Adaptations of works by Agatha Christie

Lists of adaptations of the works of Agatha Christie. As of 2025, the only Christie novels to have not received an adaptation of any kind are Postern of Fate, Destination Unknown, Passenger to Frankfurt and Death Comes as the End.

Film

Year Title Story based on Character Country Notes
1928 The Passing of Mr. Quinn The Coming of Mr Quin Dr. Alec Portal First Christie film adaptation; Believed to be Lost media
1929 Die Abenteurer G.m.b.H. The Secret Adversary Names changed German First foreign Christie film adaptation; names changed from the novel.
1931 Alibi Alibi and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Hercule Poirot First Christie film adaptation to feature Hercule Poirot; Believed to be Lost media
1931 Black Coffee Black Coffee Hercule Poirot Believed to be Lost media
1932 Le Coffret de Laque Black Coffee Hercule Poirot France Adaptation of Black Coffee
1934 Lord Edgware Dies Lord Edgware Dies Hercule Poirot
1937 Love from a Stranger Love from a Stranger and Philomel Cottage Names changed Released in the US as A Night of Terror
1945 And Then There Were None The And Then There Were None stage play and novel Names changed First Christie film adaptation of And Then There Were None
1947 Love from a Stranger Love from a Stranger and Philomel Cottage Cecily Harrington Released in the UK as A Stranger Walked In
1957 Witness for the Prosecution The Witness for the Prosecution stage play and short story Leonard Vole
1960 The Spider's Web Spider's Web Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
1960 Chupi Chupi Aashey The Mousetrap and Three Blind Mice Names changed India Uncredited adaptation possibly the only notable film version of the celebrated play.
1961 Murder, She Said 4.50 from Paddington Miss Marple First Christie film adaptation to feature Miss Marple
1963 Murder at the Gallop After the Funeral Miss Marple The original Novel features Hercule Poirot instead of Miss Marple
1964 Murder Most Foul Mrs McGinty's Dead Miss Marple The original Novel features Hercule Poirot instead of Miss Marple
1964 Murder Ahoy! None Miss Marple An original film, not based on any book, although it borrows some elements of They Do It with Mirrors
1965 Ten Little Indians The And Then There Were None stage play and novel Names changed
1965 Gumnaam And Then There Were None Names changed India Uncredited adaptation
1965 The Alphabet Murders The A.B.C. Murders Hercule Poirot
1970 Nadu Iravil And Then There Were None Names changed India Uncredited adaptation in Tamil
1972 Endless Night Endless Night Michael Rogers
1973 Dhund The Unexpected Guest Names changed India Dhund (translation: Fog) produced and directed by B. R. Chopra
1974 Murder on the Orient Express Murder on the Orient Express Hercule Poirot
1974 And Then There Were None The And Then There Were None stage play and novel Names changed Released in the US as Ten Little Indians
1978 Death on the Nile Murder on the Nile and Death on the Nile Hercule Poirot
1980 The Mirror Crack'd The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side Miss Marple
1982 Evil Under the Sun Evil Under the Sun Hercule Poirot
1983 Secret of the Blackbirds
(Russian: Тайна "Чёрных дроздов")
A Pocket Full of Rye Names changed Soviet Union
1984 Ordeal by Innocence Ordeal by Innocence Arthur Calgary
1987 Desyat Negrityat (= Ten Little Niggers)
(Russian: Десять негритят)
The And Then There Were None stage play and novel Lawrence Wargrave Soviet Union
1988 Appointment with Death The Appointment with Death stage play and novel Hercule Poirot
1989 Ten Little Indians The And Then There Were None stage play and novel Lawrence Wargrave
1989 Zagadka Endhausa
(Russian: Загадка Эндхауза)
Peril at End House Hercule Poirot Soviet Union
1990 Myshelovka
(Russian: Мышеловка)
The Mousetrap Sergeant Trotter Soviet Union
1995 Innocent Lies Towards Zero Names changed Loose adaptation of Towards Zero after scripts issue.
2003 Shubho Mahurat The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side Names changed India (Bengali) Loosely based on Miss Marple Novel The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
2004 Mindhunters n/a Names changed Very loose adaptation of The stage play And Then There Were None and the novel And Then There Were None
2005 Mon petit doigt m'a dit... By the Pricking of My Thumbs Prudence Beresford France
2007 L'Heure zéro Towards Zero Names changed France
2008 Le crime est notre affaire 4.50 from Paddington Prudence Beresford France The adaptation replaces Miss Marple with Prudence Beresford.
2008 Le Grand Alibi The Hollow Names changed France Poirot does not appear in the adaptation.
2011 Aduthathu The And Then There Were None stage play and novel Names changed India (Tamil)
2012 Grandmaster The A.B.C. Murders Names changed India (Malayalam)
2012 Associés contre le crime The Case of the Missing Lady Prudence Beresford France
2015 Aatagara The And Then There Were None stage play and novel Names changed India (Kannada)
2016 Chorabali Cards on the Table Names changed Bangladesh (Bengali)
2017 Murder on the Orient Express Murder on the Orient Express Hercule Poirot
2017 Crooked House Crooked House Charles Hayward
2022 Death on the Nile Death on the Nile Hercule Poirot A sequel to 2017's Murder on the Orient Express.
2023 A Haunting in Venice Hallowe'en Party Hercule Poirot A sequel to 2022's Death on the Nile.

