The Poirot Collection: Murder in Mesopotamia / Thirteen at Dinner

by Michael Bakewell (Adapter), Agatha Christie

Dame Agatha Christie's masterful tales, featuring Hercule Poirot, are presented as stunning dramatizations that resound with all the excitement of a theater performance -- and all of the charm of a vintage radio show. Originally conceived for BBC broadcast and produced by the world's foremost creators of radio entertainment, these lavish productions meld a full cast with stirring music and sound effects to bring these magnificent Christie classics to life.

Genres: Agatha Christie, Fiction

Audio Cassette

First published November 6, 2001

About the author

Michael 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.

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well, my eyes are bad and I got the wrong edition of the book on here. I have read Thirteen at dinner prior for the Christi book club. This review is for Murder in MesopotamiaI forgot I had read this one also, but it was book of the month in the book club I mentioned. I think this was one of the best with Poirot. I had not remembered the ending and usually end up reading Agatha Christi books several times, so when I could tell I had read it, I decided to go on. Not a very long book. Outstanding ending. Clean-what I really like. Just pure mystery.