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The ABC Murders

A chilling letter sets the Belgian sleuth on the trail of an enigmatic killer. Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt.

The arrival of an anonymous note warns Hercule Poirot to look out for Andover on the 21st of the month.

Signed "Yours A.B.C.", it sparks one of the Belgian sleuth's most disturbing cases.

As the body count starts stacking up - who is ABC?

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Poirot.

From the novel published in 1936 and dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Captain Hastings …. Simon Williams
Chief Inspector Japp …. Philip Jackson
Inspector Crome …. Tom George
Franklin Clarke …. John Rye
Lady Clarke …. Jane Wenham
A.B. Cust …. Ioan Meredith
Mary Drower …. Gemma Saunders
Megan Barnard …. Beth Chalmers
Donald Fraser …. Christopher Kelham
Thora Grey …. Lucy Paterson
Marjorie Stroud …. Zeina Harding-Roots
Police Sergeant …. Tim Treloar

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2000.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 22 Aug 202104:00
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