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Agatha Christie: Sparkling Cyanide: 1. Rosemary

1. Rosemary

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21-year-old debutante Rosemary dies after a sip of cyanide-laced birthday champagne.

21-year-old debutante Rosemary dies after a sip of cyanide-laced birthday champagne. Stars Naomi Frederick and Jasmine Hyde.

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.

Agatha Christie: Sparkling Cyanide

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Agatha Christie mystery about debutante Rosemary, who dies at her birthday party

Agatha Christie mystery about 21-year-old debutante Rosemary, who dies at her birthday party by taking a sip of cyanide-laced champagne

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