Boo! It’s our now-traditional Hallowe’en special, and this year Mark and Gray are discussing the excellent, BBC Radio John Moffatt Poirot adaptation of Hallowe’en Party (1993). Plus - a spooky game!

This episode is dedicated to Enyd Williams.

With thanks to PRH Audio x BBC for letting us play some clips of this dramatisation. Click here to listen now!

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Check out last year’s Hallowe’en special, all about A Haunting in Venice (2023).

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00:00:00 - Dedication

00:00:20 - Opening titles

00:01:03 - Introductory chat

00:04:09 - John Moffatt’s Hallowe’en Party (1993)

00:36:12 - Broomstick decorating

00:42:19 - How to get in touch

00:43:41 - Closing titles

00:44:06 - Coda

Solutions revealed - Hallowe’en Party, The Edge

And we are live in 3… 2… 1… Mark and Gray are back again presenting a fun voyage through three of the Agatha Christie adaptations of 1960s books, released in the 1980s and 1990s! What do they make of these three adaptations? And how Swinging are they?

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Agatha Christie Festival 2026, at the Livermead Hotel in Torquay.

WE'VE WRITTEN A BOOK! You can pre-order The Swinging Christies: How Agatha Christie Conquered the 1960s⁠ ⁠NOW⁠⁠!

You can find us on Instagram⁠ ⁠@Christie_Time⁠⁠. We are also on Bluesky at⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ChristieTime.com⁠. Our YouTube account is ⁠@TheSwingingChristies⁠. Our website is⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ChristieTime.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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With huge thanks to everyone at the Agatha Christie Festival, especially the volunteers, and John Tomkins of Emberlense Productions.

The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown. Our artwork is designed by Tom Double and Bartlett Studio.

Agatha Christie wrote many confession scenes - but what were her own innermost secrets? Throughout her life Agatha and her family filled in a Confessions book several times - join Mark and Gray as they take an intimate look at Agatha’s likes, dislikes and more!

For more confessions coverage, check out our episode from earlier this year: “The Swinging Christies LIVE: The Confessions of Agatha Christie”.

WE'VE WRITTEN A BOOK! You can pre-order The Swinging Christies: How Agatha Christie Conquered the 1960s⁠ ⁠NOW⁠⁠!

You can find us on Instagram⁠ ⁠@Christie_Time⁠⁠. We are also on Bluesky at⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ChristieTime.com⁠. Our YouTube account is ⁠@TheSwingingChristies⁠. Our website is⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ChristieTime.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Our other podcast, Westmapod, is still available - just search Westmapod in your podcatcher of choice or click the link ⁠here⁠!

Please subscribe to this podcast so you’re notified every time an episode drops.

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The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown. Artwork designed by Tom Double and Bartlett Studio.

00:00:00 - Opening titles

00:00:55 - Introductory chat

00:03:46 - Confessions aged 7 (15 October 1897)

00:13:30 - Confessions aged 13 (27 October 1903)

00:26:22 - Confessions aged 63 (19 April 1954)

00:34:43 - How to get in touch

00:35:32 - Closing titles

00:35:56 - Coda