The hollow may be my 2nd favorite after Joan hickson’s a murder is announced.

Sleeping Murder is the only one I actually figured out while reading (I binged them all in my early twenties)... The clue that made that one clear to me was the proximity of the house to the hospital. I was * so * proud of myself, lol.

I have read ATTWN more times than I can remember...and I never caught the one about the Judge's letter. Very, very well done.

Believe it or not, but Curtain is actually one of my very favorites, and for all the reasons you listed (and more).

Another clue in A Murder is Announced is when Bunch comes into the gathering she says she’s reading a book called Murder Makes a Hat Trick. It tells us that there will be 3 murders.

Joan Hickson has to be the definitive Miss Marple, she’s the embodiment of what you picture in your head when you read the book. Same for Suchet as Poirot - simply impossible to improve upon in my opinion.

i could see jim broadbent doing a slightly more comedic poirot which could really work, then he could get very serious in the denouements

I have read all Tey novels and mostly agree with your rankimg especially about mis pym disposes and the man in the queu.

I can’t agree with Father Brown. It was a dreadful travesty of the original. In what part of rural England would there be a Catholic parish church with such a large congregation?

Blackmailer is alive (and saved by Poirot) in Murder in the Mews

The ‘89 /Ten Little Indians/ was my introduction to that plot. Saw it first when I was … thirteen? I will probably always have a soft spot for it.

The best thing about the Margaret Rutherford films was the theme tune.

David Suchet was perfect like Poirot ❤

Better Poirot was David Suchet

I know they’re not real adaptations of Christie novels, but I love those Margaret Rutherford Marple movies.

The Little Britain guy was in an Agatha Christie movie?

I would love for you to discuss the Brother Cadfael books.

Lancelot Fortescue is the best depiction of a psychopath in all of literature!

Christie's arent cozy but they make ME feel cozy! and True cozies are hit or miss compared to the GOOD SHIT ; and i do agree cozies arent great quality BUT THEY ARE DELICIOUS and make me feel good

Somehow, although I've managed to see many of the Dishonorable Mentions, I've only seen a couple of the Top 10. So, speaking only for the ones I've seen, I was disappointed not to see Endless Night on the list. Also, the David Suchet version of Murder on the Orient Express.

One actress had a small role in one of the Rutherford films, before going on to become the BEST Miss Marple EVER! Her name - Joan Hixon.

I think the one omitted character I would definitely have included is Alexander Bonaparte Cust. The way Christie writes him is unique and a big part of what makes that novel work IMO.

The more recent versions are just abysmal.

The best Miss Marple was Margareth Rutherford.

Agatha Christie pieced together some beautiful crimes that make perfect sense from a perspective of „how could this impossible crime have been committed?“. And then when you think about how someone actually planned it, it makes no sense whatsoever that someone would come up with such a needlessly complicated plot depending completely on coincidences and luck.

This might be an unpopular opinion, but extending a novel over its natural length by an extra murder or other padding never seems a great solution. Stories tend to have a natural flow and conclusion. That might not fit into a publisher’s plan, but stories don’t get better by being stretched to meet some imaginary word count. They might benefit from some tightening, but that can also be overdone.

Thought I got it wrong was a bit tired.😂

I've never seen the Alphabet Murders but the way you describe it it sounds like Rifftrax fodder!

one oddity in the Mirror Crack'd, we never do find out who poisoned the nasal spray!

Thank you so much for this list and your commentary. Really interesting. The problem with choosing only 10, of course, is that you leave off a lot of deserving shows, even when you include honorable mentions. Maybe you should do a list of your top 100 shows. 😉 Probably even then, some people would complain about what had been left off. Of the ones I was familiar with, I thought your choices were really good. There were some, though, that I was surprised didn’t even get an honorable mention. The Cadfael mysteries for example would be something I would think you would like. Foyle’s War is another really good British mystery that I would’ve expected to at least get an honorable mention. Perhaps The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency was too short-lived for you to consider it. I don’t know if you’re familiar with it, but there’s a really good British series called Waking the Dead. And I was really surprised that Colombo didn’t make the list. I haven’t seen the Father Brown series, but your comments inspire me to look it up. Anyway, you can’t please everyone, and it was a very enjoyable exercise. Thank you for your efforts.

Thank you for reminding me why I dislike most Christie mysteries even when she provides a satisfying ending. She avoids logic and cheats by having Poirot reciting "facts" out of nowhere for the reader to discover on their own to cover her plot holes. She relies too much on racial and national stereotypes to explain alleged character traits. I can forgive her classism only because she is a product of her time - but again she relies on social class as an indicia of character traits.

Ms Ameling took Wolf lieder, in particular, into a new era of interpretation after the prior generation of singers. A true pity that the lieder recital today is a rarity. For me, it is the ultimate serious musical experience.

