The Swinging Christies: Agatha Christie in the 1960s
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Hallowe'en 2026
Oct 18, 2026
46m 07s
The Swinging Christies LIVE: The Pale Caribbean Mirror Crack’d!
Sep 27, 2026
35m 58s
The Further Confessions of Agatha Christie
Aug 30, 2026
36m 17s
Spotlight on: Murder Most Foul, Agatha Christie's Miss Marple
Aug 2, 2026
1h 32m 42s
Where to Start with The Swinging Christies
Jul 5, 2026
42m 50s
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| 10/18/26 | Hallowe'en 2026 | Boo! It’s our now-traditional Hallowe’en special, and this year Mark and Gray are discussing the excellent, BBC Radio John Moffatt Poirot adaptation of Hallowe’en Party (1993). Plus - a spooky game!This episode is dedicated to Enyd Williams.With thanks to PRH Audio x BBC for letting us play some clips of this dramatisation. Click here to listen now!WE'VE WRITTEN A BOOK! You can pre-order The Swinging Christies: How Agatha Christie Conquered the 1960s NOW!Check out last year’s Hallowe’en special, all about A Haunting in Venice (2023).You can find us on Instagram @Christie_Time. We are also on Bluesky at ChristieTime.com. Our YouTube account is @TheSwingingChristies. Our website is ChristieTime.com.Our other podcast, Westmapod, is still available - just search Westmapod in your podcatcher of choice or click the link here!Please subscribe to this podcast so you’re notified every time an episode drops.Please also consider giving us a star rating and/or reviewing us on your podcatcher of choice.The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown. Artwork designed by Tom Double and Bartlett Studio.00:00:00 - Dedication00:00:20 - Opening titles00:01:03 - Introductory chat00:04:09 - John Moffatt’s Hallowe’en Party (1993)00:36:12 - Broomstick decorating00:42:19 - How to get in touch00:43:41 - Closing titles00:44:06 - CodaSolutions revealed - Hallowe’en Party, The Edge | 46m 07s | ||||||
| 9/27/26 | The Swinging Christies LIVE: The Pale Caribbean Mirror Crack’d! | And we are live in 3… 2… 1… Mark and Gray are back again presenting a fun voyage through three of the Agatha Christie adaptations of 1960s books, released in the 1980s and 1990s! What do they make of these three adaptations? And how Swinging are they?This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Agatha Christie Festival 2026, at the Livermead Hotel in Torquay.WE'VE WRITTEN A BOOK! You can pre-order The Swinging Christies: How Agatha Christie Conquered the 1960s NOW!You can find us on Instagram @Christie_Time. We are also on Bluesky at ChristieTime.com. Our YouTube account is @TheSwingingChristies. Our website is ChristieTime.com.Our other podcast, Westmapod, is still available - just search Westmapod in your podcatcher of choice or click the link here.Please subscribe to this podcast so you’re notified every time an episode drops.Please also consider giving us a star rating and/or reviewing us on your podcatcher of choice.With huge thanks to everyone at the Agatha Christie Festival, especially the volunteers, and John Tomkins of Emberlense Productions.The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown. Our artwork is designed by Tom Double and Bartlett Studio.00:00:00 - Opening titles00:00:49 - Introductory chat00:03:08 - The Mirror Crack’d (1980)00:13:00 - A Caribbean Mystery (1983)00:21:57 - The Pale Horse (1997)00:33:07 - How to get in touch00:35:13 - Closing titles | 35m 58s | ||||||
| 8/30/26 | Agatha Christieconfessions+3 | — | The Swinging ChristiesChristie Time+1 | — | Agatha Christieconfessions+3 | — | 36m 17s | ||
| 8/2/26 | Agatha ChristieMiss Marple+4 | — | The Swinging ChristiesChristie Time+6 | — | Agatha ChristieMiss Marple+5 | — | 1h 32m 42s | ||
| 7/5/26 | Agatha Christiebook recommendations+4 | — | The Swinging ChristiesInstagram+4 | Torquay | Agatha ChristiePoirot+5 | — | 42m 50s | ||
| 6/7/26 | Agatha Christiecomedy+3 | Benedict Morrison | The Swinging ChristiesLondon Comedy Film Festival+4 | — | Agatha Christiecomedy+3 | — | 43m 04s | ||
