This underrated but ingenious Hercule Poirot novel got its BBC Radio 4 FM adaptation by Michael Bakewell. Directed by Enyd Williams, it starred John Moffett as Poirot, Carolyn Jones as Lady Horbury, and Philiip Jackson reprising his television role as Inspector Japp. Rounding out the cast are Geoffrey Whitehead, Murray Melvin, Teressa Gallagher, Ben Crowe, Andrew Harrison, Bruce Purchase, Liza Sadovy, Priyanga Elan, and Stephen Critchlow.
It's 1935. "From seat No. 9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, clearly infatuated with the man opposite; head, in seat No 13, sat a Countess with a poorly-concealed cocaine habit; across the gangway in seat No. 8, a detective writer was being troubled by an aggressive wasp. What Poirot did not yet realize was that behind him, in seat No. 2, was the slumped, lifeless body of a woman.
"Hercule Poirot hates flying, so it's almost a welcome diversion when one of his fellow passengers on a cross-channel flight is murdered. Cue 90 minutes in which you will suspect every one and have your brain cells mixed into a variety of cerebral kedgeree by the number of red herrings on offer. All I will say is, never stay on a plane that is also carrying a wasp!" (Jane Edison, radio editor)
Get ready to match little gray cells with Belgium's most famous detective!
https://archive.org/details/agatha-christie-death-in-the-clouds
A boat or a train certainly suits him better.
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