The Swinging Christies: Agatha Christie in the 1960s

And we are live in 3… 2… 1… Mark and Gray are back again presenting a fun voyage through three of the Agatha Christie adaptations of 1960s books, released in the 1980s and 1990s! What do they make of these three adaptations? And how Swinging are they?

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Agatha Christie Festival 2026, at the Livermead Hotel in Torquay.

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With huge thanks to everyone at the Agatha Christie Festival, especially the volunteers, and John Tomkins of Emberlense Productions.

The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown. Our artwork is designed by Tom Double and Bartlett Studio.

Agatha Christie wrote many confession scenes - but what were her own innermost secrets? Throughout her life Agatha and her family filled in a Confessions book several times - join Mark and Gray as they take an intimate look at Agatha’s likes, dislikes and more! 

For more confessions coverage, check out our episode from earlier this year: “The Swinging Christies LIVE: The Confessions of Agatha Christie”.

WE'VE WRITTEN A BOOK! You can pre-order The Swinging Christies: How Agatha Christie Conquered the 1960s⁠ ⁠NOW⁠⁠!

You can find us on Instagram⁠ ⁠@Christie_Time⁠⁠. We are also on Bluesky at⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ChristieTime.com⁠. Our YouTube account is ⁠@TheSwingingChristies⁠. Our website is⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ChristieTime.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Our other podcast, Westmapod, is still available - just search Westmapod in your podcatcher of choice or click the link ⁠here⁠!

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The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown. Artwork designed by Tom Double and Bartlett Studio.

00:00:00 - Opening titles

00:00:55 - Introductory chat

00:03:46 - Confessions aged 7 (15 October 1897)

00:13:30 - Confessions aged 13 (27 October 1903)

00:26:22 - Confessions aged 63 (19 April 1954)

00:34:43 - How to get in touch

00:35:32 - Closing titles

00:35:56 - Coda

Come settle in with Gray and Mark as they watch the next Margaret Rutherford Miss Marple film, Murder Most Foul (1964). Try as a commentary, by syncing up your copy of the film, or simply sit back and let our giddy observations wash over you. The Swinging Christies: the best place to be in this distracted globe. 

WE'VE WRITTEN A BOOK! You can pre-order The Swinging Christies: How Agatha Christie Conquered the 1960s⁠ ⁠NOW⁠⁠!

You can find us on Instagram⁠ ⁠@Christie_Time⁠⁠. We are also on Bluesky at⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ChristieTime.com⁠. Our YouTube account is ⁠@TheSwingingChristies⁠. Our website is⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ChristieTime.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Our other podcast, Westmapod, is still available - just search Westmapod in your podcatcher of choice or click the link ⁠here⁠!

Please subscribe to this podcast so you’re notified every time an episode drops.

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The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown. Artwork designed by Tom Double and Bartlett Studio.

00:00:00 - Opening titles

00:00:45 - Introductory chat

00:03:48 - Commentary track for Murder Most Foul (1964)

01:30:40 - How to get in touch

01:32:01 - Closing titles

01:32:24 - Coda

Solutions revealed - Mrs McGinty’s Dead

You there! Are you a new Swinger (not like that) or just wondering which of the Swinging-era Agatha Christie books you should read next? Well, we are here with a host of recommendations for you, from our favourite Poirot and Marple titles, to the best option if you’re looking for something darker... Plus we reveal our favourite episodes we've made so far!

WE'VE WRITTEN A BOOK! You can pre-order The Swinging Christies: How Agatha Christie Conquered the 1960s ⁠NOW⁠!

We will be LIVE AGAIN in September 2026 for the next Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay - you can check out the event details here.

You can find us on Instagram ⁠@Christie_Time⁠. We are also on Bluesky at ⁠ChristieTime.com. Our YouTube account is @TheSwingingChristies. Our website is ⁠ChristieTime.com⁠.

Our other podcast, Westmapod, is available now - just search Westmapod in your podcatcher of choice or click the link here!

Please subscribe to this podcast so you’re notified every time an episode drops.

Please also consider giving us a star rating and/or reviewing us on your podcatcher of choice.

The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown. Artwork designed by Tom Double and Bartlett Studio.

