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Agatha Christie

Sparkling Cyanide

1. Rosemary

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

21-year-old Rosemary dies at her birthday party after drinking from a glass of cyanide-laced champagne.

The small group of friends and family who were present struggle to understand - was it suicide, or could one of them possibly have murdered her?

An ex-lover, a younger sister who stood to inherit, a jealous husband?

It seems almost all the guests had a motive...

Agatha Christie's deadly mystery, first published in 1945.

Dramatised in three parts by Joy Wilkinson.

Iris ..... Naomi Frederick
Rosemary ..... Jasmine Hyde
George ..... Peter Wight
Anthony ..... Colin Tierney
Ruth ..... Amanda Drew
Stephen ..... James Lailey
Sandra ..... Tracy Wiles
Victor ..... Simon Bubb

Director: Mary Peate

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2012. Show less

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