How Woke Is Netflix’s “Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials” (2026)? (ep. 19)

Warning: SPOILERS!

“The Mystery of the Seven Dials” — Agatha Christie’s pastiche of P.G. Wodehouse’s Bright Young Things and John Buchan thrillers — gets the Netflix treatment in this lavish 3-part series written by Doctor Who writer/producer Chris Chibnell. We get race-swapped characters, a healthy dose of White Guilt, some girlbossing, and changes in the story. We investigate the extent of the changes, the effect on Agatha’s original story, and whether the result is entertaining and exciting.

This show reviews the adaptations of Agatha Christie’s novels in chronological order.

Teresa Peschel, author of "Agatha Christie, She Watched" and the "International Agatha Christie, She Watched," hosts our livestream. Joining Teresa is her husband, technical adviser, and straight man, Bill Peschel. Together, they are Peschel Press, publisher of intriguing, intelligent, and idiosyncratic books (www.peschelpress.com).

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NEXT WEEK: “The Big Four” the sole adaptation from “Agatha Christie’s Poirot” (2013).

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