{"product_id":"agatha-christie-on-screen-9781349676958","title":"Agatha Christie on Screen","description":"This book is a comprehensive exploration of 90 years of film and television adaptations of the world's best-selling novelist's work. Drawing on extensive archival material, it offers new information regarding both the well-known and forgotten screen adaptations of Agatha Christie's stories, including unmade and rare adaptations, some of which have been unseen for more than half a century. This history offers intriguing insights into the discussions and debates that surrounded many of these screen projects - something that is brought to life through previously unpublished correspondence from Christie herself and a new wide-ranging interview with her grandson, Mathew Prichard. \u003ci\u003eAgatha Christie on Screen\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader on a journey from little known silent film adaptations, through to famous screen productions including 1974's \u003ci\u003eMurder on the Orient Express\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the television series of the Poirot and Miss Marple stories and, most recently, the BBC's acclaimed version of \u003ci\u003eAnd Then There Were None\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Mark Aldridge is a senior lecturer in Film and Television at Southampton Solent University, UK, specialising in film and television history. Previous publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of British Television\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Palgrave Macmillan. He has been a fan of Agatha Christie since he first saw \u003ci\u003eAgatha Christie's Poirot\u003c\/i\u003e when he was seven. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873248383250,"sku":"9781349676958","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e4440598-cba6-48f5-a506-d4141be2143f.jpg?v=1737925045","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/agatha-christie-on-screen-9781349676958","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}