And Then There Were None

by Joy Wilkinson (Adapter), Agatha Christie, Lyndsey Marshal (Narrator)

Agatha Christie's famous detective story without a detective, adapted by Joy Wilkinson.

Ten guests are separately invited to an island by a person none of them knows very well, if at-all. When they arrive, it seems they have all been invited for different reasons. Nothing quite adds up.

An anonymous voice accuses each of them of having murdered someone. By the end of the first night, one of the guests is dead. Stranded by a violent storm and tormented by the nursery rhyme 'Ten Little Soldier Boys', the ten guests fear for their lives. Who is the killer? Is it one of them?

Vera Claythorne - Lyndsey Marshal
Cyril - Harry Child
Captain Lombard - Alex Wyndham
Emily Brent - Joanna Monro
Dr Armstrong - Sean Baker
Mr Justice Wargrave - Geoffrey Whitehead
Anthony Marston - Lloyd Thomas
Mr Blore - Sam Dale
Narracott - Adeel Akhtar
General MacArthur - John Rowe
Mr Rogers - Wayne Foskett
Mrs Rogers - Sally Orrock
Hugo - Henry Devas
Gramophone Voice - Jude Akuwudike
Writer Agatha Christie
Adaptor - Joy Wilkinson
Director - Mary Peate

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4: Saturday 13 November 2010

Genres: Mystery, Audiobook, Fiction, Suspense, Classics, Crime, Mystery Thriller

2 pages, Audiobook

First published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[Latasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

I listened to a full cast dramatization for this book. It was good and all the narrators were great. I didn’t try to figure out who did it, I was just enjoying the story. I appreciate the ending very much. Based on this listening experience, I would read or listen to more Agatha Christie books.

[BeccaJBooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best Christies' in my opinion.

Eight people arrive at an old house on a cut off island, after being summoned by the mysterious Mr and Mrs U N Owen. One thing they all have in common is that they have all been responsible for the death of someone. A record is played, when they have all arrived, announcing each of their crimes, and one by one they are found dead over the next day or so.

The usual Agatha Christie standard. It must be one of her finest locked-room mysteries and has everything you look for in a classic Christie tale. This time round I listened to the radio dramatization - which was fantastic - but the book is an absolute must for any Christie fan.

The Queen of Crime doesn't disappoint in this one.

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[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a good adaptation of the novel, and the actors were great. In this story, 10 people on an island begin to die, one by one. Who is doing it? How? Why? A gripping radio drama with nice sound effects, this interpretation really made me feel as though I were on the island with them. I listened all the way to the end, and I was sorry when it was over. An exciting mystery that I didn’t want to end.

[Philip · Rating 2 out of 5]

Brief and direct in narrative style, but a bit too nihilistic for my taste. I usually enjoy novels that deal with deep life questions, such as the questions of justice with which this book interacts, and the setup was promising, but I just didn't like the execution (pun intended).

[Jamie Hood · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would recommend listening or reading to the original book before listening to this, but the dramatization was really fun to listen to.

I picked up on some things I missed, and they did change a couple things to make it into a dramatization. (There were some things I didn’t like that they changed but won’t say what because of spoilers.)

This month is the month of And Then There Were None lol! My fourth book that is a rendition of this story (or references it) haha.

Suspense/mystery read #8 for October

[Jill Andrews · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having a great summer with Agatha Christie!

[Lynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an awesome audiobook, very good narrators & it was easy to immerse myself in, even at work.

[ghostly_bookish · Rating 4 out of 5]

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4 STARS

I decided to try the audiobook of this book, one to fulfull the Buzzwordathon challenge for January (A title that included Their/They're or There).
I have read this before but I did enjoy the full cast production of this one. All of the sound effects were incredibly well done and I did enjoy it.
I typically don't listen to audiobooks but I did enjoy this experience, perhaps I should try more 'short' audiobooks while I'm crafting.

[Mayda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This excellent radio adaption of Christie’s well-known novel should not be missed. It tells the story quite nicely, but don’t expect it to be like the Hollywood movie or the play. The ending is faithful to the novel, which is not at all like the play and movie. The actors do a good job in creating the scary atmosphere, complete with sound effects. This tale is always entertaining, no matter which version you are reading, or how many times you’ve heard it before.

[Kent District Library]

Kelly D: I recently finished listening to And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (cozy mystery for CORE), and absolutely loved it. Ten strangers meet by invitation on an island off the coast of England, and they mysteriously start to drop dead one after the other. Each death coincides with a line in a nursery rhyme, Ten Little Indian Boys. The survivors pull together to figure out the killer before it is too late. I hadn’t read any Agatha Christie before this, and I now understand why she’s considered the master of mystery. Excellent read, and fast! Not to mention the reader for the audiobook was great.

[Madelén · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow! This was an incredible read! Also really scary to listen to, so I had to listen to it at daytime in order to get through it, haha. It was very much a page-turner, and it felt like it took no time to get through it at all. The pacing was great.

[Simon · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good adaptation of the book. A very good BBC play of one of my favorite Christie books.

[Jan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wow! A VERY dark creepy tale from Agatha Christie. Really well done on the audiobook version I listened to.

[Briana · Rating 5 out of 5]

I took the shortcut and listened to the BBC radio play of the book which was a lot of creepy fun and the reason I gave it 5 stars.

[Mandy Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick little story. Listened on audio book for book club.
I liked the twists and turns and while the ending was far from happy, it was clever and satisfying. Karma at its finest.

[lau · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn’t listen to this version but I listened to the audio book at school today.

[micki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Audiobook
Full Cast Dramatisation

Five stars because it's Agatha Christie and because nostalgia lol. But this is also a really good adaptation. I've read the original book a few times and I've seen various movie adaptations so I know the story well. In spite of that this felt fresh and moved at a great pace. Sure, things were changed and left out (it's an ADAPTATION and DRAMATISATION), but the essence of Christie is still very much there.

[Maura Smuszkiewicz · Rating 5 out of 5]

It definitely makes the characters even more difficult to follow (considering the book is already complicated enough with so many names and information thrown at you quickly), but the radio adaptation brings so much life to the story and depth to the actions.

Ending is ~slightly~ different but not enough o ruin the inter grift of the story as a whole.

[Lucinda Reed · Rating 5 out of 5]

This adaptation was wonderful! The cast was marvelous! Absolutely marvelous. While listening, I could see a play or movie in my head. A fully immerse of experience. Wish it had been longer, but brilliantly done. I plan to listen to the full book now.

[Madeline · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great BBC full radio broadcast.

Sometimes the BBC changes the story to make it more current, but this was very well done.

[Jina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such fun listening to this one. Great cast! Well done!

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

They did a great job with this production.

[Dhriti swiftie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Agatha Christie is a genius

[Biv · Rating 5 out of 5]

the way this scared me too much to sleep until I finished it lol

[Megan Torrance · Rating 3 out of 5]

Agatha Christie is a master of suspense. This was a bit too dark to be a favorite for me, but not because it wasn’t well done.

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice and short!

[Morthos · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[S Lin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great audio dramatization!

[Tania · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great adaptation of one of my favorite Christie novels.

[Amy GarBeck · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5