Murder in Mesopotamia
Crime sleuth Hercule Poirot returns in a thrilling BBC Radio 4 dramatisation. Amy Leatheran has never felt the lure of the mysterious East, but when she travels to an ancient site deep in the Iraqi desert to nurse the wife of a celebrated archaeologist; events prove stranger than she could ever have imagined. Her patient’s bizzarre visions and nervous terror seem unfounded, but as the oppressive tension in the air thickens, events come to a terrible climax - in murder...©1938 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)1938 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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Michael Bakewell
72 books9 followersMichael Bakewell (7 June 1931 – 11 July 2023) was a British radio and television producer and radio playwright.
His work included adapting The Lord of the Rings (with Brian Sibley) into a 1981 radio series for the BBC and a series of 27 adaptations of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot stories broadcast between 1985 and 2007 by BBC Radio 4.
He was born in Birmingham, England. After graduating from Cambridge in 1954, he was recruited by the BBC's Third Programme. He became the first Head of Plays at the BBC in the 1960s.
His work included adapting The Lord of the Rings (with Brian Sibley) into a 1981 radio series for the BBC and a series of 27 adaptations of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot stories broadcast between 1985 and 2007 by BBC Radio 4.
He was born in Birmingham, England. After graduating from Cambridge in 1954, he was recruited by the BBC's Third Programme. He became the first Head of Plays at the BBC in the 1960s.
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October 18, 2026
‘“Women can accept the fact that a man is a rotter, a swindler, a drug taker, a confirmed liar, and a general swine, without batting an eyelash, and without its impairing their affection for the brute in the least. Women are wonderful realists.”’
I’m speeding my way through these adaptations, and I don’t want them to end! Agatha Christie is an incredible writer, the storylines she creates just feel so real! And no matter what, I will never see the plot twists coming!
The husband was the original husband as well?! Like how do you think of that as a writer?! Incredible!
Truly loving these experiences with these audiobooks! Like I said, I don’t want them to end!
On to the next! 3.75⭐️
I’m speeding my way through these adaptations, and I don’t want them to end! Agatha Christie is an incredible writer, the storylines she creates just feel so real! And no matter what, I will never see the plot twists coming!
The husband was the original husband as well?! Like how do you think of that as a writer?! Incredible!
Truly loving these experiences with these audiobooks! Like I said, I don’t want them to end!
On to the next! 3.75⭐️
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October 13, 2026
Another classic Christie!
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