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1. Death Sentence

With a man due to hang, Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot probes a savage murder. Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars John Moffatt.

A senior Police Officer is not convinced of the guilt of a young man sentenced to hang for the savage murder of an elderly woman.

So he seeks the help of his old friend and colleague, a certain celebrated but rather bored Belgian detective - Hercule Poirot.

Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars John Moffatt as the Belgian sleuth.

From the crime novel published in 1952

Dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell.

Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Superintendent Spence ...... George Baker
Maureen Summerhayes ...... Molly Gaisford
Major Summerhayes ...... Ian Masters
Maud Williams ...... Beth Chalmers
Mrs Burch ...... Connie Walker
Mrs Sweetiman ...... Jillie Meers
Mr Scuttle ...... Geoffrey Beevers
James Bentley ...... Tom George

Director: Enyd Williams.

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in March 2006.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 4 Jun 2024 01:00

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