Episodes

  • Episode 6: Trains

    Episode 6: Trains
    Sep 26 2024

    This episode celebrates Agatha Christie’s love of trains and was recorded on location aboard the Dartmouth Steam Railway. This was a route taken by Poirot in two of Christie’s novels and by the author herself when visiting her holiday home at Greenway. Matt and Sophie also explore some of the more exotic routes featured in both her books and her own adventures, including the Orient Express. Special guests include Maria Kerr from English Riviera Custom Tours, Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan, Mathew Prichard and author Andrew Eames.

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    32 mins
  • Episode 5: Dartmoor

    Episode 5: Dartmoor
    Sep 19 2024
    This episode takes listeners on journey into the rugged heart of Dartmoor, an untamed national park that has inspired both Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie. Matt and Sophie visit the hotel where Christie wrote her first novel, before venturing deeper into the wilderness and uncovering many legends along the way. Guests include Jamie Bernthal- Hooker, Alex Graham, Stephanie Austin and David Morris from Collecting Christie.
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    37 mins
  • Episode 4: War

    Episode 4: War
    Sep 12 2024

    In our latest episode we look at Agatha’s life in Torquay during World War 1. We visit where she worked in the Voluntary Aid Detachment as a nurse and find out how her early knowledge of poisons was formed. Special guests include Dr Rebecca Mills, Carla Valentine, Karen Robinson and Ali Marshall.

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    34 mins
  • Episode 3: Love

    Episode 3: Love
    Sep 5 2024
    Episode #3 of the Agatha Christie in Devon podcast has just dropped and it’s all about young love. We find out how Agatha came out as a young debutant and after several proposals of marriage went on to meet her first husband, Archie Christie at Ugbrooke House. Special guests include Laura Thompson, the Honourable Alexander Clifford and Dr Jamie Bernthal-Hooker.
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    37 mins
  • Episode 2: Girlhood

    Episode 2: Girlhood
    Aug 29 2024
    We discover what life was like for young Agatha living in England’s most fashionable seaside resort and the activities she loved growing up. Special guests include Val McDermid, Graham Kerr, Victoria Dowd and Robin Emdon.
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    34 mins
  • Episode 1: Childhood

    Episode 1: Childhood
    Aug 21 2024
    We explore Agatha’s early life in Torquay living with her parents and siblings and visit some of the places she would have known very well as a young girl. Special guests include Hilary Macaskill, Rachel Trethewey, Father Peter March and Kemper Donovan.
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    27 mins