The Great British Radio Play Presents....................... The Unexpected Guest by Agatha Christie

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  • @iap-ug3oy
    @iap-ug3oy Рік тому +79

    I am 82 now but years ago I used to look forward to listening to “ Saturday night theatre “ I loved it , How I wish we still had those days . Thank you so much for posting this.

    • @Nellis202
      @Nellis202 Рік тому +4

      There are a lot of things we’d like to see return.
      But this society is too far gone and it’s hopeless.

    • @bubble6853
      @bubble6853 10 місяців тому +1

      I'm 46 and starting those days nothing is lost if still in our hearts xx

  • @falutak
    @falutak Рік тому +398

    I am obsessed with radio dramas. This is so nostalgic. When you grew up listening to radio dramas. 😆😆 It was our entertainment for the night after dinner, before going to sleep, when the world slept early.

    • @TheGreatBritishRadioPlay-ce3xd
      @TheGreatBritishRadioPlay-ce3xd  Рік тому +45

      Thank you so much for your comment. It really warms my heart that you are getting so much joy out of this channel. I hope to bring you and others much more joy via great british radio plays in the future. Thanks again, and God bless 🙏

    • @luciacurtis2381
      @luciacurtis2381 Рік тому +31

      Oh you're so right I'm just the same. They really are fabulous.
      Thank you for the person who downloaded it

    • @dee4174
      @dee4174 Рік тому +27

      I prefer it to TV and I was born in 1965 so TV was the main thing but as a teenager I discovered radio dramas on radio 4. I love Radio 4 Extra for all the old plays, but UA-cam is great fir variety.

    • @juliashunda5037
      @juliashunda5037 Рік тому +12

      I love this too!!! Grew up listening to the radio dramas on road trips. Fantastic!

    • @simonmcgrath4112
      @simonmcgrath4112 Рік тому +14

      And me makes two!! Just so so good. There's not one section, whether actors or crew, that can be criticised as letting the side down so to speak. Every part is fundamental to the other and makes for just perfection and totally English all the way, but I'm biased being a Scouser!! I've not read the credits etc but leading man sounds totally like Martin Jarvis i think his name is? Fantastic actor, more so radio i enjoy even tho he's prolific either way!!! Apologies for going on and on!! Just checked the cast etc and it wasn't MJ but crikey sounded so similar!!

  • @lisearchbold6864
    @lisearchbold6864 Рік тому +107

    Agatha Christie was so clever. Brilliant twist.

  • @maryflannery6805
    @maryflannery6805 10 місяців тому +7

    My mother loved radio dramas. Typically she would listen to them while she was ironing. Tonight, I did that too! Rest in Peace, Mam.

  • @douglasfraser2089
    @douglasfraser2089 Рік тому +399

    My Father in Scotland only had a fireplace and the radio. He had to depend on his imagination. Better simpler times, when life was real

    • @donnatenaglia5256
      @donnatenaglia5256 Рік тому +17

      Yes, I agree!

    • @kristinracicot
      @kristinracicot Рік тому +15

      I’m sure your dad felt like he was in heaven in your home. ❤

    • @OJ-vs6tm
      @OJ-vs6tm Рік тому +11

      Heaven!

    • @billsharkey9365
      @billsharkey9365 Рік тому +12

      So life is not real anymore? Why not try getting one then !😸

    • @karthymcg2104
      @karthymcg2104 Рік тому +8

      We used to listen on long car rides in America. Such fond memories ❤

  • @bumble1612
    @bumble1612 Рік тому +25

    Memories listening to these on my parents old GEC Radiogram. Coal fire blazing away, sitting quietly and very happy back then. How the world has changed indeed.

  • @gordonnewton5493
    @gordonnewton5493 Рік тому +180

    I’m a Brit living in the States. I remember listening to BBC plays on the radio when I was young. Thanks for these plays. They take me back and they’re really enjoyable. So much better than anything on television.

  • @stephaniehenman5281
    @stephaniehenman5281 Рік тому +21

    I love the way my mind feels when I listen to this so away from the pain of the situation of our world 😢when evil was just something we read about 😢

  • @annahappen7036
    @annahappen7036 11 місяців тому +5

    I grew up with color tv and books on tape and cd. I'm thankful for my mom and granny who introduced me to these types of radio shows. They are so much fun and a break from screens and well acted instead of just read.
    Thank you for sharing your library. 💖 🎙

  • @BigMick393
    @BigMick393 Рік тому +120

    Radio dramas remind me of spending time with my elderly neighbours when I was 8 & onwards listening to plays on the radio with them, the spookier the better in front of a roaring fire in a big old armchair. Happy times.

