![]() This Christmas, we’ll be watching perhaps the most exciting new retelling so far. ![]() ![]() We can expect all-star casts, precise period detail, and timeless moral issues rich in contemporary resonance in each one. The BBC plans to broadcast six further adaptations of Christie’s work in the years to come. The following year, The Witness For The Prosecution brought a melancholy glamour to one of Christie’s most successful short stories, while last year’s delayed Ordeal By Innocence plunged us into an intricate family drama. These new versions of Christie’s complex tales of death and deceit – approved by her estate – have offered fresh angles on familiar stories, confirming that the legendary author’s writing retains its power to surprise as well as to entertain.Ģ015’s And Then There Were None presented us with a powerful reworking of that chilling narrative, taking Christie’s novel as its starting point before pulling the rug out from under us in a stunning psychological twist to its infamous ending. ![]() Sarah Phelps’ adaptations of Agatha Christie’s murder mysteries have become a welcome fixture in the festive TV schedules. ![]()
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