Mystery is one of the most popular genres of screen adaptations, with Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle providing the source material for many of them. However, there are many other adaptations to enjoy, and in this episode, Brook and Sarah discuss the different formats that mystery adaptations can take.

Correction: Brook refers to Matthew Pritchard as Agatha Christie's son, but he was her grandson.

Discussed in order

The Death of Nancy Sykes (1897)

Baffled (1900)

The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) Agatha Christie

“The Coming of Mr. Quinn” (1928) Agatha Christie

The Passing of Mr. Quinn (1928) Leslie S. Hiscott and Julius Hagen

Alibi (1931) Leslie S. Hiscott

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) Agatha Christie

Murder on the Orient Express (1934) Agatha Christie

Murder on the Orient Express (2017) Kenneth Branagh

Death on the Nile (2022) Kenneth Branagh

Death on the Nile (1937) Agatha Christie

The Halloween Party (1969) Agatha Christie

A Haunting in Venice (TBD) Kenneth Branagh

The Mousetrap (1952) Agatha Christie

Vertigo (1958) Alfred Hitchock

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1973) Louise Duncan

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) Columbia Pictures

The Shadow (1937, 1954)

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939-1950)

Perry Mason (1943-1955)

The Adventures of Sam Spade (1946-1951)

The Red House Mystery (1922) A.A. Milne

The Moonstone (1868) Wilkie Collins

Pretty Little Liars (2010-2017) Warner Bros.

Pretty Little Liars (2006) Sara Shepard

Big Little Lies (2014) Leann Moriarity

Big Little Lies (2017-2019) HBO

House of Cards (1989) Michael Dobbs

House of Cards (2010-2018) Netflix

House of Cards (1990) BBC

The Alienist (1994) Caleb Carr

The Alienist (2018) HBO

Shardlake Series (2003-2023) C.J. Sansom

Shardlake (2012-2021) BBC 15-minute Drama on BBC

Magpie Murders (2016) Anthony Horowitz

Magpie Murders (2022) PBS Masterpiece

The Terminal List (2018) Jack Carr

The Terminal List (2022) Amazon Prime Video

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