Writing
Agatha Christie
Born — Died
1890-09-14 — 1976-01-12
Place of birth
Torquay, Devon, England, UK
Known for
Writing
Credits
18 titles
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English crime novelist, short story writer and playwright. She is best known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, a murder mystery, The Mousetrap, and six romances under the name Mary Westmacott. In 1971 she was made a Dame for her contribution to literature. Most of her books and short stories have been adapted for television, radio, video games and comics, and more than thirty feature films have been based on her work.
Known for
5.6The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show produced by ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new series began on Sky Arts from 27 May 2012. Presented by Melvyn Bragg, the show aims to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience.
The South Bank Show
1978
8.2Hosts Ryan & Shane discuss mysteries surrounding notorious unsolved crimes.
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
2016
6.7British writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976) published her first novel in 1920, in which the eccentric Belgian private sleuth Hercule Poirot made his debut. Later, in 1927, the first short story starring the gentle spinster Miss Jane Marple appeared. A fascinating journey through popular culture in search of the footprints of two of the most charismatic characters in crime and mystery literature.
Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
2020
7.5No synopsis available yet.
The Passing of Mr. Quinn
1928
7.2British author Agatha Christie (1890-1976) is the world's most translated author: her heroes, private detective Hercule Poirot and amateur sleuth Miss Marple, are known the world over. But who is the woman behind her bestsellers? A biographical search for clues, the unraveling of an iridescent personality whose existence and works were shaped by the tragic history of the 20th century: the eventful life of the Queen of Crime.
Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime
2018
NRNo synopsis available yet.
المصيدة
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Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
6.7British writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976) published her first novel in 1920, in which the eccentric Belgian private sleuth Hercule Poirot made his debut. Later, in 1927, the first short story starring the gentle spinster Miss Jane Marple appeared. A fascinating journey through popular culture in search of the footprints of two of the most charismatic characters in crime and mystery literature.
Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
2020
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Agatha Christie und der Orient
2022
2010s · 4 titles
7.2British author Agatha Christie (1890-1976) is the world's most translated author: her heroes, private detective Hercule Poirot and amateur sleuth Miss Marple, are known the world over. But who is the woman behind her bestsellers? A biographical search for clues, the unraveling of an iridescent personality whose existence and works were shaped by the tragic history of the 20th century: the eventful life of the Queen of Crime.
Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime
2018
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Agatha Christie contre Hercule Poirot : Qui a tué Roger Ackroyd ?
2017
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Le Crime en héritage : Agatha Christie crève l'écran
2019
7.5David Suchet, TV's Poirot, has spent more of his life acting out the plots and dramas created by Agatha Christie than anyone else in the world. Suchet is embarking on a journey to learn more about the woman who created Poirot and whose books remain outsold only by Shakespeare and the Bible. Suchet's journey takes him to the places Christie lived, the landscapes that inspired her and to meetings with people who knew the woman behind the fame and those inspired by her extraordinary legacy. He explores the close links between Christie's extraordinary life and her work and discovers what it was about the woman from a small seaside town that allowed her to become the best-selling murder mystery writer in history.
The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet
2013
2000s · 1 titles
1990s · 2 titles
10.0An investigation into the mysterious world of the crime novelist Agatha Christie, with comments from poison experts, policeman and pathologists and members of her family.
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
1991
NRProfile celebrating the centenary of the famous author Agatha Christie’s birth. Looking at her life, her character and the key moments in her childhood that influenced her writing.
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
1990
Series credits
5.6The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show produced by ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new series began on Sky Arts from 27 May 2012. Presented by Melvyn Bragg, the show aims to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience.
The South Bank Show
1978
8.2Hosts Ryan & Shane discuss mysteries surrounding notorious unsolved crimes.
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
2016
Behind the camera
7.5No synopsis available yet.
The Passing of Mr. Quinn
1928
NRNo synopsis available yet.
المصيدة
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5.0A collage crime movie from the first novel of Agatha Christie.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
2022
No synopsis available yet.
Spider's Web
1955
4.8Six friends are trapped in an isolated cabin reachable only by a rugged ten-mile hike. Then they start to die one by one.
Suspicions
1995
7.2Dhund is the story of a young woman Rani Ranjit Singh (Zeenat Aman), whose invalid husband Thakur Ranjit Singh (Danny Denzongpa) is murdered. The finger of suspicion points at the young widow and her lover Suresh Saxena (Sanjay Khan), but the killer is someone else.
Dhund
1973
NRAn Iranian TV-play adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap.
The Mousetrap
1997