00:00:00 - Opening titles

00:00:25 - Introductory chat

00:04:00 - Where to start with... this podcast 

00:10:00 - Where to start if... you want something dark

00:13:42 - Where to start if... you’re a Poirot fan

00:18:13 - Where to start if... you’re a Miss Marple fan

00:23:08 - Where to start if... you want something trad

00:26:57 - Where to start with... the Swinging Christies films

00:31:21 - Where to start if... you’re looking for a beach read

00:34:40 - Where to start if... you want to learn something new

00:36:39 - How to get in touch

00:38:50 - Closing titles

00:39:29 - Coda

Welcome to a very special episode, recorded at the London Comedy Film Festival, the world’s premiere comedy film festival! Gray was interviewed by festival director and Agatha fan Benedict Morrison about the 1960s filmic inclination to inject extra laughs into Agatha Christies. But is Agatha funny?

WE'VE WRITTEN A BOOK! You can pre-order The Swinging Christies: How Agatha Christie Conquered the 1960s ⁠NOW⁠!

We will be LIVE AGAIN in September 2026 for the next Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay - you can check out the event details here.

You can find us on Instagram ⁠@Christie_Time⁠. We are also on Bluesky at ⁠ChristieTime.com. Our YouTube account is @TheSwingingChristies. Our website is ⁠ChristieTime.com⁠.

Our other podcast, Westmapod, has launched - just search Westmapod in your podcatcher of choice to check it out or click the link here!

Please subscribe to the podcast so you’re notified every time an episode drops.

Please also consider giving us a star rating and/or reviewing us on your podcatcher of choice.

The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown. Artwork designed by Bartlett Studio.

00:00:00 - Opening titles

00:00:56 - Introductory chat

00:02:50 - Gray and Benedict at the London Comedy Festival

00:32:04 - Debrief with Mark

00:40:58 - How to get in touch

00:42:19 - Coda, closing titles

Back by popular demand, The Swinging Christies goes LIVE for only the second time! This special episode was recorded in Torquay at the Agatha Christie Festival Spring Gathering on 11 April 2026. Join Mark and Gray as they resurface a long-forgotten document: The Confessions of Agatha Christie…!

WE'VE WRITTEN A BOOK! You can pre-order The Swinging Christies: How Agatha Christie Conquered the 1960s ⁠NOW⁠!

We will be LIVE AGAIN in September 2026 for the next Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay - you can check out the event details here.

You can find us on Instagram ⁠@Christie_Time⁠. We are also on Bluesky at ⁠ChristieTime.com. Our YouTube account is @TheSwingingChristies. Our website is ⁠ChristieTime.com⁠.

Our other podcast, Westmapod, has launched - just search Westmapod in your podcatcher of choice to check it out or click the link here!

Please subscribe to the podcast so you’re notified every time an episode drops.

Please also consider giving us a star rating and/or reviewing us on your podcatcher of choice.

The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown. Artwork designed by Bartlett Studio and Tom Double. Filmed and edited by John Tomkins at Emberlense Films.

00:00:00 - Opening titles

00:01:23 - Our rundown of the Confessions of Agatha Christie...

00:41:20 - EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT!

00:44:01 - How to get in touch

00:44:34 - Coda, closing titles

To mark (Aldridge) the occasion of Mark Aldridge’s latest book being available in PAPERBACK for the first time, Gray and Mark sit down to watch and natter through Murder at the Gallop (1963), the second of four 1960s films starring Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple. You can purchase Mark’s book, Agatha Christie’s Marple: Expert on Wickedness in paperback, ebook and audio now!

WE'VE WRITTEN A BOOK! You can pre-order The Swinging Christies: How Agatha Christie Conquered the 1960s ⁠NOW⁠!

You can find us on Instagram ⁠@Christie_Time⁠. We are also on Bluesky at ⁠ChristieTime.com. Our YouTube account is @TheSwingingChristies.  Our website is⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ChristieTime.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Our other podcast, Westmapod, launched on 31 March 2026 - just search Westmapod in your podcatcher of choice to check it out!

Please subscribe to the podcast so you’re notified every time an episode drops.

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The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown. Artwork designed by Bartlett Studio and Tom Double.

00:00:00 - Opening titles

00:00:44 - Introductory chat

00:02:36 - Commentary track for Murder at the Gallop (1963)

01:20:41 - How to get in touch

01:21:58 - Closing titles

01:22:17 - Coda

Solutions revealed - After the Funeral, The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Hello Swingers, we have a new Agatha Christie podcast over on another feed we wanted to tell you about! But don't worry, The Swinging Christies isn't going anywhere. Go search WESTMAPOD in your podcatcher of choice and make sure you subscribe!

