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Close Up: Agatha Christie

Profile of the prolific 'Queen of Crime' Agatha Christie featuring Richard Attenborough and the writer herself. From 1955.

Profile of the prolific 'Queen of Crime' Agatha Christie featuring the writer herself.

Narrated by John Webster.

Friends and associates help to tell the story of the author and playwright:

Lord Richard Attenborough
Sir Allen Lane
Margaret Lockwood
Peter Saunders
Francis L Sullivan
Sir Mortimer Wheeler.

Written by Gale Pedrick

Producer: Thurstan Holland

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1955

30 minutes

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