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The Swinging Christies: Agatha Christie in the 1960s

The Swinging Christies

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Sex. Drugs. Rock 'n' Roll. Agatha Christie?? Agatha Christie may not be the first person you think of when you think of the Swinging Sixties, but her writing has much to say about the big topics of the day. Join Dr Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown on a rad journey through time with the Queen of Crime.

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Swinging India

The Swinging Christies: Agatha Christie in the 1960s

1 hour 48 minutes 2 seconds

6 months ago

Swinging India

Mark and Gray travel to India (metaphorically) in search of the Queen of Crime! Along the way, they discuss various Hindi and Bengali adaptations, and meet with friend-of-the-podcast and expert adaptor/writer Ayeesha Menon to discuss her Mumbai stage version of The Mirror Crack’d!

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Our website is ChristieTime.com.

Ayeesha Menon can be found via her production company ⁠Goldhawk Productions⁠. Her excellent drama podcast ⁠Mumbai Crime⁠ is available on all good podcatchers.

The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.

Next episode: stay tuned…!

0:00:00 - Opening titles

00:00:41 - Introductory chat

00:06:25 - Agatha and India

00:14:57 - Chupi Chupi Aashey (1960 Bengali version of The Mousetrap)

00:29:51 - Gumnaam (1965 Hindi version of And Then There Were None)

00:39:42 - Shubho Mahurat (2003 Bengali version of The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side)

00:56:12 - Interview with Ayeesha Menon, adaptor of The Mirror Crack’d for the Mumbai stage

01:45:12 - How to get in touch

01:46:35 - Closing titles

01:47:02 - Coda

Solutions revealed! - The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side. NOT THE MOUSETRAP! We would never!

TW: discussion of struggle with fertility, miscarriage, IVF etc.