| 5/3/26 | Agatha Christielive podcast+4 | — | The Swinging ChristiesChristie Time+2 | Torquay | Agatha Christielive podcast+4 | — | 45m 00s | ||
| 4/23/26 | Agatha Christiefilm commentary+4 | Mark Aldridge | The Swinging ChristiesBartlett Studio+6 | — | Agatha ChristieMurder at the Gallop+5 | — | 1h 22m 35s | ||
| 4/5/26 | Agatha ChristieWestmapod+4 | — | WestmapodGiant’s Bread+1 | — | Agatha ChristieWestmapod+5 | — | 28m 44s | ||
| 3/1/26 | Agatha Christiewriting process+5 | — | Cat Among the PigeonsThe Adventure of the Christmas Pudding+11 | — | Agatha ChristieSwinging works+5 | — | 56m 08s | ||
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| 2/1/26 | Agatha ChristieDevon+4 | Giles Fuchs | The Swinging ChristiesChristie Time+7 | Burgh Island HotelDevon | Agatha ChristieBurgh Island+5 | — | 40m 17s | ||
| 1/4/26 | climate change1960s+3 | — | The Swinging ChristiesStar Over Bethlehem+1 | — | climate change1960s+3 | — | 56m 30s | ||
| 12/14/25 | Agatha ChristiePoirot adaptations+3 | — | ITVChristie Time+4 | — | Agatha ChristiePoirot+5 | — | 56m 44s | ||
| 11/16/25 | Agatha Christie1960s+4 | — | Endless NightThe Disappearance of Mr Davenheim+2 | Puerto de la CruzTenerife | Agatha ChristieTenerife+5 | — | 59m 44s | ||
| 10/25/25 | Hallowe'enfilm adaptation+4 | — | Hallowe’en PartyA Haunting in Venice | — | Hallowe’en PartyA Haunting in Venice+5 | — | 50m 51s | ||
| 9/28/25 | Agatha Christie1960s+4 | — | Emberlense ProductionsAgatha Christie | TorquayDevon | Agatha Christie1960s+4 | — | 49m 13s | ||
| 9/7/25 | Agatha Christietranslation+3 | Mystery Steve | The Swinging ChristiesAgatha Christie+12 | — | Agatha Christietranslation+3 | — | 1h 01m 38s | ||
| 8/3/25 | Interview with Jan Carson at the Belfast Book Festival | Gray and Mark head to beautiful Belfast to chat to novelist and Agatha Christie fan Jan Carson. Jan has been tackling the Troubles in her work for some time, and we want to discuss with her Christie’s Troubles references in Passenger to Frankfurt, as well as Irish characters and references in other Swinging books - all the way from The Pale Horse to By the Pricking of My Thumbs!You can find us on Instagram @Christie_Time. We are also on Bluesky at christietime.bsky.social. Our YouTube account is @TheSwingingChristies. Please subscribe to the podcast so you’re notified every time an episode drops!Please also consider giving us a star rating and/or reviewing us on your podcatcher of choice.Our website is ChristieTime.com.The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.Next episode: we’re going global… again…!00:00:00 - Opening titles00:00:47 - Introductory chat in Belfast00:02:46 - Interview with Jan Carson and discussion of Ireland in the Swinging Christies00:37:58 - The Troubles00:52:46 - Next episode, how to get in touch00:54:03 - Closing titles00:54:31 - CodaSolutions revealed! - The Pale Horse, At Bertram’s Hotel, Endless Night, Passenger to FrankfurtTW: Racist and xenophobic language quoted | 55m 20s | ||||||
| 7/6/25 | Agatha Christie and Shirley Jackson | Two wickedly witty women writers, separated only by the Atlantic! This episode, Gray and Mark carry on their American adventures and discuss the similarities and differences between the works of Agatha Christie and Shirley Jackson. Specifically focussing on Shirley’s Swinging era - The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle!You can find us on Instagram @Christie_Time. We are also on Bluesky at christietime.bsky.social. Our YouTube account is @TheSwingingChristies. Please subscribe to the podcast so you’re notified every time an episode drops!Please also consider giving us a star rating and/or reviewing us on your podcatcher of choice.Our website is ChristieTime.com.The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.Next episode: we’re heading to Belfast!00:00:00 - Opening titles00:00:40 - Introductory chat, recorded in Greenwich, New York00:05:40 - Agatha Christie and Shirley Jackson00:20:25 - Swinging Shirley work-by-work01:03:00 - Next episode, how to get in touch01:05:02 - Closing titles01:05:30 - CodaSolutions revealed! - Five Little Pigs, Third Girl | 1h 06m 10s | ||||||
