Adaptations of Agatha Christie
Lists of adaptations of the works ofAgatha Christie:
Film[edit]
Year | Title | Story based on | Character | Country | Notes |
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1928 | The Passing of Mr. Quinn | The Coming of Mr Quin | Dr. Alec Portal | First Christie film adaptation | |
1929 | Die Abenteurer G.m.b.H. | The Secret Adversary | names changed | German | First foreign Christie film adaptation; names changed from the novel. |
1931 | Alibi | The stage playAlibiand the novelThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd | Hercule Poirot | First Christie film adaptation to featureHercule Poirot | |
1931 | Black Coffee | Black Coffee | Hercule Poirot | ||
1932 | Le Coffret de Laque | Black Coffee | Hercule Poirot | France | Adaptation ofBlack Coffee |
1934 | Lord Edgware Dies | Thirteen at Dinner | Hercule Poirot | ||
1937 | Love from a Stranger | The stage playLove from a Strangerand the short storyPhilomel Cottage | names changed | Released in the US asA Night of Terror | |
1945 | And Then There Were None | The stage playAnd Then There Were Noneand the novelAnd Then There Were None | names changed | First Christie film adaptation ofAnd Then There Were None | |
1947 | Love from a Stranger | The stage playLove from a Strangerand the short storyPhilomel Cottage | Cecily Harrington | Released in the UK asA Stranger Walked In | |
1957 | Witness for the Prosecution | The stage playWitness for the Prosecutionand the short storyThe Witness for the Prosecution | Leonard Vole | ||
1960 | The Spider's Web | Spider's Web | Hailsham-Brown | ||
1960 | Chupi Chupi Aashey | The MousetrapandThree Blind Mice (radio play and short story) | names changed | India | Uncredited adaptation possibly the only notable film version of the celebrated play.[citation needed] |
1961 | Murder, She Said | 4.50 from Paddington | Miss Marple | First Christie film adaptation to featureMiss Marple | |
1963 | Murder at the Gallop | After the Funeral | Miss Marple | The original Novel features Hercule Poirot instead of Miss Marple | |
1964 | Murder Most Foul | Mrs McGinty's Dead | Miss Marple | The original Novel features Hercule Poirot instead of Miss Marple | |
1964 | Murder Ahoy! | None | Miss Marple | An original film, not based on any book, although it borrows some elements ofThey Do It with Mirrors | |
1965 | Ten Little Indians | The stage playAnd Then There Were Noneand the novelAnd Then There Were None | names changed | ||
1965 | Gumnaam | And Then There Were None | names changed | India | Uncredited adaptation |
1965 | The Alphabet Murders | The A.B.C. Murders | Hercule Poirot | ||
1970 | Nadu Iravil | And Then There Were None | names changed | India | Uncredited adaptation in Tamil |
1972 | Endless Night | Endless Night | Michael Rogers | ||
1973 | Dhund | The Unexpected Guest | names changed | India | Dhund(translation: Fog) produced and directed by B. R. Chopra |
1974 | Murder on the Orient Express | Murder on the Orient Express | Hercule Poirot | ||
1974 | And Then There Were None | The stage playAnd Then There Were Noneand the novelAnd Then There Were None | names changed | Released in the US asTen Little Indians | |
1978 | Death on the Nile | The stage playMurder on the Nileand the novelDeath on the Nile | Hercule Poirot | ||
1980 | The Mirror Crack'd | The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | Miss Marple | ||
1982 | Evil Under the Sun | Evil Under the Sun | Hercule Poirot | ||
1983 | Taina "Chyornykh Drozdov"(= Secret of the Blackbirds) (Russian:Тайна "Чёрных дроздов") |
The novelA Pocket Full of Rye | names changed | Soviet Union | |
1985 | Ordeal by Innocence | Ordeal by Innocence | Arthur Calgary | ||
1987 | Desyat Negrityat(= Ten Little Niggers) (Russian:Десять негритят) |