Television

Run Title Story based on Character Country Notes
1938 Love from a Stranger Love from a Stranger Bruce Lovell UK TV play; the original play is based on the short story Philomel Cottage
1947 Love from a Stranger
1949 Ten Little Indians And Then There Were None Multiple UK
1952 They Came to Baghdad They Came to Baghdad Victoria Jones US 151st episode of Studio One
1955 Spider's Web Spider's Web Clarissa Hailsham-Brown UK
1956 Spider's Web Spider's Web Clarissa Hailsham-Brown West Germany
1959 Ten Little Indians And Then There Were None Multiple UK
1980 Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Bobby Jones & Frankie Derwent UK
1981 The Seven Dials Mystery The Seven Dials Mystery Eileen 'Bundle' Brent UK
1982 Spider's Web Spider's Web Clarissa Hailsham-Brown UK
1982 The Agatha Christie Hour Multiple short stories
List
  • The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife
  • In a Glass Darkly
  • The Girl in the Train
  • The Fourth Man
  • The Case of the Discontented Soldier
  • Magnolia Blossom
  • The Mystery of the Blue Jar
  • The Red Signal
  • Jane in Search of a Job
  • The Manhood of Edward Robinson
Multiple UK
1982 Murder Is Easy Murder is Easy Luke Fitzwilliam US
1982 The Witness for the Prosecution The Witness for the Prosecution Wilfred Robarts QC US
1983 The Secret Adversary The Secret Adversary Tommy & Tuppence Beresford UK
1983 Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime Partners in Crime
List
  • The Secret Adversary
  • The Affair of the Pink Pearl
  • The House of Lurking Death
  • The Sunningdale Mystery
  • The Clergyman's Daughter
  • Finessing the King
  • The Ambassador's Boots
  • The Man in the Mist
  • The Unbreakable Alibi
  • The Case of the Missing Lady
  • The Crackler
Tommy & Tuppence Beresford UK Also adapted The Secret Adversary
1983 A Caribbean Mystery A Caribbean Mystery Miss Marple US
1983 Sparkling Cyanide Sparkling Cyanide Anthony Browne US Colonel Race omitted
1984–92 Miss Marple Miss Marple novels
List
Miss Marple UK
1985 Murder with Mirrors They Do It with Mirrors Miss Marple UK, US Made-for-TV film
1985 Thirteen at Dinner Lord Edgware Dies Hercule Poirot UK, US Made-for-TV film
1986 Dead Man's Folly Dead Man's Folly Hercule Poirot UK, US Made-for-TV film
1986 Murder in Three Acts Three Act Tragedy Hercule Poirot UK, US Made-for-TV film
1989 The Man in the Brown Suit The Man in the Brown Suit Anne Beddingfeld US Made-for-TV film
1989–2013 Agatha Christie's Poirot Poirot novels and short stories
List
Hercule Poirot UK
2001 Murder on the Orient Express Murder on the Orient Express Hercule Poirot US Made-for-TV film
2003 Sparkling Cyanide Sparkling Cyanide Names changed UK
2004–5 Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple Multiple novels Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple Japan Animated series, introduced Mabel West and her duck Oliver as new characters
2004–13 Agatha Christie's Marple Several novels and short stories
List
Miss Marple UK Adapted several novels and short stories that did not feature Miss Marple originally
2005–7 Agathe kann's nicht lassen n/a Names changed Germany, Austria Loosely based on Miss Marple
2006–9 Petits Meurtres en famille Hercule Poirot's Christmas Names changed France
2009–present Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie Multiple novels
List
  • The A.B.C. Murders
  • Ordeal by Innocence
  • The Moving Finger
  • Peril at End House
  • Cat Among the Pigeons
  • Sad Cypress
  • Five Little Pigs
  • Taken at the Flood
  • The Body in the Library
  • Sleeping Murder
  • Lord Edgware Dies
  • They Do It With Mirrors
  • Sparkling Cyanide
  • Dumb Witness
  • Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
  • Hallowe'en Party
  • Cards on the Table
  • Murder on the Links
  • Hickory Dickory Dock
  • Murder is Easy
  • A Murder is Announced
  • The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly
  • The Pale Horse
  • The Murder at the Vicarage
  • The Mysterious Affair at Styles
  • A Caribbean Mystery
  • The Man in the Brown Suit
  • The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
  • Third Girl
  • Three Act Tragedy
  • Hercule Poirot's Christmas
  • The Sittaford Mystery
  • Evil Under the Sun
  • Towards Zero
  • Appointment with Death
  • The Hollow
  • Endless Night
Names changed France The third season is not based on works by Agatha Christie
2015 Oriento kyuukou satsujin jiken Murder on the Orient Express Names changed Japan Setting changed to 1933 Japan
2015 Partners in Crime The Secret Adversary
N or M?
Tommy & Tuppence Beresford UK Title taken from Partners in Crime
2015 And Then There Were None And Then There Were None Multiple UK One of the few adaptations to retain the original book's ending
2016 The Witness for the Prosecution The Witness for the Prosecution John Mayhew UK
2018 Ordeal by Innocence Ordeal by Innocence Arthur Calgary UK
2018 Kuroido Goroshi The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Names changed Japan Setting changed to Japan
2018 The ABC Murders The A.B.C. Murders Hercule Poirot UK
2018 Ms. Ma, Nemesis Nemesis Names changed South Korea Setting changed to South Korea
2020 The Pale Horse The Pale Horse Mark Easterbrook UK
2021 Shi to no Yakusoku Appointment with Death Names changed Japan Setting changed to Japan
2021 Murder in the Hills Murder on the Orient Express Names changed India Loose adaptation, setting changed to India
2022 Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Bobby Jones & Frankie Derwent UK
2022 Min Guo Da Zhen Tan Multipe stories
List
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
  • Cat Among the Pigeons
  • One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
  • Five Little Pigs
  • The Kidnapped Prime Minister
  • Three Act Tragedy
  • Curtain: Poirot's Last Case
Names changed China Setting changed to 1910s and 1920s China
2023 Charlie Chopra & the Mystery of Solang Valley The Sittaford Mystery Names changed India Setting changed to India
2023 Murder is Easy Murder Is Easy Luke Fitzwilliam UK
2025 Towards Zero Towards Zero Inspector Leach UK
TBA The Seven Dials Mystery The Seven Dials Mystery Eileen 'Bundle' Brent UK