Enjoyed your video very much and agree with your views. The worst adaption of one of Agatha Christies books was to my mind was " The Sign Of The Four"" this ITV version was so far out from the book. David Suchet must have been embarrassed playing this role. By the way David Suchet was Poirot the very best.👍

I love Peril at End House, but I always wonder how she set up the scene to get Poirot involved. Did she actually shoot past his head from the bushes? That seems daring.

I'm loving these rankings. Have you ever considered ranking the stories in each of the five Father Brown collections by Chesterton?

Regarding your #1 criterion: I've often said that the brilliance of Christie is that she know what you're thinking. She doesn't have to do much to mislead you since she knows exactly how you're going to mislead yourself. I'm a playwright and, though I don't write mysteries, I learned from Christie how to manipulate audience expectations.

Ooh the biggest and most glaring clue we all miss in And Then There Were None" is how much it must have cost for the killer to stage all of that to begin with. That alone should narrow the suspect list down considerably. LOL

Have you watched the early 1980s adaptations of Agatha Christie by UK LWT (London weekend Television and ITV)? They include: "Why Didn't They Ask Evans", "Secret Adversary", the short stories of "Partners in Crime". The actors were Francesca Annis and James Warwick.

Nifty idea and I will join in. 'The Double Hinge,' by John Dickson Carr. It has some incredibly creepy scenes, two impossible murders and an awesome end. I love mysteries with a spooky atmosphere and this has it in spades.

Worst ever ..? John Malkovich version of the " ABC Murders. "....!!

Oh I think you missed a character here: Sophia's grandmother, even though she had been dead for a long time. I remember at the end of the book, it was said that Josephine got different traits from her grandfather, her farther, her mother, as well as her grandmother, which all came together and made her the killer she was. I was in awe when I read this part because it made so much sense on top of all the other clues, and this one was even deeper. Christie just nailed everything in this book!

In Germany from 1968(69) to 1976 (77) a tv show with similar main plot existed, but had a comedy touch. ,Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre' ( dated german: Count Yoster is so honourfull to visit you). A very rich german count has lot of time to write criminal novels, based on real cases, and became so also a known writer of crime novels. When he does one of his many trips, allways escorted by his loyal butler, he allways claims , to do his trades with banks in foreign countries, vistiting noble relatives, visiting famous people. But in reallity he , together with his butler does disguised investigations. The funny part is , the rich Count used his rich- old boys- network, and the butler, a former small scale criminal, his network of dubious people.

I'd have added Cards On The Table but a very good list of duff Christie adaptations

Can I just say that Christie‘s love triangles usually not just have the old couple ending up together, but with the less polished, less rich, less beautiful, less exciting option winning the day every time? From the Triangle at Rhodes, to Peril at End House, Evil under the Sun its always the poor, plain woman who has the undivided love and attention of the man truly, even though he might flirt with the popular, beautiful one for show or other reasons. Philomel Cottage even has a male version of this. The boring clerk wins the day over the tall, handsome stranger. It‘s one of the recurring tropes in Christie‘s work and yes, probably some wish fulfilment 😊.

In interwar Germany such a detective novel system with this kind of heroes like Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot didn' t exist. Only in Switzerland a series of three novels with same Police Detective ( Inspektor Studer) was written in this time.

It had actually never occurred to me how bad the murderers were at the job. Christie‘s murder plots are so often needlessly complicated (needlessly in realistic terms, but very fun to read, I should clarify) that it hadn’t even occurred to me to question how they’ve fared actually following such a weird plot. 😂

The actor on left side, when you speak of about 2001 Orient Express is Fritz Wepper. From 1969 to 1998 he acted as Harry ( Harald Klein) in tv shows ,Der Kommissar' and , Derrick ', then with his brother in ,Zwei Brüder' for a short time. So before 2001 he acted in three ,crime' tv shows as detective, and a kind of judge ( don' t know english word for Staatsanwalt). In late 2000s/2010s he acted in a fourth ,crime' tv show, as a psychology expert.

I agree with your summary. It's a second-tier Christie at best, with too many one-dimensional characters. The bit that always jarred with me is the shoehorning of Jane Grey into the romance with Jean Dupont, post Norman Gale's departure from the scene. It's as if Christie couldn't bear to end one of her works without the obligatory marriage of the unattached young male and female.

I read _The Hollow_ under its American title of _Murder After Hours,_ which I don't dislike, but _The Hollow_ does fit the story better. I read "Tape-Measure Murder" in a copy of _Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine._ I think it had a different title (and I could be wrong), but there was a note by the copyright of previously published as, so.

One of my favorite mysteries is _The Third Lady,_ which is a variation on the exchange of murders à la _Strangers on a Train,_ by Shizuko Natsuki, sometimes called "the Agatha Christie of Japan."