The stage playAnd Then There Were Noneand the novelAnd Then There Were None | Lawrence Wargrave | Soviet Union | |
1988 | Appointment with Death | The stage playAppointment with Deathand the novelAppointment with Death | Hercule Poirot | ||
1989 | Ten Little Indians | The stage playAnd Then There Were Noneand the novelAnd Then There Were None | Lawrence Wargrave | ||
1989 | Zagadka Endhausa (Russian:Загадка Эндхауза) |
Peril at End House | Hercule Poirot | Soviet Union | |
1990 | Myshelovka (Russian:Мышеловка) |
The stage playThe Mousetrap | Sergeant Trotter | Soviet Union | |
1995 | Innocent Lies | Towards Zero | names changed | Loose adaptation of Towards Zero after scripts issue. | |
2003 | Shubho Mahurat | The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | names changed | India (Bengali) | Loosely based on Miss Marple Novel The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side |
2004 | Mindhunters | n/a | names changed | Very loose adaptation of The stage playAnd Then There Were Noneand the novelAnd Then There Were None | |
2005 | Mon petit doigt m'a dit... | By the Pricking of My Thumbs | Prudence Beresford | France | |
2007 | L'Heure zéro | Towards Zero | names changed | France | |
2008 | Le crime est notre affaire | 4.50 from Paddington | Prudence Beresford | France | The adaptation replaces Miss Marple with Prudence Beresford. |
2008 | Le Grand Alibi | The Hollow | names changed | France | Poirot does not appear in the adaptation. |
2011 | Aduthathu | The stage playAnd Then There Were Noneand the novelAnd Then There Were None | names changed | India (Tamil) | |
2012 | Grandmaster | The A.B.C. Murders | names changed | India (Malayalam) | |
2012 | Associés contre le crime | The Case of the Missing Lady | Prudence Beresford | France | |
2015 | Aatagara | The stage playAnd Then There Were Noneand the novelAnd Then There Were None | names changed | India (Kannada) | |
2016 | Chorabali | Cards on the Table | names changed | Bangladesh (Bengali) | |
2017 | Murder on the Orient Express | Murder on the Orient Express | Hercule Poirot | ||
2017 | Crooked House | Crooked House | Charles Hayward | ||
2022 | Death on the Nile | Death on the Nile | Hercule Poirot | A sequel to 2017'sMurder on the Orient Express. | |
2023 | A Haunting in Venice | Hallowe'en Party | Hercule Poirot | A sequel to 2022'sDeath on the Nile. |
Television[edit]
- 1938Love from a Stranger(Based on the stage play of the same name from the short storyPhilomel Cottage)
- 1947Love from a Stranger
- 1949Ten Little Indians
- 1955Spider's Web(Based on the stage play of the same name)
- 1956Spider's Web
- 1959Ten Little Indians
- 1970The Murder at the Vicarage
- 1980Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
- 1981The Seven Dials Mystery
- 1982Spider's Web
- 1982The Agatha Christie Hour
- 1982Murder is Easy
- 1982The Witness for the Prosecution
- 1983The Secret Adversary
- 1983Partners in Crime
- 1983A Caribbean Mystery
- 1983Sparkling Cyanide
- 1985Murder with Mirrors
- 1985Thirteen at Dinner
- 1986Dead Man's Folly
- 1986Murder in Three Acts
- 1989The Man in the Brown Suit
- 1997The Pale Horse
- 2001Murder on the Orient Express
- 2003Sparkling Cyanide
- 2007Hercule Poirot's Christmas(A French film adaptation)
- 2015Partners in Crime
- 2015And Then There Were None
- 2016The Witness For The Prosecution
- 2018Ordeal by Innocence
- 2018The ABC Murders
- 2018Ms. Ma, Nemesis
- 2020The Pale Horse
- 2022Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
- 2023Murder is Easy
Miss Marpletelevision series[edit]
Episodes of the television seriesMiss Marpleinclude:
- 1984The Body in the Library
- 1985The Moving Finger
- 1985A Murder is Announced
- 1985A Pocket Full of Rye
- 1986The Murder at the Vicarage