It’s the introductory episode of Westmapod: Agatha Christie’s Secret Identity with co-hosts Gray and Mark (aka Christie Time).

The alter ego of best-selling novelist Agatha Christie, Westmacott wrote six fascinating novels - and in this bookclub-style limited series, we will be going book-by-book to answer to question: who is Mary Westmacott?

Read along with us! Each episode drops after a fortnight, on Tuesdays. You have until Tuesday 14 April 2026 to read book 1, Giant’s Bread!

WE'VE WRITTEN A BOOK! You can pre-order The Swinging Christies: How Agatha Christie Conquered the 1960s ⁠NOW⁠!

You can find us on Instagram ⁠@Christie_Time⁠. Our website is ChristieTime.com. We are also on Bluesky at ChristieTime.com. Our YouTube account is @Westmapod. 

Please subscribe to the podcast so you’re notified every time an episode drops! And do also stay subscribed to The Swinging Christies for monthly episodes over there!

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Westmapod is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown. Artwork designed by Tom Double.

00:00:00 - Exclusive Swinging Christies intro to Westmapod!

00:03:09 - Opening titles

00:04:03 - Introduction to Westmapod

00:05:54 - Who is Mary Westmacott?

00:11:49 - The six Mary Westmacott books

00:17:55 - What are we looking to discover?

00:21:34 - Series plan, next episode, how to get in touch

00:25:43 - Closing titles

00:26:40 - Coda

Mark and Gray are reunited to discuss the working titles of Agatha Christie’s Swinging works - novels, plays and short stories to boot! Recorded in a very special location this is a fun rundown and a valuable glimpse into the Queen of Crime’s unique planning process!

You can find us on Instagram ⁠@Christie_Time⁠. We are also on Bluesky at ⁠ChristieTime.com. Our YouTube account is @TheSwingingChristies. 

WESTMAPOD launches on 31 March 2026!

Please subscribe to the podcast so you’re notified every time an episode drops!

Please also consider giving us a star rating and/or reviewing us on your podcatcher of choice.

Our website is ⁠ChristieTime.com⁠.

The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.

00:00:00 - Opening titles

00:00:43 - Introductory chat

00:03:45 - Drag naming game!

00:08:07 - Work In Progress

00:11:43 - Cat Among the Pigeons (1959)

00:14:50 - The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960)

00:17:17 - The Pale Horse (1961)

00:19:23 - The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side (1962)

00:25:33 - The Rule of Three (1962)

00:30:49 - The Clocks (1963)

00:33:47 - A Caribbean Mystery (1964)

00:36:56 - At Bertram’s Hotel (1965)

00:38:10 - Third Girl (1966)

00:41:31 - Endless Night (1967)

00:44:15 - By the Pricking of My Thumbs (1968)

00:50:18 - Hallowe’en Party (1969)

00:51:53 - Passenger to Frankfurt (1970)

00:54:04 - How to get in touch

00:55:24 - Closing titles

00:55:51 - Coda

Solutions revealed - Cat Among the Pigeons, The Pale Horse, At Bertram’s Hotel, Hallowe’en Party

TW - language quoted that some members of the traveller communities may find offensive

Gray and Mark take the sea tractor over the crashing waves to the magnificent Burgh Island Hotel in Devon. Cut off from the mainland, they discuss Agatha Christie’s Devonshire locations and references in the Swinging works, and then meet Giles Fuchs, proprietor of the Burgh Island Hotel! But will there be a murder? (Spoiler: no.)

You can find us on Instagram ⁠@Christie_Time⁠. We are also on Bluesky at ⁠ChristieTime.com. Our YouTube account is @TheSwingingChristies. 

You can find out more about Burgh Island at BurghIsland.com.

Don't forget - our other podcast, WESTMAPOD, launches on 31 March 2026!

Please subscribe to the podcast so you’re notified every time an episode drops!

Please also consider giving us a star rating and/or reviewing us on your podcatcher of choice.

Our website is ⁠ChristieTime.com⁠.

The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.

00:00:00 - Opening titles

00:00:37 - Introductory chat

00:03:14 - Agatha Christie in Devon

00:16:29 - Devon in the Swinging Christies texts

00:27:15 - Interview with Giles Fuchs, proprietor of the Burgh Island Hotel

00:38:25 - Next episode, how to get in touch

00:39:30 - Closing titles

00:39:45 - Coda