  • @sconebaker8051
    @sconebaker8051 Рік тому +24

    Grew up in the 50’s and we listened to the radio all the time. BBC children’s hour at 5 ‘clock Rebecca of Sunnybrook farm was a favourite. Mysteries in the evening. Being Scottish we always listened to Jimmy Shand and his band on a Saturday evening. My Dad always checked his football coupons which were announced over the radio on Saturday . Imagine finding that interesting ! Wonderful memories. Now live in Canada. Missed women’s hour when I first came in 1978. Eventually found lots of interesting programs here.

    • @iap-ug3oy
      @iap-ug3oy Рік тому +1

      Me to , I love the radio from being a 10 year old ..Dick Barton’s special agent when I came home from school while lighting the coal fire.Emigrated to Vancouver Canada in the late 1960s. I had central heating for the first time in my life. I really missed the radio….but soon slotted into Canadian life …No longer live in Canada but have fond memories….Thank you so much for these stories ….

  • @susanford4740
    @susanford4740 Рік тому +5

    Felt like I was back to being a child listening to the radio with my parents before we had a tv.

  • @harryturnbull1884
    @harryturnbull1884 Рік тому +11

    Good. Old fashioned mystery as opposed to some of the modern podcast stuff so beloved of the BBC these days.

  • @johnmurray8454
    @johnmurray8454 Рік тому +21

    Takes me back to sleepovers at grandmas with her radio times and her budgie

  • @thursdaysrecords1
    @thursdaysrecords1 Рік тому +11

    The many "red herrings" in this classic were DELICIOUS!

  • @vickywitton1008
    @vickywitton1008 Рік тому +23

    Oh Ioved this! There is no one better than Agatha for crime novels

    • @helenferullo5706
      @helenferullo5706 Рік тому +1

      Superb acting all thru this presentation. Lots of twists and guessing but it turned out to be my initial suspect. I thoroughly enjoyed this play. Thank you.

  • @terryolsson4145
    @terryolsson4145 Рік тому +75

    Excellent story. I really never suspected until the end. Well done Agatha!

    • @nickyburkard4573
      @nickyburkard4573 Рік тому +4

      Yes me also….right to the very end! Bravo!

    • @christineduffy3113
      @christineduffy3113 Рік тому +2

      Love Agatha Christie have read and reread my favorites over the years

    • @suemassey5076
      @suemassey5076 Рік тому +1

      She always did it, no one to touch her

  • @4sstg
    @4sstg Рік тому +37

    I remember listening to radio dramas in the car in the 40 s and 50s with my darling mother driving.a car similar to the one shown in this video. It was bliss.

  • @franceseksteen2071
    @franceseksteen2071 Рік тому +11

    Just found this! New obsession

  • @janmargaret7972
    @janmargaret7972 Рік тому +57

    These radio plays are great thank you for posting them. I listen to them when I go to bed. If I fall asleep I just listen again later. They remind me of being a small child in the fifties and bring back such fond memories of my mum . She would always tune into the afternoon play on the radio and I used to sit on her knee and fall asleep. Happy days.

  • @nancyhammons3594
    @nancyhammons3594 Рік тому +9

    That was OUTSTANDING!!!!

  • @tas9551
    @tas9551 Рік тому +12

    At home in the UK I grew up with the telly, but at my Nana's we would sometimes listen to the radio sat on the 'settee'. Mesmerised us!

  • @applesandpears9756
    @applesandpears9756 Рік тому +56

    Oh, so wonderful! These radio plays are so excellent compared to 2023! Thank you for sharing.

  • @jenmarsmart5271
    @jenmarsmart5271 Рік тому +72

    I have loved radio drama since I first started listening to it back in the late 1960s, and I love it still. Far, far superior to most modern television drama.

    • @msjannd4
      @msjannd4 Рік тому +2

      Yes!

    • @oldernu1250
      @oldernu1250 Рік тому

      Could not agree more. Too many video producers get drunk on image. Must be the cannabis effect.

    • @GypsySummer1
      @GypsySummer1 Рік тому

      Well, I'd agree mostly, except Outlander and the first 4 seasons of Game of Thrones.

  • @happiness4812
    @happiness4812 Рік тому +14

    The ending is very unexpected ❤❤❤
    the cast delivery of every syllable and mere utterance was spot on. Bravo 🙌 Encore🌟🤩

  • @janemmb
    @janemmb Рік тому +12

    Excellent 😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @melmack2003
    @melmack2003 Рік тому +7

    Great twist......you fooled me! Thank you!

  • @LydiaStarz
    @LydiaStarz Рік тому +9

    I happen to be listening on May 15!

    • @maryflannery6805
      @maryflannery6805 10 місяців тому +2

      I got goosepimples when I read that!

    • @LydiaStarz
      @LydiaStarz 10 місяців тому +1

      @@maryflannery6805 A lot of very strange "coincidences" are happening to me via my phone. Lol

  • @maryhaynes8633
    @maryhaynes8633 Рік тому +14

    Oh I am so glad I found this. When I got to go to England in my twenties, I loved being able to listen to the BBC plays on the radio. I wish we had something like that here.

