Show Notes
In this episode, we take a look at The Murder of Roger Ackroyd —------------------ We are your hosts: Gillian Porter - a long-time Agatha Christie reader and collector, And her husband Alan Porter, who after almost 40 years of sharing a house with Agatha Christie books has decided he should read them. We’ll be tackling the books in UK publication order as detailed on the official Agatha Christie website, and sharing our thoughts on each from the viewpoint of someone familiar with them, and someone reading them for the first time. —------------------- Links mentioned in this episode Podcast Related Links Chronological Christie Instagram account - https://www.instagram.com/chronologicalchristie/
Chronological Christie @ Bookshop.org - ttps://bookshop.org/lists/chronological-christies
Publication Order List - https://agathachristie.imgix.net/image-store/Read-Christie-2024/ACL_CompleteList_2024.pdf
Wikipedia Pages for the books discussed. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Murder_of_Roger_Ackroyd
Adaptation related links Movie Alibi 1931 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibi_(1931_film)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd TV adaption Poirot - Season 7 Episode 1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0236523/
Radio adaptation starring Orson Welles - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9GJaT4J2FY
Radio play starring John Moffatt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYPC0WeCIm8
Japanese Adaptation - The Murder of Kuroido - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9117208/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnq3P2q7F04 Russian adaptation - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0340265/
YouTube by Miles LeDoux comparing the book and the TV adaptation - https://youtu.be/gIKoLSjka-s?si=gAIkZzY4ON5zsc-b
The Curiously Specific Bookclub - Part One - https://curiouslyspecific.com/2023/05/22/agatha-christies-the-murder-of-roger-ackroyd-part-one/ Part Two https://curiouslyspecific.com/2023/05/22/agatha-christies-the-murder-of-roger-ackroyd-part-two/
References Agatha Christie: An Autobiography - https://bookshop.org/a/10029/9780062204578
Agatha Christie, A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley - https://bookshop.org/a/10029/9781639362530
The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie - A Biographical Companion to the Works of Agatha Christie by Charles Osborne
The Complete Christie, An Agatha Christie Encyclopedia by Matthew Bunson - https://bookshop.org/a/10029/9780671028312
Beautiful - Comic Book Adaptions - https://beautifulbooks.info/agatha-christie-comic-book-series/
Stranger Than Fiction - Agatha Christie’s True Crime Inspirations by Mike Holgate - not found on Bookshop.org
Agatha Christie - Poirot The Greatest Detective in the World by Dr Mark Aldridge - https://bookshop.org/a/10029/9780008296643
Other Links Alan’s website - https://alanjporter.wordpress.com/
Alan’s Newsletter - https://alanjporter.substack.com/
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