7 episodes
The Swinging Christies: Agatha Christie in the 1960s The Swinging Christies
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4.9 • 20 Ratings
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Sex. Drugs. Rock 'n' Roll. Agatha Christie?? Agatha Christie may not be the first person you think of when you think of the Swinging Sixties, but her writing has much to say about the big topics of the day. Join Dr Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown on a rad journey through time with the Queen of Crime.
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6. Drugs
Tune in to the sixth episode of The Swinging Christies, drop everything and peace out! Mark and Gray examine the references to drugs in Agatha Christie's 60s novels, plays, films and short stories. Purple hearts for everyone!
You can find us on X and Instagram under @Christie_Time. Our website is Christietime.com. The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.
Next episode: Empire
Solutions revealed! - A Caribbean Mystery, Third Girl, The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, Endless Night, The Pale Horse -
5. Horror
In the fifth episode of The Swinging Christies, Mark and Gray spook each other by discussing everything from contemporary fears to olde folklore in the 1960s Agatha Christies.
You can find us on X and Instagram under @Christie_Time. Our website is Christietime.com.
The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.
Next episode: Drugs
Solutions revealed! - Hallowe’en Party, A Caribbean Mystery, The Patient, By the Pricking of My Thumbs, The Pale Horse, Endless Night, At Bertram’s Hotel
TW - death of children, suicide, mental illness, outdated terms in quoted material -
4. Fashion
Episode four of The Swinging Christies sees Mark and Gray get all togged up and browse down Carnaby Street, as they examine style, art and Agatha Christie.
You can find us on X and Instagram under @Christie_Time. Our website is Christietime.com.
The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.
Next episode: Horror
Solutions revealed! - The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, Third Girl -
3. Money
In the third episode of The Swinging Christies, Mark and Gray turn the spotlight on class, inequality, society... all themes that are present and correct in Agatha Christie!
You can find us on X and Instagram under @Christie_Time. Our website is Christietime.com.
The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.
Next episode: Fashion
Solutions revealed! - At Bertram's Hotel, The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, Endless Night -
2. Rock 'n' Roll
It's the second episode of The Swinging Christies, and Mark and Gray are discussing the groovy music landscape of the 1960s. Featuring brand new insight from Agatha Christie's grandson, Mathew Prichard, himself!
You can find us on X and Instagram under @Christie_Time. Our website is Christietime.com.
The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.
Next episode: Money -
1. Sex
In this first full episode of The Swinging Christies, Mark and Gray discuss topics around sex and the 1960s. How does Agatha Christie write about sex, gender, queerness and feminism, and how often? The answer is: very insightfully, and a lot more than you might think!
You can find us on X and Instagram under @Christie_Time. Our website is Christietime.com.
The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.
Next episode: Rock 'n' Roll
Solutions revealed! - Hallowe'en Party, Endless Night, A Caribbean Mystery, At Bertram's Hotel
TW - sexual references including sexualisation of young people, misogynistic language quoted, homophobic language quoted.
Customer Reviews
If you love AC & the 60s, you’ll love this!
Such an interesting angle to look back at cultural history. Keeping making more like it please!
Well researched and thought out.
A well researched and thought out podcast which looks at how Agatha Christie (in her fictional works, notes and contemporary interviews) describes and viewed the cultural milieu of the 1960s in the UK. A must listen to almost as soon as it appears.
Dull
I approached this with huge hope, being a Christie fanatic and otherwise a big fan of Dr Mark (which won’t change). However, I find myself asking what is the point of this podcast. It’s very well researched but it’s much more just a podcast examining social and cultural trends in the 60s with a Christie theme painted on top presumably to make it “sell”. The presentation is rather dull and the episodes too long to keep attention - when Kemper Donovan does a long episode on AAA I’m enthralled, as he’s an entertaining and outwardly engaging rather than lecturing host. Here, not so much. I especially find those bits with the zippy sound where they explain each title they mention beyond irritating - why??