The Swinging Christies
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Sex, drugs - and Agatha Christie?! The #SwingingChristies is a Christie Time podcast about Agatha Christie in the 1960s. Produced and presented by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.
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The Swinging Christies: Agatha Christie in the 1960s
Podcast · The Swinging Christies · 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 muc...
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Hello 🦋 Swingers!
All our podcast episodes about Agatha Christie in the Swinging Sixties are available wherever you get your podcasts! podfollow.com/the-swinging...
All our podcast episodes about Agatha Christie in the Swinging Sixties are available wherever you get your podcasts! podfollow.com/the-swinging...
And a Happy Canon Pennyfather Day to all of you at home! 💃🏻🎉
Half-way into the latest @christietime.bsky.social on a chilly walk, and Canon Pennyfather has turned up! Or, rather, his disappearance has, if you see what I mean
OTD 1965: Canon Pennyfather goes missing / The Irish Mail Train is robbed
…but surely these two events couldn’t be connected?
In Miss Marple – At Bertram’s Hotel
Today would also have been William Russell’s 101st birthday, so I can’t help but exclaim,
London! 1965!
…but surely these two events couldn’t be connected?
In Miss Marple – At Bertram’s Hotel
Today would also have been William Russell’s 101st birthday, so I can’t help but exclaim,
London! 1965!
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
And a Happy Canon Pennyfather Day to all of you at home! 💃🏻🎉
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We had a great time at the International Agatha Christie Festival in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife - big thanks to the organisers, attendees and our fellow speakers! In fact we had such a great time, we made this episode out there - and it's available here now: pod.fo/e/353a30
November 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We had a great time at the International Agatha Christie Festival in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife - big thanks to the organisers, attendees and our fellow speakers! In fact we had such a great time, we made this episode out there - and it's available here now: pod.fo/e/353a30
NEW EPISODE! We said we wouldn't cover it... So why now?
Listen to find out: pod.fo/e/353a30 #SwingingChristies all the way in Tenerife! #AgathaChristie 💃🏻💃🏻
Listen to find out: pod.fo/e/353a30 #SwingingChristies all the way in Tenerife! #AgathaChristie 💃🏻💃🏻
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
NEW EPISODE! We said we wouldn't cover it... So why now?
Listen to find out: pod.fo/e/353a30 #SwingingChristies all the way in Tenerife! #AgathaChristie 💃🏻💃🏻
Listen to find out: pod.fo/e/353a30 #SwingingChristies all the way in Tenerife! #AgathaChristie 💃🏻💃🏻
We had a great time at the International Agatha Christie Festival in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife - big thanks to the organisers, attendees and our fellow speakers! In fact we had such a great time, we made this episode out there - and it's available here now: pod.fo/e/353a30
November 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We had a great time at the International Agatha Christie Festival in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife - big thanks to the organisers, attendees and our fellow speakers! In fact we had such a great time, we made this episode out there - and it's available here now: pod.fo/e/353a30
2 down!
Coming Soon... 💃❓✒️
Coming Soon... 💃❓✒️
1 down....!
This time next week there'll be not 1 but 2 new episodes in the bank...... 💃🎙️🎙️
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
2 down!
Coming Soon... 💃❓✒️
Coming Soon... 💃❓✒️
1 down....!
This time next week there'll be not 1 but 2 new episodes in the bank...... 💃🎙️🎙️
November 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
1 down....!
Pleased to see a few Swinging titles represented on these beautiful steps! #TheMarkFromTheSea @markaldridge.info
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Pleased to see a few Swinging titles represented on these beautiful steps! #TheMarkFromTheSea @markaldridge.info
The Swinging Christies x Burgh Island!!!! 💃🏝️
Why not treat yourself this Christmas and join @christietime.bsky.social at Burgh Island for a talk all about #AgathaChristie and the festive season? Stay the night or book in for afternoon tea on Sunday 14 December... www.burghisland.com/a-christie-c...
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The Swinging Christies x Burgh Island!!!! 💃🏝️
This time next week there'll be not 1 but 2 new episodes in the bank...... 💃🎙️🎙️
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This time next week there'll be not 1 but 2 new episodes in the bank...... 💃🎙️🎙️
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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!
agathachristiefestival.es?fbclid=IwY2x...
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!
agathachristiefestival.es?fbclid=IwY2x...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:29 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!
agathachristiefestival.es?fbclid=IwY2x...
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!
agathachristiefestival.es?fbclid=IwY2x...
