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And then there were none - BBC1

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VeraClaythorne · 26/12/2015 21:24

Anyone watching?

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 28/12/2015 22:48

Yes, he did. I'm just reading the end of the book now!

EnthusiasmDisturbed · 28/12/2015 22:55

I have never read any if her books shall do once I finish the book I am reading. I am going to look out for radio adaptations

Lightbulbon · 28/12/2015 22:56

Why did she go to hang herself? I didn't get that.

BumWad · 28/12/2015 22:56

I thought it was fab! First installment was a bit of a slow burner but otherwise very well done. Aiden Turner was lush. I have never read any Agatha Christie books but will definitely be giving them a go!

BoGrainger · 28/12/2015 22:58

In the book didn't Vera go into her room and find a piece of seaweed hanging from the hook? If they showed that I missed it! That was a haunting bit that I remember reading

Samantha28 · 28/12/2015 22:59

I have some questions. They may be annoying .

How did the elderly Judge who was dying of cancer kill the butler, a much younger man , by cutting him in half and also why didn't he have any blood on him?

Why did Phillip never suspect Vera ?

What was Armstrong's crime ? If it was a patient dying during an operation , why was that his fault and how woudo the judge find out ? it's not like there would have been an inquest .

They didn't move the judges body, so why didn't they notice that he wasn't in the chair anymore ?

Dipankrispaneven · 28/12/2015 22:59

What was the clue in the poem that people were talking about yesterday?

Baressentials · 28/12/2015 22:59

Because she 'saw' the boy she murdered leading her there and as she walked into the room the chair and noose was all ready for her. She knew she wasn't getting off the island alive. Pretty sure in the book she just died and the judge wasn't there - think he needed to talk to her before she died in the adaptation so the viewer knew what happened.

Baressentials · 28/12/2015 23:00

Yes Bo I remember the seaweed too!

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 28/12/2015 23:01

Yes, the seaweed was a device to get her to scream and it was during the confusion at that point that the judge faked his own death. No seaweed on the TV version.

I think she hanged herself because she was overcome with the guilt over Cyril's death and then Lombard's and the stress of the 48 hours or so on the island. The judge was counting on that but would have intervened otherwise.

Away to bed now and hoping not to have nightmares!

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 28/12/2015 23:04

Whacked him on the head with an axe.

Armstrong operated while drunk.

They did move the judge's body.

Really off to bed now!

BoGrainger · 28/12/2015 23:05

Armstrong was drunk when he operated. Also, in the confession in the book, the judge tells how he murdered them all so tying up all the loose ends. The mechanism for his suicide was a bit more convoluted as well. The way it was portrayed this evening it was possible that the gun wouldn't travel to the end of the table but in the book it would always look like murder. Iirc it was something like the gun was on elastic and rebounded to the door.

Lolimax · 28/12/2015 23:05

I'm not a Christie fan usually but have enjoyed this. Didn't expect the ending.

EElisavetaOfBelsornia · 28/12/2015 23:06

Yes, also still not sure what the poem clue was? Was it s misunderstanding of the red herring line?

Samantha28 · 28/12/2015 23:08

Thank you gasp. It's true that MNer know the answer to everything

EnthusiasmDisturbed · 28/12/2015 23:08

The red herring is that they think it is Armstrong and as he can't be found he is guilty and hiding/waiting to kill those still living

CakeNinja · 28/12/2015 23:21

I was bloody right, knew it was him yesterday.
Loads of clues for me but other than the one where no one appeared to search his room, they all involve other people whose names I can't remember!

MsAdorabelleDearheartVonLipwig · 28/12/2015 23:22

Was that it?

Well that was a let down.

So it was the judge all along. Why? Why he did he kill them all along the lines of the poem? How did he do it?

So many questions left unanswered. I hope the book was better than that. Didn't think it was remotely spooky or cleverly done. The ghosts were complete red herrings. Strange people with guilty consciences having psychotic episodes. It was a bit hammed up and overdone for my liking.

Thank god it had Aiden Turner in it to keep me interested.

alltheworld · 28/12/2015 23:23

Clawdy was right...book more subtle

Muffintopmum · 28/12/2015 23:31

Really enjoyed that. Best Agatha Christie I've ever seen. Thought it was very well acted. Guessed it was the Judge - he was too calm and collected through out. Off to order the book now.

Dowser · 28/12/2015 23:46

I always thought the judge hanged himself at the end.

Obviously not.

BoGrainger · 28/12/2015 23:50

That's why I was disappointed with the end because he didn't explain all these things! Especially how he hid the revolver, got hold of the drugs, stole Emily Brent's grey wool etc. and how he actually executed the murders. Far too many unanswered questions if you haven't read the book.

Destinysdaughter · 29/12/2015 00:28

For anyone who is interested, here is an article about the 'poem' in the book. For factual accuracy, it was actually originally entitled ' Ten Little Niggers'. ( the whole thing is pretty horrific actually...)

folkloreforum.net/2009/05/01/“ten-little-niggers”-the-making-of-a-black-man’s-consciousness/

emotionsecho · 29/12/2015 00:32

I really enjoyed that, I had fallen for the red herring yesterday and gone for the Doctor on the basis of the way he was acting and then tonight about 5 minutes in I changed my mind and went for the Judge only for him to wind up 'dead' and totally flummox me!

I'm struggling with why Vera would voluntarily put her head in that noose though, she seemed too cold and determined on self preservation.

I think there'll be a sudden surge in sales of this bookGrin.

Did they use the book ending or the play ending or a different one altogether, and what are the differences in the endings of the book and the play?

IjonTichy · 29/12/2015 01:07

Well I did enjoy that, though it's a shame you lose the detail in adaptations. I wondered how they were going to deal with the 'letter in a bottle' ending, and I suppose the Judge confessing to Vera covers that, though as pp have noted, we lost a lot of detail about the murders and the reasons for them. Had to explain to DH that one big clue in the book is that the Judge shouldn't really be there as Edward Seton was guilty, so he wasn't a murderer. IIRC Blore in the book tumbles to this. Also agree with the pp who mentioned the fact that the murders on screen were much more violent and definite, so it was hardly a case of people who couldn't be tried in the normal courts if the truth were known. Only Vera's seemed to show this aspect correctly. But to make an entertaining programme I suppose it all has to be more dramatic.