Beautiful Non Crime Story 💜
Set in 1934, it is the story of a woman, Joan Scudamore, who unexpectedly becomes stranded in a Mesopotamian way station when returning from a visit to her daughter in Baghdad. The sudden solitude compels her to look back over her married life in rural England ....
It was first broadcast on 31 August 2020.
Cast:
Joan Scudamore ... Harriet Walter
Barbara Wray/ Myrna Randolph ... Amy Morgan
Ali/ William Wray ... Nabil Elouahabi
Blanche Haggard ... Geraldine Alexander
Rodney Scudamore/Col. Sherston ... James Fleet
Lesley Sherston/ Miss Gilbey ... Hilary Maclean
Written by Agatha Christie as Mary Westmacott
Adapted by Malcolm McKay
Composer: Nick Bicât
Sound Designer: Leon Chambers
Directed by Catherine Bailey
A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4
More Agatha Christie's Radio drama, check the playlists (Poirot & Miss Marple):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9gJ6_ZpHnREeIcf2bVyTjVBZbtHwRdzA
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9gJ6_ZpHnRH0RQinMBTLWZvDZWXXHoFi