Agatha Christie’s English Riviera

One of the most loved English authors is celebrated annually in a festival dedicated to the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, who created the iconic characters Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Ever since actor David Suchet tweeted that ITV would be filming the last five of Agatha Christie’s Poirot books in early 2012, there has been speculation over  whether the English Riviera would be playing a starring role. This final outing for Christie’s dapper Belgian detective includes Dead Man’s Folly, based on Christie’s own home Greenway at Galmpton, near Brixham. Greenway was her family’s home from the late 1930s until it was gifted to the National Trust in 2000. Greenway’s boat house is where the first victim is discovered, though in the book Greenway becomes Nasse House. The ferry landing, where the second body is found, is where the Greenway Ferry now drops off fans of ‘The Queen of Crime’ to visit the house which is open to the public.

The other novels scheduled for filming are: Labours of Hercules; The Big Four; Elephants Can Remember and Poirot’s final case, Curtain. Fans can enjoy a huge collection of exciting and glamorous ‘Queen of Crime’ events at the next annual Agatha Christie Festival from 9 – 16 September 2012.

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