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The Pale Horse

A full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisation

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The Pale Horse

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Jason Hughes, Eleanor Bron, Full Cast
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A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the atmospheric murder mystery novel by Agatha Christie, first published in 1961.

A dying woman confesses a terrible secret to her priest along with a cryptic list of nine names. Before he is able to uncover anything more, the priest is struck dead in the fog and the police discover the list in his shoe.

Our hero Mark Easterbrook, a historian, learns of a secretive organisation known as The Pale Horse and of their supernatural connections in the village of Much Deeping. The list of names seems to foretell the deaths of several people and Mark must piece together the clues and unearth the connections between them all.

Who is behind the strange powers of The Pale Horse?

Dramatised by Joy Wilkinson

Directed by Mary Peate

©2014 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2014 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd Suspense Thriller & Suspense Adaptation Fiction
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It is definitely not exactly the same story as it was told in the book, but it is a dramatization after all! I liked the book, yet I still like this version because it is concise yet to the point. Loved the performance as well - maybe I am a bit biased, but Jason Hughes would make a perfect Mark Easterbrook.

An interesting way to tell the story

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There are two radio versions of this story. This one didn't follow the book. Somethings were changed some things removed. (Don't want to spoil so I will not say what is different). I would recommend getting both radio versions of the Pale Horse as it is sort of two different stories. I am biased as this is one of my favorite stories of Ms Agatha.

Different yet the same

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This one really threw me. I never fully got engrossed in the story like I wanted to. I figured it might be the story but after thinking about it I feel its more the dramatization itself that threw me the most. It was hard to keep up with who was who and it was hard to realize what clues was important and what wasn't. The ending completely threw me though I did always suspect the man that was pronounced the murderer so it made since. Overall good but not amazing.

Good But Not A Favorite

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