| 6/8/25 | Swinging USA: Washington DC (Part 2) | Mrs Christie went to Washington, and Dr Aldridge and Mr Brown are following suit! This episode, we get the train to Washington DC to uncover the truth about how an American Christie fan would REALLY have experienced a Swinging Christie…You can find us on Instagram @Christie_Time. We are also on Bluesky at christietime.bsky.social.Please subscribe to us, and rate and review us on your podcatcher of choice.Our website is ChristieTime.com.The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.Next episode: we look at Agatha Christie alongside a contemporary - Shirley Jackson!00:00:00 - Opening titles00:00:43 - Introductory chat00:01:44 - Agatha, Washington and America in the 1960s, down the Mall 00:09:41 - Discoveries in the Library of Congress00:43:37 - Wrap up, the National Museum of African American History and Culture00:47:24 - Next episode, how to get in touch00:49:09 - Closing titles00:49:36 - Coda | 49m 56s | ||||||
| 6/1/25 | Swinging USA: New York (Part 1) | Mark and Gray take Manhattan in the first in this very special miniseries recorded in the USA. In New York, Gray and Mark discuss Agatha’s 1960s connections to America, plus their discoveries in papers held at the Princeton University Archive.You can find us on Instagram @Christie_Time. We are also on Bluesky at christietime.bsky.social. Please subscribe to us, and rate and review us on your podcatcher of choice.Our website is ChristieTime.com.The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.Next episode: Part 2 of Swinging USA - we go to Washington DC!00:00:00 - Opening titles00:00:40 - Introductory chat at Heathrow airport00:03:57 - Agatha and America in the 1960s at Central Park00:32:38 - Discoveries in the Princeton Archive00:55:49 - Wrap up, Schubert Archive, and off to Washington DC!00:58:30 - How to get in touch00:59:41 - Closing titles01:00:12 - CodaSolutions revealed! - Cat Among the Pigeons, The Clocks, The Pale Horse, At Bertram’s Hotel | 1h 01m 22s | ||||||
| 4/20/25 | Swinging India | Mark and Gray travel to India (metaphorically) in search of the Queen of Crime! Along the way, they discuss various Hindi and Bengali adaptations, and meet with friend-of-the-podcast and expert adaptor/writer Ayeesha Menon to discuss her Mumbai stage version of The Mirror Crack’d!You can find us on Instagram @Christie_Time. We are on Bluesky at christietime.bsky.social. Please do subscribe, rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts.Our website is ChristieTime.com.Ayeesha Menon can be found via her production company Goldhawk Productions. Her excellent drama podcast Mumbai Crime is available on all good podcatchers.The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.Next episode: stay tuned…!0:00:00 - Opening titles00:00:41 - Introductory chat00:06:25 - Agatha and India00:14:57 - Chupi Chupi Aashey (1960 Bengali version of The Mousetrap)00:29:51 - Gumnaam (1965 Hindi version of And Then There Were None)00:39:42 - Shubho Mahurat (2003 Bengali version of The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side)00:56:12 - Interview with Ayeesha Menon, adaptor of The Mirror Crack’d for the Mumbai stage01:45:12 - How to get in touch01:46:35 - Closing titles01:47:02 - CodaSolutions revealed! - The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side. NOT THE MOUSETRAP! We would never!TW: discussion of struggle with fertility, miscarriage, IVF etc. | 1h 48m 02s | ||||||
