Give yourself over to a luxurious slice of 20s murder mystery this Christmas. If you missed ‘Agatha and the curse of Ishtar’ it is well worth a catch up on Five On Demand. In particular, Agatha’s almost safari styles in cream, and the mannish striped blazer seen in the still below, are brilliantly modern. The twenties was the decade when true modern fashion begins, so most of the looks on display are eminently wearable, even though we are now almost 100 years away. In addition, the daytime looks are just gorgeous, with Agatha rarely without a hat as she visits catacombs and the archaeological dig sites. Lyndsey Marshal stars as Agatha Christie and Jonah Hauer-King is Max Mallowan, the archaeologist vying for her affection.
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All are on lovely display in this adaptation. Show title: Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar Video duration: 94m 29s Video description: Travel to the deserts of Iraq for an archaeological dig, where the famous crime writer unravels a series of mysterious murders. The 1920s has had a real revival in recent times, mainly due to the phenomenon that is Peaky Blinders, and beaded flapper dresses, jewelled headbands and long strings of pearls and beads are now almost as popular as they were in their original heyday. Agatha Christie often took inspiration from archaeology, including her ancient Egyptian mystery novel Death Comes as the End and the story Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb, wherein Poirot initially gives credence to the notion of a curse, before debunking it Scooby Do-style. Lyndsey Marshal plays Agatha.Įven though this wasn’t an actual new adaptation of a real Christie novel, there was much to enjoy, not least the fact that the trip back in time to the 1920s meant for some gorgeous period costumes. On an archaeological dig in Iraq, author Agatha Christie meets Max Mallowan, the man who. There is also a romance, with Agatha meeting the man who was to become her real life second husband. Dir: Sam Yates, Producer: Carol Harding, EPs: Emily and Tom Dalton. It was a success, so they have repeated the format this Christmas with ‘Agatha and the curse of Ishtar’, placing the author in Iraq in the late 1920s, with murders occurring around an archaeological dig site. Travel to the deserts of Iraq for an archaeological dig, where the famous crime writer unravels a series. Last year Channel 5 produced an Agatha Christie style murder mystery that actually featured Agatha at the heart of a murder mystery, turning detective to find a killer.
I have written about the 1970s adaptations of ‘Death on the Nile’ and ‘Evil under the Sun’ before, and I am currently downloading the David Suchet versions of Poirot and the sumptuous Miss Marple series that starred Geraldine Fitzgerald and Julia Mackenzie as the elderly amateur sleuth.
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Agatha Christie, her books and their TV and film adaptations, are a not so secret passion of mine.
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