Hercule Poirot's Greatest Cases - 28 Audio CD's (BBC Dramatization) [Box set] [Audio CD]

Agatha Christie (Author)

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Collected in one fabulous set, Agatha Christie's peerless detective in fourteen of his greatest cases, presented by a full cast!

Agatha Christie's greatest sleuth in fourteen of his greatest cases, including Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and Evil Under the Sun. Drawn from Christie dramas that originally aired on BBC Radio 4, John Moffatt stars as the unruffled Poirot. The perfect present for any Poirot aficionado!

The complete title list: Murder on the Links; The Murder of Roger Ackroyd; The Mystery of the Blue Train; Peril at End House; Lord Edgware Dies; Murder on the Orient Express; The ABC Murders; Murder in Mesopotamia; Death on the Nile; Hercule Poirot's Christmas; Evil Under the Sun; Five Little Pigs; After the Funeral, and Hallowe'en Party.

Presented fully dramatized on 28 CDs.

About the Author

Agatha Christie (1890-1976), known as the "Queen of the Golden Age" of British fiction, wrote over 66 novels, short stories, and screenplays. Her play, The Mousetrap, has been running continuously in London since 1952, breaking all records. Recognized as the most widely published novelist of all time in any language, Christie is outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She was made a Dame of the British Empire for her contributions to literature and culture.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: BBC Radio; Dramatization edition (November 14, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1602833168
• ISBN-13: 978-1602833166
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 5.5 x 3.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #188,783 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yet another fantastic way to enjoy Ms. Christie, February 20, 2008

By	Bradley Friedman (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: Hercule Poirot's Greatest Cases - 28 Audio CD's (BBC Dramatization) (Audio CD)

Here's my altogether selfish reason for posting this particular review: There are another dozen or so BBC Radio adaptations of Christie novels out there, and I'm hoping that a sequel collection will be offered in the future. That alone should stand as a loud endorsement for these enjoyable and faithful adaptations of Christie classics! When I say faithful, I mean it! Even the brilliant TV films starring David Suchet have messed around a bit with the original stories, adding Hastings when there was no Hastings, eliminating suspects to make the story easier. What joy to listen to "Hercule Poirot's Christmas" and find ALL the Lee children and their spouses spending the holidays with their hated father.

Devout Christie fans like me will appreciate such faithfulness to the original material. I predict they will also like John Moffatt's interpretation of Poirot (he sounds like Suchet and has a twinkle of humor in his voice). In the Christmas story, Poirot is played by none other than Peter Sellers, and it's a shame to report that he's quite dull in the role compared to Moffatt.

Some of the plays, like some of the novels, are better than others, but in certain cases I actually thought that lesser stories (like Halloween Party) played better on the radio, while some of the better books (Five Little Pigs) were less interesting than their originals. Still, a classic's a classic, and some of the best in this collection include "Murder on the Orient Express" and "Death on the Nile," which are deservedly among Christie's more famous stories. What the heck! I enjoyed them all, and I sincerely hope that the BBC will make a second collection available to us in America.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just a slight correction..., April 27, 2009

By	John R. Roach "John" (Kingston, IL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I'd like to say I totally agree with the Mr. Friedman. There are probably at least as many out there that did not make it into this collection and deserve a release. They are incredibly faithful and wonderfully dramatized. John Moffat is an excellent actor who has done Sherlock Holmes, Straker(Salem's Lot), to name just a few. Hercule Poirot's Christmas stars Peter Sallis, the voice of Wallace of Wallace & Gromit fame, and not Peter Sellers. I'm afraid his french accent is a little rusty and I think his forte is in comedy really. In the BBC's fantastic productions of the Sherlock Holmes canon "The Norwood Builder" Mr. Sallis plays the scorned and bitter Jonas Oldacre, and all I can hear while Mr. Sallis is doing his best is "There's no cheese Gromit!" It's not that I think of him only as Wallace, but I've heard him in other radio productions where he's done comedy and he more than holds his own. His voice is gentle and endearing and the dry sense of humor the British possess comes off much better when Mr. Sallis is doing it. Otherwise the "Christmas" production is still a first rate production. I just wish they decided on John Moffat for all of them as he does not play Poirot in "Mystery on the Blue Train" either. That role is taken up by Maurice Denham who did a wonderful take as Rumpole of the Bailey in the quite brilliant series BBC Radio did in 1980. This is an excellent collection, but not the entire collection!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Traffic soother, December 26, 2007

By	Jolinda J. Meredith (Reseda, California United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I use audio books as a diversion to temper tantrums while driving in daily traffic. This one is exceptionally good as it is a full cast play, and one doesn't have to pay as close attention as to who it is that is speaking, because the voices are all different.