Agatha Christie The Unexpected Guest


(4.8 stars; 227 reviews)

Agatha Christie The Unexpected Guest Adapted for radio and directed by Gordon House A foggy night... a lonely country house ... and a woman with a gun in her hand quietly surveying the dead body of her husband. She has obviously murdered him. But then nothing is obvious in an Agatha Christie thriller…. Laura Warwick: Jill Meers Michael Starkwedder: Alexander John Miss Bennett: Diana Bishop Jan Warwick: Elizabeth Lindsay Mrs Warwick: Margot Boyd Henry Angell: Anthony Hyde Sgt Cadwallader: Sion Probert Insp Thomas: Michael Spice Julian Farrar: Sean Arnold Afternoon Theatre: Fri 12th Mar 1982 15:02 on BBC Radio 4 FM

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Reviews

Very nice


(5 stars)

A classic. Short and twisty, with all the ends tied up. Good production.


(4 stars)

All very well played roles, of course wonderfully written (being Christie ) however it could have used a narrator of some sort setting the scene in between the parts of the Dramatis Personae (Especially at the very beginning, as it jumps straight into the dialogue without any preamble)

no narrator and bad VAs


(4.5 stars)

there is no narrator telling us we changed scene and 2 va were very hard too understand, one toohard. he seemed indian which is odd for the time of recording. couldn't understand what these 2 guts (police officers?) were saying.


(4 stars)

A man comes to a house where a murder has just happened. His car broke down and he’s looking for help but gets swept up in the investigation. I listened to the radio drama on LibriVox (freedom boons) and it was very well done.

Unexpected Guest


(5 stars)

Christie's Unexpected Guest is brilliant. As I read this tale, the unexpected twist of events made it a wonderful read. I enjoyed it.

wonderful!!!


(5 stars)

what a treat to listen to! my only complaint is that it was so short! I would have liked it to be longer.

Quite apropos. The guest was quite unexpected.


(5 stars)

A fascinating story that was well delivered. It could have been longer.


(5 stars)

Almost as good as the full length story. Loved it though. Thank you.