I just know that for the first time, I'm not impressed with a BBC dramatization of an Hercule Poirot story and will be returning it. Perhaps it was one of the stories the playwrights needed to take a few liberties with. So, when he boasted to Poirot that he considered murder an art form, the detective had some reservations about. He was also a man of whom everybody was a little afraid. Shaitana was famous, as were his parties. Perhaps whittling down the story made it a bit too dry, or maybe the abridgment simply wasn't as skillful. A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view of a roomful of bridge players Mr. The performance and production were just as good, but somehow, the story as a dramatization didn't work. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at 2.00.
The book was first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on Novemand in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1937 probably around February. I will sometimes listen to one right before or after listening to their full length literary origins and find them great reprised, whether they hold true to the original story line or take liberties, so, after finding Cards on the Table to be quite a quite delightful tale, I bought the dramatization, as well, To my surprise, this take on the story didn't live up to the dozen or so others I have in my library. Cards on the Table is a detective novel by Agatha Christie which was first serialised in the US in The Saturday Evening Post from May 1936. With thanks to Noah for some of the production details.I usually greatly enjoy the BBC adaptations of Agatha Christie's works, especially the ones with John Moffat as Hercule Poirot, and I listen to them often. Poirot uses psychology and the bridge scores to find the killer, and discovers that four guests have murdered before. MerchandiseĪgatha Christie's Poirot - 'Cards on the Table' Region 1 DVDĪgatha Christie's Poirot - 'Cards on the Table' Region 2 DVDĬards on the Table by Agatha Christe (edition of the novel published to coincide with the programme's broadcast includes production photos and behind-the-scenes details) She returns as the character in 'Mrs McGinty's Dead' (2008), 'Third Girl' (2008), and 'Hallowe'en Party' (2010). found dead at a card game, four investigators - including Poirot himself - look for. Zoë makes her first appearance as Hercule Poirot's friend, Ariadne Oliver, in 'Cards on the Table'. CastĮxecutive Producers: Michele Buck, Phil Clymer, Delia Fine, and Damien Timmer
Alongside fellow sleuths Superintendent Battle, Colonel Race, and crimewriter Ariadne Oliver, Poirot must decide which of the other guests at the mysterious Mr Shaitana's party is a murderer. Veteran detective Hercule Poirot is invited to an evening of bridge - with a twist. < Back to TV menu Agatha Christie's Poirot - 'Cards on the Table' (2005)Ī drama by Nick Dear, based on the novel by Agatha Christie, and first broadcast on 11 December 2005 (A&E).
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