It's not too late to catch our Hallowe'en special before things start to get a little Christmassy... pod.fo/e/3448f0 and on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGUG...
There will be an episode in November, and our now-annual Christmas special is due on 14 December! 💃🍏
There will be an episode in November, and our now-annual Christmas special is due on 14 December! 💃🍏
November 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It's not too late to catch our Hallowe'en special before things start to get a little Christmassy... pod.fo/e/3448f0 and on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGUG...
There will be an episode in November, and our now-annual Christmas special is due on 14 December! 💃🍏
There will be an episode in November, and our now-annual Christmas special is due on 14 December! 💃🍏
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The programme for the Tenerife Agatha Christie Festival is out! Looking forward to speaking at several events, including offering some insights into what we can learn about writing from Agatha Christie and our first @christietime.bsky.social talk outside of the UK! #AgathaChristie
November 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The programme for the Tenerife Agatha Christie Festival is out! Looking forward to speaking at several events, including offering some insights into what we can learn about writing from Agatha Christie and our first @christietime.bsky.social talk outside of the UK! #AgathaChristie
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Something wicked this way comes.... #happyhalloween to all the #agathachristie fans out there. This is the 1968 1st US edition of this Tommy & Tuppence novel with some good seasonal vibes. #halloween2025
October 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Something wicked this way comes.... #happyhalloween to all the #agathachristie fans out there. This is the 1968 1st US edition of this Tommy & Tuppence novel with some good seasonal vibes. #halloween2025
Happy Hallowe'en Swingers!! Dish out that potion (pumpkin soup? Wine?), light some gnarled old candles, and curl up under a blanket with our new Hallowe'en podcast: pod.fo/e/3448f0 discussing the #HalloweenParty adaptation that relocated from 1969 to 1947. Plus apple bobbing! #AgathaChristie 🎃👻💃
October 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Happy Hallowe'en Swingers!! Dish out that potion (pumpkin soup? Wine?), light some gnarled old candles, and curl up under a blanket with our new Hallowe'en podcast: pod.fo/e/3448f0 discussing the #HalloweenParty adaptation that relocated from 1969 to 1947. Plus apple bobbing! #AgathaChristie 🎃👻💃
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Listened in the dark for extra spookyness. 👻
It was lovely to hear you giving your Moog an airing this time of year 🎃
It was lovely to hear you giving your Moog an airing this time of year 🎃
October 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Listened in the dark for extra spookyness. 👻
It was lovely to hear you giving your Moog an airing this time of year 🎃
It was lovely to hear you giving your Moog an airing this time of year 🎃
Have you listened to our latest podcast, the Hallowe'en special, yet? We hope it can hold a candle to previous episodes (sorry) - pod.fo/e/3448f0 #AgathaChristie #HalloweenParty 💃👻🕯️
October 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Have you listened to our latest podcast, the Hallowe'en special, yet? We hope it can hold a candle to previous episodes (sorry) - pod.fo/e/3448f0 #AgathaChristie #HalloweenParty 💃👻🕯️
We loved friend-of-the-podcast @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social's article following in the footsteps of Agatha Christie on the Isle of Man! 💃 www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
You can hear Jan on The #SwingingChristies here: pod.fo/e/3090e9 @markaldridge.info
You can hear Jan on The #SwingingChristies here: pod.fo/e/3090e9 @markaldridge.info
Following in Agatha Christie’s footsteps on the Isle of Man: No archive could ever get me as close to her experience
In 1930 the detective novelist was commissioned to set a treasure hunt on the island enticing tourists to visit
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October 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
We loved friend-of-the-podcast @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social's article following in the footsteps of Agatha Christie on the Isle of Man! 💃 www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
You can hear Jan on The #SwingingChristies here: pod.fo/e/3090e9 @markaldridge.info
You can hear Jan on The #SwingingChristies here: pod.fo/e/3090e9 @markaldridge.info
You first, Joyce
A spooky Swinging Christies episode out today - includes apple bobbing! But will either of us become a victim? Find out on your @christietime.bsky.social feed #AgathaChristie #Halloween
October 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
You first, Joyce
BOO! NEW PODCAST! It's our Hallowe'en special 2025... or should that be 1969...? Or 1947...? Hop aboard your broomsticks for a very special ep: pod.fo/e/3448f0 #AgathaChristie #HalloweenParty #AHauntinginVenice
October 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
BOO! NEW PODCAST! It's our Hallowe'en special 2025... or should that be 1969...? Or 1947...? Hop aboard your broomsticks for a very special ep: pod.fo/e/3448f0 #AgathaChristie #HalloweenParty #AHauntinginVenice
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I can highly recommend The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson for a nice dose of late 50s gothic horror. Perfect for Halloween reading . @christietime.bsky.social I’ve very much made my peace with Shirley now 😂
October 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I can highly recommend The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson for a nice dose of late 50s gothic horror. Perfect for Halloween reading . @christietime.bsky.social I’ve very much made my peace with Shirley now 😂
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Why not revisit last year's Hallowe'en special ahead of this year's, which drops 1 WEEK TODAY! We discussed the way the spooky szn was celebrated back in the 60s and even played a death-defying game of Snapdragon! 💃🔥🎃 pod.fo/e/27930a #AgathaChristie #podcast
The Swinging Christies: Agatha Christie in the 1960s: Still Swinging (Bonus Episode) - Hallowe'en
Gray and Mark go trick-or-treating and uncover the truth about Hallowe’en parties in the 1960s, via Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie! They even risk their lives - and fingers - by playing a ...
