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A Mysterious Glossary

Would you wear the cat's pyjamas? Let's delve into some baffling 1920s language.

12 Jan 2022,38 mins

Murder Isn't Easy

How much did Agatha Christie really know about dead bodies?

08 Dec 2021,33 mins

Dorothy L. Sayers Solves Her Mystery

Why did she stop writing detective fiction as WW2 approached?

24 Nov 2021,26 mins

Ngaio Marsh Goes Home

WW2 forced this queen of crime to become better acquainted with her homeland.

17 Nov 2021,27 mins

Josephine Tey's Golden Age

WW2 made this Scottish writer want to write mysteries again.

10 Nov 2021,24 mins

Margery Allingham Waits For The Invasion

For Albert Campion's creator, WW2 was her salvation.

03 Nov 2021,23 mins

E.C.R. Lorac Rises Through The Ranks

Her WW2 mysteries are best of all.

27 Oct 2021,22 mins

Agatha Christie Writes Alone

Agatha Christie had a very productive WW2.

20 Oct 2021,29 mins

At Home With Shedunnit

Caroline's husband Guy takes the mic and asks her the questions for a change.

06 Oct 2021,62 mins

Double Trouble

What happens when two people write a whodunnit together?

22 Sep 2021,21 mins

The Theatrical World of Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie was the most successful female playwright of all time.

25 Aug 2021,22 mins

Is Agatha Christie A Good Writer?

Her plots are second to none. But is the Queen of Crime a true literary great?

28 Jul 2021,21 mins

The Murder At Road Hill House

This sensational case from 1860 ignited a wave of detective fever.

15 Jul 2021,32 mins

Agatha Christie's England

Where is St Mary Mead, anyway?

30 Jun 2021,16 mins

Young Sleuths

Young detectives and readers play a vital part in the history of detective fiction.

15 Jun 2021,23 mins

Golden Age Inspiration

How do you write a 1920s style detective novel that's set in the 2020s?

01 Jun 2021,27 mins

Policing The Detectives

Is it possible to write a whodunnit and leave out the police?

19 May 2021,23 mins

A Century of Whodunnits

Reading through the twentieth century, one murder mystery at a time.

04 May 2021,27 mins

Swan Song

How do you say goodbye to a beloved detective?

20 Apr 2021,20 mins

The Many Afterlives of Hercule Poirot

"There aren’t many characters who are recognisable just from a silhouette. "

06 Apr 2021,21 mins

Cryptic Crimes

If you can solve a crossword, you can solve a murder.

24 Mar 2021,19 mins

The Honkaku Mysteries

Exploring the thriving tradition of classic Japanese whodunnits.

10 Mar 2021,20 mins

The First Whodunnit

What was the first murder mystery, really?

10 Feb 2021,23 mins

The People's Pathologist

Before there was CSI, there was Bernard Spilsbury.

27 Jan 2021,25 mins

Welcome to Shedunnit

Unravelling the mysteries behind classic detective stories.

26 Jan 2021,1 min