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English
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"December 1926: England unleashes the largest manhunt in its history. The object of the search is not an escaped convict or a war criminal, but the missing wife of a WWI hero, up-and-coming mystery author Agatha Christie. When her car is found wrecked, empty, and abandoned near a natural spring, the country is in a frenzy. Eleven days later, Agatha reappears, claiming amnesia. She provides no answers for her disappearance. That is...until she writes...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Agatha Christie ranks as one of the most successful writers of all time. Combining rare access to Christie's family and her personal archive, the show gives viewers a never-before-seen look into the late crime writer's fascinating life story.
Retraces the celebrated English writer's footsteps across the England. With access to both her family and those who lived with her and knew her best.
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Series
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English
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The housekeeper for archaeologist Max Mallowan and his famous wife, Agatha Christie, former Army nurse Phyllida Bright is faced with murder and mayhem during a weekend party and assembles the household staff to find the killer among the Mallowan's guests.
Devon. Mallowan Hall combines the best of English tradition with the modern conveniences of 1930. The manor is home to archaeologist Max Mallowan and his famous wife, Agatha Christie. Housekeeper...
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English
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"Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was "just" an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? Her life is fascinating for its mysteries and its passions and, as Lucy Worsley says, "She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern." She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating mental illness. So why--despite all the evidence to the...
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English
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"Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair is a beguiling novel of star-crossed lovers, heartbreak, revenge, and murder-and a brilliant re-imagination of one of the most talked-about unsolved mysteries of the twentieth century. Every story has its secrets. Every mystery has its motives. "A long time ago, in another country, I nearly killed a woman. It's a particular feeling, the urge to murder. It takes over your body so completely, it's like a divine...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[c2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three episodes of the impeccably turned-out diminutive Belgian sleuth. With the his razor sharp mind and the aid of the affabel Captain Hastings, Poirot unravels the thorniest cases without mussing a hair of his famously sculpted mustache. Set in the elegance of 1930's England, the series also includes Chief Inspector Japp and Miss Lemon.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2002, c1990
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three episodes of the impeccably turned-out diminutive Belgian sleuth. With the his razor sharp mind and the aid of the affabel Captain Hastings, Poirot unravels the thorniest cases without mussing a hair of his famously sculpted mustache. Set in the elegance 1930's England, the series also includes Chief Inspector Japp and Miss Lemon.
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Series
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English
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"In England's stately manor houses, murder is not generally a topic for polite conversation. Mallowan Hall, home to Agatha Christie and her husband, Max, is the exception. And housekeeper Phyllida Bright delights in discussing gory plot details with her friend and employer... The neighboring village of Listleigh has also become a hub of grisly goings-on, thanks to a Murder Fête organized to benefit a local orphanage. Members of The Detection Club--a...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 inches.
Language
English
Description
David Suchet, an English actor well-known for his portrayal of Hercule Poirot, travels throughout Great Britain and Turkey to provide a new perspective on the amazing life of bestselling British murder myster writer Agatha Christie.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (233 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A police superintendent asks Hercule Poirot to investigate a case where a man may have been convicted for a murder he didn't commit; the headmistress at an all girls' school asks Poirot to solve the murders that have been committed there; the cast and crew of "Poirot" discuss the making of the episodes and bringing the detective to the screen.
17) Marple: Series 1
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (376 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The amateur, elderly detective Miss Marple solves cases that baffle the police.
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