BBC Radio

Many of Christie's novels have been adapted for BBC Radio over the course of several years.[1] The most prominent productions were the dramatisations of the Poirot and Miss Marple stories:

Poirot

(Starring John Moffatt as Poirot, unless otherwise stated)

Miss Marple

(Starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple)

Notable others

Starring Jonathan Forbes as Mike and Lizzy Watts as Ellie

Starring Hugh Bonneville as Nevile and Marcia Warren as Lady Tresselian

Starring Melinda Walker as Emily Trefusis, Stephen Tompkinson as Charles Enderby, John Moffatt as Mr. Rycroft and Geoffrey Whitehead as Inspector Narracott

Geoffrey Whitehead as Justice Wargrave, Lyndsey Marshal as Vera Claythorne, Alex Wyndham as Philip Lombard, John Rowe as Dr. Armstrong, and Joanna Monro as Emily Brent

Starring Naomi Frederick as Iris and Amanda Drew as Ruth

Starring Mark Umbers as Arthur Calgary and Jacqueline Defferary as Gwenda

Graphic novels

Euro Comics India began issuing a series of graphic novel adaptations of Christie's work in 2007.

Video games

Year Title Story based on Console Country Notes
1988 The Scoop The Scoop and Behind the Screen PC US
2005 Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None And Then There Were None PC and Wii US
2006 Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express Murder on the Orient Express PC US
2007 Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile Death on the Nile PC US I-Spy hidden-object game
2007 Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun Evil Under the Sun PC and Wii US
2008 Agatha Christie: Peril at End House Peril at End House US I-Spy hidden-object game
2009 Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders The A.B.C. Murders DS US
2009 Agatha Christie: Dead Man's Folly Dead Man's Folly PC US I-Spy hidden-object game
2010 Agatha Christie 4:50 from Paddington 4:50 from Paddington PC US I-Spy hidden-object game
2016 Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders The A.B.C. Murders PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One France
2021 Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The First Cases Poirot's Early Cases PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One US
2023 Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The London Case PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S US
2023 Agatha Christie – Murder on the Orient Express Murder on the Orient Express PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S US

References

  1. ^ "Series: Agatha Christie". www.radioechoes.com. 1942–1998. Retrieved 25 January 2019.