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Hercule Poirot begins an Egyptian cruise, but his voyage proves far from smooth. Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars John Moffatt.

The Belgian sleuth embarks on an Egyptian cruise, but his voyage proves to be far from smooth sailing...

Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.

Classic thriller first published in 1937.

Dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell.

Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Mrs Allerton …. Rosemary Leach
Pennington …. Stratford Johns
Joanna Southwood …. Joanna Monro
Linnet Ridgeway …. Elaine Pyke
Monsieur Blondin …. Sean Baker
Jacqueline de Bellefort …. Amanda Barton-Chapple
Simon Doyle …. Robert Daws
Tim Allerton …. Nicholas Boulton
Rockford …. Ed Bishop
Rosalie Otterbourne …. Emma Woodvine
Mrs Otterbourne …. Shirley Dixon
Thomas Cook Agent …. Timothy Alcock
Waiter …. Chris Pavlo

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1997.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 5 Nov 202401:00
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