6. Drugs

6. Drugs

Update: 2024-04-21
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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


00:00:00 - Opening titles


00:00:55 - Introductory chat


00:01:46 - Drugs everywhere in the 1960s!


00:04:01 - Christie in the Dispensary 


00:16:37 - Christie’s invented poisons - Calmo, Serenite, Benvo


00:29:28 - Real poisons in the Swinging books and adaptations


00:35:06 - Thallium and The Pale Horse


00:37:27 - Purple hearts and Third Girl


00:43:16 - Ups and downs with uppers and downers


00:57:23 - The Harlequin Tea Set


00:59:58 - Psychedelia 


01:09:55 - Next episode, how to get in touch


01:10:10 - Closing titles


01:11:38 - Coda




Solutions revealed! - A Caribbean Mystery, Third Girl, The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, Endless Night, The Pale Horse

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