There are writers who write their novels imagining that they have been transferred to the big screen. This was not the case with Agatha Christie, who was not always happy with the adaptations of her books, perhaps because she is the author whose work we see the most on film and television, thanks to her eye for intrigue. If you haven’t been to a title based on parts of the great lady of mystery in her homeland of Great Britain, you’re hardly anyone in the world of interpretation. Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Peter Ustinov, David Niven, Albert Finney… This brilliant woman has many actress friends who are investigating or suspected of intricate murders that haunt her mind even while doing the most harmless business. “The best crimes for my novels happened to me while I was washing dishes. Washing dishes turns anyone into a homicidal category freak,” he admitted.
The French have been doing their work for years. ‘The Little Agatha Christie Murders’A series set in the 30s, 50s and 60s, and the third season aired on Wednesday, March 16 at 10:00 pm. universenow with the mysteries of the 70s. Fiction plays with a competent curator (Emilie Gavois-Kahn) between bell bottoms and psychedelia, who must deal with murderers and, incidentally, the machismo of his team.
And next April 15, Hugh Laurie to direct and adapt ‘Agatha Christie: Why Don’t They Ask Evans?’ In a new three-part mini-series presented by Movistar +.
But if you are a lover of Christie’s cases and take advantage of the fact that it has a new version. ‘Death on the Nile’ Not in theaters for a month, we recommend here a guide to see the best series based on his works. Considering Billy Wilder’s films such as ‘Witness for the Prosecution’ (1957); ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ (1974) by Sidney Lumet; and John Guillermin’s ‘Death on the Nile’ (1978); ‘The Crooked House’ (2017), by Gilles Paquet-Brenner, on Amazon and new ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ (2017) by Kenneth Branagh on Disney+. play Cluedo from the sofa at home.
1. ‘Agatha Christie: Why Don’t They Ask Evans?’
Hugh Laurie the grumpy doctor House and a big fan of the English writer’s work, directs and performs ‘Agatha Christie: Why don’t you ask Evans?’, a mini-series based on one of the cop novels. Consisting of three parts, Movistar Plus+ It will be released on April 15, two days after the UK. The protagonists are the son of a local pastor (Will Poulter) and his clever friend, the socialite Lady Frances ‘Frankie’ Derwent (Lucy Boynton, ‘The Politician’, ‘Modern love’). They both try to solve a crime after they discover the rolled-up corpse of a dying man, and he breathes the cryptic question of the title with his dying breath. Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson y Jim Broadbent’s photo. They complete the roster. Moreover, movies ‘The curse of Agatha and Ihstar’ y ‘Agatha and the Midnight Murders’ will premiere On Movistar on Sunday, April 10 and 17 +.
- Year: 2022
- Where to see: Movistar+
2. ‘Poirot’
Twelve seasons spent by the actor David Suchett On the skin of the meticulous Belgian detective who is addicted to herbal teas in this wonderful series from the British channel ITV. With the good old Hastings (Hugh Fraser), Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Japp (Phillip Jackson) and the fruitful Miss Lemon (Pauline Moran), there was no criminal who could stand up to him, even though he was already bedridden in the last episodes. There are short episodes, but most of them are perfectly edited films that last almost an hour and a half.
- Year: 1989-2013
- Where to see: Movie y Amazon Prime
3. ‘Miss Marple’
Don’t let its looks fool you pure and innocent antiquity, because Miss Marple never misses one. Agatha Christie’s other big character, the grandmother who caught criminals while looking at the rose bushes in the English countryside, was also brought to the screen by the same ‘Poirot’ crew. With Geraldine McEwan As protagonist replaced by Jcried McKenzie as of the fourth season.
- Year: 2004-2013
- Where to see: The movie (season two) and Amazon Prime (season three)
4. ‘Ten little blacks’
The best-selling detective novel of all time, with 100 million copies, has been filmed several times, but this careful adaptation stands out on television, and this careful adaptation that the British BBC premiered to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the birth of the great cop. Mystery Lady In three episodes of addictions, 10 characters who seem to have nothing in common are summoned by a mysterious host to an isolated island where they die slowly one by one. With Aidan Turner (‘Poland’), Miranda Richardson (‘Dead Boss’), Charles Dance (‘Game of Thrones’), douglas cabin (‘The columns of the world’), Maeve Dermody (‘Beautiful Kate’), Burning Gorman (‘Torchwood’), Anna MaxwellMartin (‘Bletchley Circle’), Sam Neil (‘Peaky Blinders’), Toby Stephens (‘Lost in Space’) y noah taylor (‘Preacher’).
- Year: 2015
- Where to see: Until recently it was available on Movistar +
5. ‘Tragic Innocence’
In her autobiography, Agatha Christie admitted that it was one of her favorite books to write, and this three-part BBC mini-series capitalized on it. On Christmas 1954, a wealthy philanthropist is murdered and his adopted son is imprisoned for this crime. When a scientist who had just returned from an expedition to the North Pole claimed he had an alibi to prove the boy’s innocence, it was too late because he died in prison. The remarried widow and her other children are reluctant to reveal the secrets of the past. With Bill Nighy (‘Love Actually’, ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’) and Matthew Goode (‘Match Points’, ‘Downtown Abbey’), it Anna Chancellor (‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’)
- Year: 2018
- Where to see: Movistar+
6. ‘Witness for the prosecution’
The same crew from ’10 Little Blacks’ and ‘Tragic Innocence’ is behind this two-part BBC adaptation of the short story. ‘Prosecutor’s Witness’, What Billy Wilder It had already made its way to the screen in 1957 with stars like Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton. Murder of a rich widow (Kim Cattrall) brings the young man who has just left his legacy to the attention of the police in this ‘thriller’ full of unexpected events.
- Year: 2016
- Where to see: Until recently it was available on Movistar +
7. ‘Mystery of the railroad guide’
John Malkovic represents the legendary detective Hercules Poirot In this three-part adaptation of the British channel BBC, the screenwriter Sarah Phelps (‘Tragic Innocence’, ’10 Little Blacks’, ‘Very British Scandal’). to send away murderer who kills his victims in alphabetical order and leaves a copy next to the corpse. rail guide.
- Year: 2018
- Where to see: Movistar+
8. ‘The Pale Horse Mystery’
Another of the mini-series successfully adapted by the screenwriter Sarah Phelpsseasons with touches of supernatural terror. More than two parts rufus sewell She plays a widow who appears on a mysterious list found in the shoes of a newly deceased woman. Everyone who is on the same list as him is slowly dying, which unleashes paranoia. His investigations lead him to a picturesque town inhabited by three mysterious women branded as witches.
- Year: 2020
- Where to see: Movistar+
9. ‘The Marriage of the Greyhounds’
Francesca Annis y James Warwick Play the detective duo Tommy and Tuppeence in this series based on the 1929 novel of the same name, has 11 episodes and won an Emmy.
- Year: 1983
- Where to see: of the movie