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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 20h

How behind are you with EE? Cos 2008+ is on iPlayer!

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 21h

On the train to Birmingham ready to discuss Jessica Fletcher, Miss Marple and murder

Screen grab from Doctor Who: Survival. 'That's what they said, either you were dead or you'd gone to Birmingham.'

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Agatha Christie Festival @agathafestival.bsky.social · 2d

Last few tickets left!
A Christie for Christmas
Organised by HarperCollins on Thursday 20 November. Taking place on the 17th Floor of The News Building in London, it promises to be a wonderful evening!
@harpercollins.bsky.social
#agathachristie

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 2d

Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-christie...

A Christie for Christmas

Join us for the return of A Christie for Christmas – a festive celebration of all things Agatha Christie!

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 2d

Looking forward to returning to HarperCollins' A Christie for Christmas event on 20 November. I'll be chairing an event about murder mysteries on page and screen with Ben Miller and @chrischibnall.bsky.social. A brilliant selection of guests - tickets on sale now! #AgathaChristie

Photos of Chris Chibnall, Ben Miller and me

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 2d

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 2d

That looks like a press book, distributed to newspapers, reviewers, etc. They often include details about tie-in promotions and merchandise/publications and would sometimes come with high quality photos to be used in promo articles. Many include basic interviews that can be reproduced as a feature.

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 3d

Enough time has passed that Don't Shut Me Down can confidently be declared my favourite ABBA song

Paul @rudemrlang.com · 4d

Please enjoy two German ladies absolutely BELTING out ABBA’s Don’t Shut Me Down accompanied by a full orchestra. youtu.be/R3YjsW_eVgM?...

ABBA - Don't Shut Me Down (ABBA - Voyage) | Jessica Trocha | Sofie De Schryver WDR Funkhausorchester

YouTube video by ARD Klassik

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 5d

Absolutely! I did contact WB (which now has the rights) suggesting a release many years ago - it took them nearly a year to email me a PDF letter(!) basically saying they weren't interested! I have showed clips at a couple of events but that's as far as I dared go...

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 5d

Yes, I've had a copy for a long time but wasn't at liberty to release it! I first saw it back in 2014 at the Library of Congress, which also has a copy.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 7d

The British Podcast Awards featured a strange “glitch” that everyone found amusing; but has interesting implications. Most of the winners were upstairs in the cheap balcony seats, meaning there was a few minutes’ delay on almost EVERY award as the winners went down the back stairs to the stage. >>

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 7d

Is there any logic to which 'new' songs you see at ABBA Voyage, with this year's setlist changes? Do they really alternate Take A Chance on Me and Super Trouper, and if so is it predictable? (I love Take a Chance on Me but am desperate to catch Super Trouper!). Think I'm due a return...

Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 8d

What a treat for Angela Lansbury's centenary! 😍

Allen Dace @allendace.bsky.social · 8d

Paging @markaldridge.info … Angela Lansbury at the NFT (from 1973) coming up on BBC Four on Thursday 16 October (following another screening of The Mirror Crack’d). It says BBC Two in the link since that’s where it was originally broadcast 52 years ago. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Two - Angela Lansbury at the NFT

Actress Angela Lansbury talks to Rex Reed and audience members at London's NFT. From 1973.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 8d

Gasp!!

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 10d

Waited SO LONG for this, my favourite Avengers era (yes it is, honestly) to arrive in ANY format better than the appalling old transfers on DVD. And we get 4K! 😍

STUDIOCANAL @studiocanal.com · 10d

Stand clear! THE NEW AVENGERS are back like you've never seen them before. From November, the original hit tv series starring Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt and Joanna Lumley returns in 4K UHD & Blu-ray for the first time in 🇬🇧, 🇩🇪 and 🇫🇷.