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October 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Why not revisit last year's Hallowe'en special ahead of this year's, which drops 1 WEEK TODAY! We discussed the way the spooky szn was celebrated back in the 60s and even played a death-defying game of Snapdragon! 💃🔥🎃 pod.fo/e/27930a #AgathaChristie #podcast
Why not revisit last year's Hallowe'en special ahead of this year's, which drops 1 WEEK TODAY! We discussed the way the spooky szn was celebrated back in the 60s and even played a death-defying game of Snapdragon! 💃🔥🎃 pod.fo/e/27930a #AgathaChristie #podcast
The Swinging Christies: Agatha Christie in the 1960s: Still Swinging (Bonus Episode) - Hallowe'en
Gray and Mark go trick-or-treating and uncover the truth about Hallowe’en parties in the 1960s, via Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie! They even risk their lives - and fingers - by playing a ...
pod.fo
October 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Why not revisit last year's Hallowe'en special ahead of this year's, which drops 1 WEEK TODAY! We discussed the way the spooky szn was celebrated back in the 60s and even played a death-defying game of Snapdragon! 💃🔥🎃 pod.fo/e/27930a #AgathaChristie #podcast
HILARIOUS and incredible. Poor Heather Badcock just can't catch a break can she 😂
@christietime.bsky.social just in case you haven't seen this yet, thought you might appreciate!
The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
October 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM
HILARIOUS and incredible. Poor Heather Badcock just can't catch a break can she 😂
BOO! Our now-traditional Hallowe'en special will drop 2 WEEKS TODAY! Set your watches/broomsticks* for Sunday 26 October 💃🏻💃🏻🎃
*and they better be decorated (Hallowe'en Party in-joke)
Catch up before then: podfollow.com/the-swinging...
*and they better be decorated (Hallowe'en Party in-joke)
Catch up before then: podfollow.com/the-swinging...
The Swinging Christies: Agatha Christie in the 1960s
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 th...
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October 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
BOO! Our now-traditional Hallowe'en special will drop 2 WEEKS TODAY! Set your watches/broomsticks* for Sunday 26 October 💃🏻💃🏻🎃
*and they better be decorated (Hallowe'en Party in-joke)
Catch up before then: podfollow.com/the-swinging...
*and they better be decorated (Hallowe'en Party in-joke)
Catch up before then: podfollow.com/the-swinging...
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Here's our Agatha Christie Festival Film for 2025.
Thanks to John Tompkins from Emberlense Productions for putting it together and to everyone who helped celebrate the Queen of Crime with us this year
Join us for next year's Festival, which runs from 12th-20th September 2026
youtu.be/jsXN3JwTa7Q
Thanks to John Tompkins from Emberlense Productions for putting it together and to everyone who helped celebrate the Queen of Crime with us this year
Join us for next year's Festival, which runs from 12th-20th September 2026
youtu.be/jsXN3JwTa7Q
Agatha Christie Festival Film 2025
YouTube video by International Agatha Christie Festival
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October 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Here's our Agatha Christie Festival Film for 2025.
Thanks to John Tompkins from Emberlense Productions for putting it together and to everyone who helped celebrate the Queen of Crime with us this year
Join us for next year's Festival, which runs from 12th-20th September 2026
youtu.be/jsXN3JwTa7Q
Thanks to John Tompkins from Emberlense Productions for putting it together and to everyone who helped celebrate the Queen of Crime with us this year
Join us for next year's Festival, which runs from 12th-20th September 2026
youtu.be/jsXN3JwTa7Q