  • @katieclarke1352
    @katieclarke1352 2 місяці тому

    Wow! That was SO good. Never expected such a brilliant ending.
    Agatha Christie - pure genius.

  • @JayceeWedmak
    @JayceeWedmak Рік тому +8

    I miss radio plays on the radio so much. Thank you! 😊❤

  • @ropeburnsrussell
    @ropeburnsrussell Рік тому +34

    I love this series and the theme music.

  • @RozzieBass
    @RozzieBass Рік тому +6

    Fantastic for a train ride!! Thanks

  • @mrsbooth1964
    @mrsbooth1964 Рік тому +26

    When we moved to South Africa in 1975 from the UK there was NO TV. I grew up on radio dramas. Theatre 🎭 of the mind ❤ loving these uploads

  • @deborahbrown3308
    @deborahbrown3308 Рік тому +20

    Thankyou very enjoyable

  • @elizabethannegrey6285
    @elizabethannegrey6285 Рік тому +6

    Excellent.

  • @spikemcnock8310
    @spikemcnock8310 Рік тому +18

    Brilliant, caught me out good and proper. Thanks

  • @sacha1259
    @sacha1259 Рік тому +8

    In Glorious BBC Nostalgia...

  • @elainehernen286
    @elainehernen286 Рік тому +13

    Love Agatha Christie ❤ 1:44

  • @shelleme7899
    @shelleme7899 Рік тому +9

    Enjoyed! More stories please. This reminded me of being a young girl watching old black and white movies on TV with my granny

  • @mikamee5459
    @mikamee5459 Рік тому +7

    This was excellent

  • @terrymitchell2533
    @terrymitchell2533 Рік тому +23

    Excellent, thank you very much 👍🥂🍾

  • @lesleykaygosson315
    @lesleykaygosson315 Рік тому +19

    Story = ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤
    Cast Of Characters = ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤
    Agatha Christie Was The Master Of The Twist Ending. ❤

  • @neillambert8713
    @neillambert8713 Рік тому +27

    Excellent to listen to especially after a busy day.

  • @LizzyWithAWhy
    @LizzyWithAWhy Місяць тому

    I just saw this play live and it floored me. So good.

  • @davidarundel6187
    @davidarundel6187 Рік тому +22

    A jolly good listen , thank you for sharing 💐

  • @pennysmith2511
    @pennysmith2511 Рік тому +7

    Im sooo pleased this is available.
    I adore radio plays.
    Thank you very much

  • @Vasislaw
    @Vasislaw Рік тому +8

    Brilliant. Much better than tv.

  • @jacquiadams863
    @jacquiadams863 Рік тому +3

    I'm fed up with flimsy, poorly written modern radio drama. I love old radio plays..

  • @pushpajayesh
    @pushpajayesh Рік тому

    Laura Warrick did an amazing job with her part! Her soft and silky voice and her expressive delivery of words… I am in awe 😮. Very well done Laura

  • @susanmitchell5447
    @susanmitchell5447 Рік тому +5

    Just discovered this channel ....thank you !!

  • @Evyenne
    @Evyenne Рік тому +7

    Loved it! Excellent acting and of course, story ❤

  • @assiamouhoub7393
    @assiamouhoub7393 5 місяців тому

    I had a wonderful time listening to this play❤

  • @noneofyourbusiness9369
    @noneofyourbusiness9369 Рік тому +27

    I know we commented on this but it seems to have disappeared. We enjoyed this one very much. This summer we'll be having family over for a murder mystery picnic. This is our favorite channel. Keep up the great work.

  • @tomb4496
    @tomb4496 Рік тому +6

    Very good!😊

  • @Oxford322
    @Oxford322 Рік тому +47

    You know you’re in Britain in the 40’s when you hear “ let’s have a cozy little chat “

  • @janetmackinnon3411
    @janetmackinnon3411 Рік тому +12

    So unexpected! Thank you.

  • @dermotrichardsheils4971
    @dermotrichardsheils4971 Рік тому +6

    I didn’t expect that.
    Love the wireless.

  • @dominicankandie5957
    @dominicankandie5957 4 місяці тому

    This story was amazing!! I was surprised and not surprised by the ending. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for sharing ❤

  • @mijiyoon5575
    @mijiyoon5575 Рік тому +6

    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thank You

  • @JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts
    @JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts Рік тому +8

    Didn’t see that coming so it was excellent.
    Thank you. ❤

  • @louisecockell3101
    @louisecockell3101 Рік тому +4

    Thank you these are so appreciated

  • @srebar4328
    @srebar4328 Рік тому +9

    Loved it!!

  • @helendeacon7637
    @helendeacon7637 Рік тому +6

    Wonderful! Thank you!