- 1987Sleeping Murder
- 1987At Bertram's Hotel
- 1987Nemesis
- 19874.50 from Paddington
- 1989A Caribbean Mystery
- 1991They Do It with Mirrors
- 1992The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Agatha Christie's Marpletelevision series[edit]
Episodes of the television seriesAgatha Christie's Marpleinclude:
- 2004The Body in the Library
- 2004The Murder at the Vicarage
- 20044.50 from Paddington
- 2005A Murder is Announced
- 2005Sleeping Murder
- 2006The Moving Finger
- 2006By the Pricking of My Thumbs
- 2006The Sittaford Mystery
- 2007Towards Zero
- 2007Nemesis
- 2007At Bertram's Hotel
- 2007Ordeal by Innocence
- 2009A Pocket Full of Rye
- 2009Murder is Easy
- 2009They Do It with Mirrors
- 2009Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
- 2010The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
- 2010The Secret of Chimneys
- 2010The Blue Geranium
- 2010The Pale Horse
- 2013A Caribbean Mystery
- 2013Greenshaw's Folly
- 2013Endless Night
Agatha Christie's Poirottelevision series[edit]
Episodes of the television seriesAgatha Christie's Poirotinclude:
- 1989The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
- 1989Murder in the Mews
- 1989The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly
- 1989Four and Twenty Blackbirds
- 1989The Third Floor Flat
- 1989Triangle at Rhodes
- 1989Problem at Sea
- 1989The Incredible Theft
- 1989The King of Clubs
- 1989The Dream
- 1990Peril at End House
- 1990The Veiled Lady
- 1990The Lost Mine
- 1990The Cornish Mystery
- 1990The Disappearance of Mr. Davenhiem
- 1990Double Sin
- 1990The Adventure of the Cheap Flat
- 1990The Kidnapped Prime Minister
- 1990The Adventure of the Western Star
- 1990The Mysterious Affair at Styles
- 1991How Does Your Garden Grow?
- 1991The Million Dollar Bond Robbery
- 1991The Plymouth Express
- 1991Wasps' Nest
- 1991The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor
- 1991The Double Clue
- 1991The Mystery of the Spanish Chest
- 1991The Theft of the Royal Ruby
- 1991The Affair at the Victory Ball
- 1991The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge
- 1992The ABC Murders
- 1992Death in the Clouds
- 1992One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
- 1993The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
- 1993The Under dog
- 1993The Yellow Iris
- 1993The Case of the Missing Will
- 1993The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman
- 1993The Chocolate Box
- 1993Dead Man's Mirror
- 1993The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
- 1995Hercule Poirot's Christmas
- 1995Hickory Dickory Dock
- 1996Murder on the Links
- 1996Dumb Witness
- 2000The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
- 2000Lord Edgware Dies
- 2001Evil Under the Sun
- 2002Murder in Mesopotamia
- 2003Five Little Pigs
- 2003Sad Cypress
- 2004Death on the Nile
- 2004The Hollow
- 2006The Mystery of the Blue Train
- 2006Cards on the Table
- 2006After the Funeral
- 2006Taken at the Flood
- 2008Mrs. McGinty's Dead
- 2008Cat Among the Pigeons
- 2008Third Girl
- 2009Appointment with Death
- 2010Three Act Tragedy
- 2010Hallowe'en Party
- 2010Murder on the Orient Express
- 2011The Clocks
- 2013Elephants Can Remember
- 2013The Big Four
- 2013Dead Man's Folly
- 2013The Labours of Hercules
- 2013Curtain
Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christietelevision series[edit]
The French-language television seriesLes Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christieadapted thirty-six of Christie's works of detective fiction. It included a four-part mini-series set in 1930s France (2006) and a distinct two-series run with Series One also set in 1930s France (2009–2012, 11 episodes) and Series Two set in mid-1950s to 1960s France (2013–2020, 27 episodes).
