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Radio 4,15 Oct 2026,44 mins

Hidden Treasures

Celtic Christie

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By Jan Carson. In 1930, Agatha Christie was commissioned to write a new mystery story. However, this story was to contain clues to a real-life treasure-hunt to take place on the Isle of Man. The story would then be serialised in a newspaper to encourage tourists to visit and find the hidden treasure. This drama imagines what could have taken place during her visit to the island. Starring Jeany Spark as Agatha Christie. Author Jan Carson is a writer based in Belfast. She has published three novels, three short story collections and two micro-fiction collections. Her novel 鈥楾he Fire Starters鈥� won the EU Prize for Literature for Ireland 2019 and her subsequent novel 鈥楾he Raptures鈥� was shortlisted for the An Post Irish Novel of the Year and Kerry Group Novel of the Year in 2022. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was the Seamus Heaney Centre Fellow at Queen鈥檚 University Belfast 2025. Her latest novel 鈥楩ew and Far Between鈥� was published in 2026. Cast: Agatha Christie ... Jeany Spark Arthur Binns Crookall ... David Holt Alice Crookall ... Jane Slavin Photographer ... Tom Kiteley Colonel Westerly ... Jon Glover All other parts were played by the company. Production Co-ordinators: Sylvie Conway and Caoilfhinn McFadden. Sound Design: Keith Graham Written by Jan Carson Directed by Michael Shannon A 麻豆社 Audio Northern Ireland Production for 麻豆社 Radio 4.

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