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 11d

Find out the answers to such questions as: what connects Help by the Beatles and Agatha Christie? Truman Capote and Third Girl? Mark Rothko and Tesco? 😂💃🏻

Agatha Christie Festival @agathafestival.bsky.social · 11d

For those who weren’t able to be there (or indeed anyone who was there), here’s the first ever video episode of the Swinging Christies - recorded at the recent Agatha Christie Festival. It’s groovy, baby!🌻
Thank you to Emberlense films

@christietime.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjs_...

The Swinging Christies LIVE! Cool Covers & Groovy Graphics - Packaging Agatha Christie for the 1960s

YouTube video by The Swinging Christies

www.youtube.com

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 10d

Wimbledon. Daleks. Then The #SwingingChristies. All the important things available in GLORIOUS TECHNICOLOUR 🎨💃

Alex Will Resurrect That Werewolf Pic 🔸🏳️‍🌈 @alexwilcock.bsky.social · 10d

I listened to this while out for a long walk yesterday and had to imagine the excitingly gaudy visuals, though apparently there’s a new-fangled on-screen in-colour version (but, being the Sixties, only 0.3% of viewers can watch it)

The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 12d

We've Swung our way into TECHNICOLOUR! Oh it's the future, dear Swingers. You can WATCH our LIVE EPISODE on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjs_... or Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6lQg... or if you think we have faces for radio, just listen: pod.fo/e/332d77 💃📺📻 @agathafestival.bsky.social

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 10d

And here is its single illustration in the Mail

Playing the Innocent aka The Golden Ball in The Daily Mail

Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 10d

It's 'The Golden Ball' 😊

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Lisa Kadonaga @tapirtrouble.bsky.social · 11d

Great episode to have visuals for -- I have some of those psychedelic covers.

Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 12d

Our first video episode of The Swinging Christies - recorded LIVE at @agathafestival.bsky.social, filmed and edited by Emberlense Productions! Video available on YouTube and supported podcast apps, including Spotify. #AgathaChristie @christietime.bsky.social

youtu.be/gjs_0IjqgVA?...

The Swinging Christies LIVE! Cool Covers & Groovy Graphics - Packaging Agatha Christie for the 1960s

YouTube video by The Swinging Christies

youtu.be

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 12d

We've Swung our way into TECHNICOLOUR! Oh it's the future, dear Swingers. You can WATCH our LIVE EPISODE on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjs_... or Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6lQg... or if you think we have faces for radio, just listen: pod.fo/e/332d77 💃📺📻 @agathafestival.bsky.social

L Mark Aldridge and R Gray Robert Brown (with some sunflowers between them) at The Swinging Christies LIVE! episode recording on 19/09/2025 as part of the International Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay, Devon

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 12d

Our first video episode of The Swinging Christies - recorded LIVE at @agathafestival.bsky.social, filmed and edited by Emberlense Productions! Video available on YouTube and supported podcast apps, including Spotify. #AgathaChristie @christietime.bsky.social

youtu.be/gjs_0IjqgVA?...

The Swinging Christies LIVE! Cool Covers & Groovy Graphics - Packaging Agatha Christie for the 1960s

YouTube video by The Swinging Christies

youtu.be

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 13d

Roughly yeah. Eastman remembers The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly being filmed first but other sources suggest Clapham Cook. The scripts are numbered in a different order but IIRC most of the rest was shot in order

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The Swinging Christies @christietime.bsky.social · 13d

READ ALL ABOUT IT 💃💃

Agatha Christie Festival @agathafestival.bsky.social · 14d

We made the front page of the newspaper! The mystery of the curious headline is explained on page 4. And there's a double page spread of photos inside, so see if you recognise anyone...

Thank you to Torbay Weekly and Ben Tisdale for all of the support.

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Mark Aldridge @markaldridge.info · 13d

It's complicated! The selection of stories was taken from what Rosalind would allow for the first season (eg nothing from Poirot Investigates, a mix of sidekicks) incorporating a good mixture of crimes (theft/kidnap/murder etc). The specific order was mainly down to the producer, Brian Eastman.

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