BBC Radio[edit]
Many of Christie's novels have been adapted for BBC Radio over the course of several years.[1] The most prominent productions were the dramatisations of the Poirot and Miss Marple stories:
Poirot[edit]
(StarringJohn Moffattas Poirot, unless otherwise stated)
- The Mysterious Affair at Styles
- Murder on the Links
- The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
- The Mystery of the Blue Train(*Maurice Denhamas Poirot)
- Peril at End House
- Lord Edgware Dies(aka Thirteen at Dinner)
- Murder in Mesopotamia
- Murder on the Orient Express
- Three Act Tragedy
- Death in the Clouds
- The A.B.C. Murders
- Dumb Witness
- Cards on the Table
- Death on the Nile
- Appointment with Death
- Hercule Poirot's Christmas(*Peter Sallisas Poirot)
- One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
- Sad Cypress
- Evil Under the Sun
- Five Little Pigs
- Taken at the Flood
- Mrs McGinty's Dead
- After the Funeral
- Dead Man's Folly
- Hallowe'en Party
- Elephants Can Remember
Miss Marple[edit]
(StarringJune Whitfieldas Miss Marple)
- The Body in the Library
- The Murder at the Vicarage
- 4.50 from Paddington
- A Murder Is Announced
- Sleeping Murder
- The Moving Finger
- At Bertram's Hotel
- Nemesis
- A Caribbean Mystery
- They Do It With Mirrors
- The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side
- A Pocket Full of Rye
Notable others[edit]
StarringJonathan Forbesas Mike and Lizzy Watts as Ellie
StarringHugh Bonnevilleas Nevile andMarcia Warrenas Lady Tresselian
Starring Melinda Walker as Emily Trefusis,Stephen Tompkinsonas Charles Enderby,John Moffattas Mr. Rycroft andGeoffrey Whiteheadas Inspector Narracott
Geoffrey Whiteheadas Justice Wargrave,Lyndsey Marshalas Vera Claythorne,Alex Wyndhamas Philip Lombard,John Roweas Dr. Armstrong, andJoanna Monroas Emily Brent
StarringNaomi Frederickas Iris andAmanda Drewas Ruth
StarringMark Umbersas Arthur Calgary andJacqueline Defferaryas Gwenda
Graphic novels[edit]
Euro Comics India began issuing a series of graphic novel adaptations of Christie's work in 2007.
- 2007The Murder on the Links.Adapted by François Rivière, illustrated by Marc Piskic
- 2007Murder on the Orient Express.Adapted by François Rivière, illustrated by Solidor (Jean-François Miniac).
- 2007Death on the Nile.Adapted by Francois Riviere, illustrated by Solidor (Jean-François Miniac)
- 2007The Secret of Chimneys.Adapted by François Rivière, illustrated by Laurence Suhner
- 2007The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.Adapted and illustrated by Bruno Lachard
- 2007The Mystery of the Blue Train.Adapted and illustrated by Marc Piskic
- 2007The Man in the Brown Suit.Adapted and illustrated by Alain Paillou
- 2007The Big Four.Adapted by Hichot and illustrated by Bairi
- 2007The Secret Adversary.Adapted by François Rivière and illustrated by Frank Leclercq
- 2007The Murder at the Vicarage.Adapted and illustrated by "Norma"
- 2007Murder in Mesopotamia.Adapted by François Rivière and illustrated by Chandre
- 2007And Then There Were None.Adapted by François Rivière and illustrated by Frank Leclercq
- 2007Endless Night.Adapted by Francois Rivière and illustrated by Frank Leclercq
- 2008Ordeal by Innocence.Adapted and illustrated by Chandre
- 2008Hallowe'en Party.Adapted and illustrated by Chandre
- 2008Peril at End HouseAdapted by Thierry Jollet and illustrated by Didier Quella-Guyot
- 2009Dumb WitnessAdapted and illustrated by "Marek"
- 2010Cards on the TableAdapted and illustrated by Frank Leclercq
- 2010Five Little PigsAdapted by Miceal O'Griafa, David Charrier
- 2012Dead Man's FollyAdapted and illustrated byMarek
- 2013Evil Under the SunAdapted by Thierry Jollet and illustrated by Didier Quella-Guyot
Video games[edit]
- 1988:The Scoop(published bySpinnaker SoftwareandTelarium) (PC)
- 2005:Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None(PC andWii).
- 2006:Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express(PC)
- 2007:Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile(I-Spy hidden-object game) (PC)
- 2007:Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun(PC and Wii)
- 2008:Agatha Christie: Peril at End House(I-Spy hidden-object game)
- 2009:Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders(DS)
- 2009:Agatha Christie: Dead Man's Folly(I-Spy hidden-object game) (PC)
- 2010:Agatha Christie 4:50 from Paddington(I-Spy hidden-object game) (PC)
- 2016:Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders(PC,Nintendo Switch,PlayStation 4andXbox One)
- 2021:Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The First Cases(PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One)
- 2023:Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The London Case(PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S)
Animation[edit]
In 2004, the Japanese broadcasting companyNippon Hōsō Kyōkaiturned Poirot and Marple into animated characters in the anime seriesAgatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple,introducing Mabel West (daughter of Miss Marple's mystery-writer nephewRaymond West,acanonicalChristie character) and her duck Oliver as new characters.
References[edit]
- ^"Series: Agatha Christie".www.radioechoes.com.1942–1998.Retrieved25 January2019.