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Hercule Poirot Murder in Mesopotamia
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Nurse Amy arrives to care for the nervy Mrs Leidner. Angst and archaeology in Agatha Christie's whodunit with Dorothy Tutin.

Amy Leatheran has never felt the lure of the mysterious East, but when she travels to an ancient site deep in the Iraqi desert to nurse the wife of a celebrated archaeologist; events prove stranger than she could ever have imagined.

Her patient's bizarre visions and nervous terror seem unfounded, but as the oppressive tension in the air thickens, events come to a terrible climax - in murder...

Agatha Christie's whodunit in a tale of angst and archaeology.

Starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.

From the book first published in 1936 and dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell.

Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Louise Leidner …. Dorothy Tutin
Dr Leidner …. William Franklyn
Amy Leatheran …. Becky Hindley
Dr Reilly …. Norman Rodway
Coleman …. David Jarvis
Sheila Reilly …. Cathy Sara
Miss Johnson …. Elizabeth Spriggs
Father Lavigny …. John Hartley
Richard Carey …. Gavin Muir
Mrs Mercado …. Elaine Claxton
Mercado …. Neville Jason

Producer: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in December 1994.

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