| 3/2/25 | Swinging Marple | Miss Marple isn’t an old duffer - she’s a swinging cat! At least that’s what Mark and Gray discover this episode when they shine a light on Agatha Christie’s beloved sleuth. In particular we look at her 1960s outings, plus her Swinging-era cases in the recent 2021 short story collection, in stories by Alyssa Cole, Naomi Alderman, Jean Kwok, Dreda Say Mitchell, Karen M. McManus and Leigh Bardugo.You can find us on Instagram @Christie_Time. We are on Bluesky at christietime.bsky.social. Please do subscribe, rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts.Our website is ChristieTime.com.The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.Next episode: we travel to India!00:00:00 - Opening titles00:00:50 - Introductory chat00:07:00 - Why the Sixties belong to Miss Marple00:15:09 - The Swinging-era Marple: Twelve New Stories00:19:01 - Miss Marple Takes Manhattan by Alyssa Cole00:29:20 - The Open Mind by Naomi Alderman00:41:45 - The Jade Empress by Jean Kwok00:44:43 - A Deadly Wedding Day by Dreda Say Mitchell00:52:44 - The Murdering Sort by Karen M. McManus00:58:26 - The Disappearance by Leigh Bardugo01:04:59 - Tackling racism in these stories01:16:17 - How to get in touch01:17:17 - Closing titles01:17:44 - CodaTW: discussion of racism and antisemitism | 1h 19m 40s | ||||||
| 2/2/25 | Agatha Christie and Muriel Spark | A talented British author, a story about machinations in a girls’ school… How much do Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark have in common? Mark and Gray investigate…Featuring (from 5 mins in) a recording of a talk originally given by Gray for Romancing the Gothic, with kind permission of Dr Sam Hirst.You can read our special article for the Agatha Christie website here.You can find us on Instagram (as well as X) @Christie_Time. We are on Bluesky at christietime.bsky.social. Please do rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts.Our website is ChristieTime.com.The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.Next episode: stay tuned…!00:00:00 - Opening titles00:00:53 - Introductory chat00:05:00 - Gray’s Muriel Spark talk00:38:24 - Mark and Gray debrief00:57:21 - How to get in touch00:58:58 - Closing titles00:59:26 - CodaSolutions revealed! - The Plymouth Express, Witness for the Prosecution, Lord Edgware Dies, Towards ZeroSparks spoiled! - The Driver’s Seat, The Prime of Miss Jean BrodieTW: violence against women | 1h 02m 42s | ||||||
| 1/5/25 | Revivalism | Mark and Gray ring in the New Year with a discussion of the 1960s trend for… actually not being very 1960s at all! But just how much of Christie’s 1960s writing harks back to the Edwardian and Victorian eras? Did they even ‘swing’ back then??You can listen to our guest spot on the All About Agatha podcast, here.You can read our special article for the Agatha Christie website here.You can read Mark’s paper about Agatha Christie’s Charles Dickens’s Bleak House here. You can find us on Instagram (as well as X) @Christie_Time. We are on Bluesky at christietime.bsky.social. Please do rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts.Our website is ChristieTime.com.The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.Next episode: wait and see…00:00:00 - Opening titles00:00:51 - Introductory chat00:04:29 - The Sixties weren’t Swinging for everyone00:15:38 - Old-new locations00:58:02 - The Next Generation01:04:28 - Servants and service01:14:44 - Reviving the greats: Shakespeare, Tennyson, Austen, Brontë01:22:37 - Bleak House by Agatha Christie01:33:57 - Brave monkey puzzle: remembering Christie’s childhood home01:37:22 - Next episode, how to get in touch01:38:33 - Closing titles01:39:01 - CodaSolutions revealed! - The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, At Bertram’s Hotel | 1h 40m 48s | ||||||
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Chart history for The Swinging Christies: Agatha Christie in the 1960s
Peaked at #37 in CL, currently #37 in CL.
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| CL | — | #37 | #37 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #58 | #58 | — |
| CL | — | #67 | #67 | — |
| PT | — | #107 | #107 | — |
| AT | — | #132 | #132 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #158 | #158 | — |
| Ireland | — | #173 | #173 | — |
| Sweden | — | #189 | #189 | — |
| BE | — | #198 | #198 | — |
Chart Positions
9 placements across 7 markets.
Chart Positions
9 placements across 7 markets.