  • @Querencia7779
    @Querencia7779 Рік тому +3

    THANK YOU!❤

  • @PigletSaysHello
    @PigletSaysHello Рік тому +6

    This was awesome! Thank u so much. 😊

  • @vipulgulati
    @vipulgulati Рік тому +9

    Superb, really enjoyed

  • @grahamhawthorn2320
    @grahamhawthorn2320 Рік тому +3

    Brilliant.

  • @katm5903
    @katm5903 Рік тому +5

    This is fantastic! I love the story. I love the presentation. I've never listened to something like this. Really helps me during my chores.

  • @Happyheart146
    @Happyheart146 Рік тому +2

    The final twist was brilliant!

  • @thecrone7964
    @thecrone7964 Рік тому +3

    Thank you!

  • @marymiller8769
    @marymiller8769 Рік тому +4

    Love it!

  • @tinkerpinkerton5449
    @tinkerpinkerton5449 Рік тому +8

    Great channel! Thankyou for this 😊

  • @sunnymoondog
    @sunnymoondog Рік тому +6

    Wow! So good

  • @531katie
    @531katie Рік тому +3

    Fantastic story. It caught me by surprise and so well done I had to hear it again. I must find more like this. I don’t remember enjoying anything more
    🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

  • @maryjones6722
    @maryjones6722 Рік тому +11

    Thank you for this ...brilliant

  • @bonnieking4913
    @bonnieking4913 Рік тому +3

    That was so good.

  • @karenmcneill2602
    @karenmcneill2602 Рік тому +3

    Fabulous!!!

  • @lizzy9975
    @lizzy9975 Рік тому +4

    Oh wow! This channel just popped up on my feed. It looks fantastic. Looking forward to putting headphones on and listening.

  • @cynthiapate9138
    @cynthiapate9138 Рік тому +1

    An exciting story performed with great acting and skill. Thank you for reposting.

  • @Vintagevanessa99
    @Vintagevanessa99 Рік тому +8

    Great story

  • @jojohnston4113
    @jojohnston4113 Рік тому +12

    Fabulous story! Great production!

  • @BairagiNitin
    @BairagiNitin 10 місяців тому

    It is a wonderful story and audio.

  • @bytheway1031
    @bytheway1031 Рік тому +3

    Thanks for posting👍

  • @Apostolic3564
    @Apostolic3564 Рік тому +16

    Loved it!!!

  • @principlephotography7820
    @principlephotography7820 Рік тому +13

    These are fantastic to listen to. Thank you!

  • @Rachel-yi8yy
    @Rachel-yi8yy Рік тому +5

    That’s very clever, l wasn’t inspecting that 😮

  • @carlymcc6087
    @carlymcc6087 Рік тому

    Outstanding loved this ❤

  • @jgsmile1331
    @jgsmile1331 Рік тому +4

    This was really good and entertaining.

  • @lynngliottone2812
    @lynngliottone2812 Рік тому +19

    Just found and subscribed to your channel. Radio dramas are wonderful, lots of scope for the imagination! Love picturing faces, surroundings, etc. Cant wait to listen to them all.

  • @CS-ed3nr
    @CS-ed3nr Рік тому +7

    Well done and very enjoyable!

  • @constancesichello5997
    @constancesichello5997 Рік тому +7

    Excellent. Loved this.

  • @auburnsynge-perrin6075
    @auburnsynge-perrin6075 Рік тому

    beautifully written & produced. Great to hear 'old radio drama friends too - Margot Boyd, Alexander John, Sean Probert...

  • @juliefrancis2383
    @juliefrancis2383 Рік тому +7

    Just found your channel and happily subscribed

  • @oldernu1250
    @oldernu1250 Рік тому +1

    Very good one! Agatha really was the Grand Dame of mystery.

  • @nikkisivyer8776
    @nikkisivyer8776 7 місяців тому

    Had me hooked. Brilliant! ❤️

  • @grahamwilloughby7091
    @grahamwilloughby7091 Рік тому +10

    Great plot twists! The queen of crime does it again! The play's atmosphere reminded me of The Mousetrap (highly recommended if you haven't seen it).

  • @dlpine71
    @dlpine71 Рік тому +7

    A new subscriber here in the KC area. Looking forward to listening later tonight.
    Thank you, for posting.

  • @dee764
    @dee764 Рік тому +4

    This was fantastic. Really enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing. 💚🌻💛

  • @ericavarner528
    @ericavarner528 Рік тому

    I wasn't born early enough to enjoy these types of programs on the radio but I've been told of them by my dad and grandma, both of whom have gone now but I always loved the thought of listening to radio stories back when I was a girl and now I'm able to listen to & enjoy these on UA-cam. Makes me feel a bit closer to them and wonder if they would recognize any of the programs on here. Many thanks!