And then there were none - BBC1

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Anyone watching?

It really (literally) dark, isn't it?
I was looking for some way to make it lighter.

I'm watching it on my own and even though I have the book I am peeping behind my hand.

I've read the book and I can not for the life of me remember who did it!

I watched 'The Moving Finger' yesterday on itv I- player.
V. G. Fabulous cast. Imogen Stubbs, John Sessions, France's de la Tour, Harry Enfield, Ken Russell.

I've read the book and I can not for the life of me remember who did it!

Read the book, seen the film and also can't remember.

I caught 5 mins of a tv agatha christie the other day

I have a feeling it was Nemesis

But it ws hard to tell because the LESBIAN NUNS had confused me

I'm really looking forward to this tonight.

Did Agatha Christie write any more along the lines of this one (I'm not a fan of the Miss Marple series) can anyone on here recommend any?

I'm intrigued to see how it all ends, there has been a connection between them apart from the deaths surely? Who knows all about what they did, how and why, is the revenge personal or merely delayed justice?

What line of the rhyme tallied with the death of the Major?

Google 'ten little Indians poem'

Enjoying this very much - especially the new James Bond , but why is it necessary to use foul language in the adaptation , there is none in the book and it adds nothing at all to the suspense . Even with murder and mayhem happening all around it would be highly unlikely that the gentlemen present would use the f word in front of ladies .

Dowser - thanks for the spoiler!

Murder on the orient express I seem to remember is slightly similar...but not quite in the same way.

That was a hercule poirot

I think I've remembered who did it and how it was done and I'll have my beady eye on them tonight.

I've been warned not to Google the poem Siwi as it will give away a stonking great clue as to whodunnit.

This was supposed to be her masterpiece when I googled it.

Most AC adaptations are a bit twee but this one is very red blooded.

Yes - the 1930s were not necessarily a "twee" time.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Then_There_Were_None_(TV_series)

Follow the lonk for information about where its set. The house was in london and photoshopped in.

Agatha wrote a different ending for the play than she wrote in the book. I wonder which one they have used.

PLEASE LET'S NOT HAVE ANY SPOILERS AS IT WILL RUIN THE SERIES FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK!

Thank you.

The three best Agatha Christies (in my view) are this one, Murder on the Orient Express and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Every one a cracker. Having said that, she scarcely put a foot wrong in anything she wrote from the mid-20s to the early 50s. The quality is a bit more variable in the last few years of her career.

The 1930s were anything but twee! In the early 30s the Great Depression caused terrible hardship in the USA and the UK. Stalin was in power in the USSR and millions of people were sent to labour camps or executed as part of his great purge in the 30s. Fascism was on the rise all over Europe, Jews and leftwingers were fleeing Germany and central Europe, the Spanish Civil War was like a warm up for WW2 and by the late 30s it was clear there was going to be another world war.

I'm really enjoying it but the flashbacks to the ten murderers' crimes are a bit disappointing. So far they are grim killings, like smothering,shooting, and beating to death. In the book, the killings are different - the married couple don't seek help in time for their victim, the old soldier sends his wife's lover off to certain death in battle , and the policeman gives evidence that sends a innocent man to jail,where he dies. The whole point is that they have murdered people without touching them. Much more subtle, and means they managed to get away with the murders - until now.

This is an interesting quote from Sarah Phelps who adapted it: "It's a terrifying book and basically spawns a whole style of entertainment – this house in the woods where people start dying. It's a narrative model that’s behind pretty much all 'Slasher' films for example; somebody among us is a lunatic but we all look pretty normal. How well do you know the person next to you? It's fascinating."

She'd never read an Agatha Christie before! shock I've read all of them many times over. She is absolutely unparelleled at plotting the classic whodunnit.

Should add, I agree it's terrifying! I was about 13 when I read it for the first time. I sat up very late in bed to finish it and was frightened to switch the light off when I'd finally got to the end!

I don't think I have ever cried as much again as I did reading 'Curtain'.

On the bright side, it made me read Othello.

Not long to go now.

Dashing off to get snacks and drinks ( and blanket ) ready!

Dp and I are loving this, looking forward to the conclusion tonight.
I have bought the book today to take away on holiday, dp is baffled as he thinks it's pointless!
I think I've Sussed out whodunnit, seems obvious but maybe too obvious...
It's much better than any other AC I've read/seen, which isn't much as I've been very disappointed before and found it quite wishy washy.

I've stayed at Burgh Island a couple of times, it's absolutely beautiful but nowhere near as remote as the island on this.
There is a studio named Christie there which is apparently where she did a lot of writing, including this book.

I am trying to get ds ofto bed it's not happening I have snacks and drinks lined up

I've bagsied the bedroom tv and am settled up here with some apple pie and clotted cream waiting for the big reveal! Now, I MUST remember to switch over to BBC1 after Only Connect

Ffs still haven't had my dinner and it's the kind of thing that demands full attention so need to wait until finished and decamp to the bedroom rather than watch in kitchen while dp cooks.
Hurry the fuck up already dp