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Official news page for the International Agatha Christie Festival, taking place between 13 and 21 September 2025 #AgathaFestival
Catch the Tom Adams Art of the Artist exhibition at Torre Abbey until 21 December with just £5 entry.

It’s your last chance to enjoy this retrospective of Tom’s unique Christie covers, before the exhibition closes forever.

www.torre-abbey.org.uk/whats-on/tom...
December 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Tickets for our Spring Gathering have sold so well we’ve just released a brand new batch. They’d make a perfect Xmas gift for any Christie fan (including yourself!)

Here’s a glimpse of the magic from our inaugural event:
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Book here: www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...
Agatha Christie Festival: Spring Gathering 2025
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December 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Tickets include a pass to our SECOND LIVE EPISODE recording, "The Picture of Agatha Christie"!

Intrigued?? Come Swing with us!! 💃🏻💃🏻🖼️
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A plaque for the Agatha Christie statue will be set into the ground next to it on Friday:

Dame Agatha Christie CBE (1890-1976)
'Agatha sitting on a bench with her dog Peter'
Created by Brixham artist, Elisabeth Hadley
Unveiled by Mr Mathew Prichard, Grandson of Agatha Christie on 12 April 2025
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
**Breaking News**
We are very excited to share that The Mousetrap will be returning to Torquay next year as part of the 75th Anniversary tour.
It will be here for the whole of Festival week (from Monday 14 - Saturday 19 September) and we will be announcing some exclusive events very soon!
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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I'm really excited to be part of the @agathafestival.bsky.social Spring Gathering! Tickets are available now...
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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The #AgathaChristie Spring Gathering is BACK - and so are we! It's bound to sell out again, so swing on over and grab your ticket while you can...
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
On Friday the Agatha Christie Festival team were lucky enough to visit the Isokon building where Agatha lived during WW2. It was an absolute privilege, so thank you so much to the @isokongallery.bsky.social team for showing us around this glorious building and museum.
November 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Win a stunning 4-disc 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Agatha Christie boxset!! Plus 64-page booklet and 4 posters.

To enter: Who played Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack’d?

Email your answer to [email protected] with “Agatha Christie Collection Competition” in the subject line by 29 November.
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Here's a new one... Which is the #AgathaChristie you've read the MOST? Not your favourite necessarily, but the one you reckon you've picked up the most times. Gray's, unsurprisingly, is a 60s one - #TheMirrorCrackdfromSidetoSide! What's yours?
November 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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We're starting to feel festive after last night's #AChristieforChristmas event! If you are too why not relive our seasonal special from last year? > pod.fo/e/294968

This year's festive special drops on Sunday 14 December! 💃🏻🎄
The Swinging Christies: Agatha Christie in the 1960s: Still Swinging (Bonus Episode) - Christmas
There’s always Christie at Christmas! Join Mark and Gray making the yuletide gay with a discussion about Christie’s festive writings from the 1960s. Come swing around the Christmas tree!You can...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Agatha Christie Festival team were thrilled to catch up with Festival friends Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown of the Swinging Christies podcast at
#AChristieforChristmas
@christietime.com
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November 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
November 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Tickets going on sale soon...
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
In Episode 5 of Christie Confidential, Sarah Ransome chats to David Brawn, head of literary estates at @harpercollins.bsky.social
Celebrating 30 years in his role as Agatha Christie’s publisher, he gives a unique insight into how the author’s work continues to thrive.
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Christie Confidential: Sarah Ransome chats to David Brawn
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November 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Matt Newbury (our Creative Director) joined BBC presenter Michael Chequer to take part in the Children in Need three-legged 1000-Mile Challenge.
They walked along the Agatha Christie Mile to encourage viewers & listeners to donate.
www.donate.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/ThousandMileChallenge
November 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
We know what we will be doing on 15 January!

We are really looking forward to this adaptation by Festival friend
@chrischibnall.bsky.social of this Christie novel.

Get the popcorn ready...
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263K views · 4.6K reactions | The Queen of Crime is coming to Netflix. Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials debuts January 15th, starring Mia McKenna Bruce, Helena Bonham Carter and Martin Freeman. | Agatha ...
The Queen of Crime is coming to Netflix. Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials debuts January 15th, starring Mia McKenna Bruce, Helena Bonham Carter and Martin Freeman.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Fancy a little last-minute winter sun with a twist of mystery?
Join us at the Festival Internacional Agatha Christie in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, from 9–15 Nov!
Hear talks from many Festival favourites including our Creative Director Matt Newbury!
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November 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Death on the Nile Sails into the Bay from Tuesday 18 November - Saturday 22 November 2025
This brand-new adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic is coming to the Princess Theatre here in the author's home town of Torquay.
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International Agatha Christie Festival | Death on the Nile sails into the Bay
This brand-new adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic is coming to the Princess Theatre in the author's home town of Torquay.
www.iacf-uk.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Alan Carr has stolen the show as the undeniable star of Celebrity Traitors as the best (or worst!) traitor in the game’s history.

A Christie fan he visited Torbay to film Alan Carr’s Adventures with Agatha Christie where he swam with our very own Creative Director Matt Newbury
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Alan Carr's Adventures with Agatha Christie - Wild Swimming
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October 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Festival Friends The Grand Hotel have this fabulous competition in honour of the 111th anniversary of Agatha Christie’s honeymoon, which was spent at the Grand.

2-night stay in the Agatha Christie Suite
A delicious Devon cream tea
A spa treatment

Enter now:
richardsonhotels.co.uk/competitions...
Agatha Christie Giveaway - Competition at The Grand Hotel Torquay
Sign up for a chance to win a 2-night bed & breakfast stay in the Agatha Christie Suite!
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October 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
In Ep 4 of Christie Confidential, Sarah Ransome chats to Christie biographer Laura Thompson.
These short films were created for people who weren't able to attend this year's Festival and a reminder for those of us who were!
Thanks to emberlensefilms
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Christie Confidential: Sarah Ransome chats to Laura Thompson
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October 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Congratulations to @jcbernthal.com and his husband Alan, who have used their detective skills to uncover Agatha Christie’s very first published work, missing for over a century.

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Hidden in Plain Sight: Agatha Christie's Early Poetry, Revealed
PART ONE: 'A Juvenile Contributor'
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October 31, 2025 at 10:08 AM