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Murder mysteries from the world's greatest crime fiction writers. Only on BBC Sounds.

A collection of murder mysteries from some of the world's greatest writers of crime fiction. Only on BBC Sounds.

Mrs McGinty's Dead

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Hercule Poirot

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Hercule Poirot - Mrs McGinty's Dead

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Poirot believes a woman's brutal murder is linked to a lurid newspaper article.

Poirot believes a woman's brutal murder is linked to a lurid newspaper article. Stars John Moffatt and Julia McKenzie.

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot is convinced that the brutal murder of an elderly woman is connected to a lurid article printed in a Sunday newspaper.

Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars John Moffatt.   

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Hercule Poirot    ......    John Moffatt
Ariadne Oliver    ......    Julia MacKenzie
Superintendent Spence    ......    George Baker
Mrs Wetherby    ......    Rosalind Knight
Deirdre Henderson    ......    Teresa Gallagher
Mrs Upward    ......    Jill Balcon
Robin Upward    ......    Nick Waring
Eve Carpenter    ......    Angela Sims
Guy Carpenter    ......    Dominic Colchester
Dr Rendell    ......    Gerard McDermott

Director: Enyd Williams.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006.

Whodunnits: Hercule Poirot - Mrs McGinty's Dead

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With a man due to hang, Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot probes a savage murder.

With a man due to hang, Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot probes a savage murder. Agatha Christie's whodunnit starts John Moffatt.

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