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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 ‘The Fire Starters’ won the EU Prize for Literature for Ireland 2019 and her subsequent novel ‘The Raptures’ 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’s University Belfast 2025. Her latest novel ‘Few and Far Between’ 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 BBC Audio Northern Ireland Production for BBC Radio 4.

Set inside Britain's housing crisis, six stand-alone but interconnected dramas follow ambition, resilience and the search for belonging. After mum Suze and teenage daughter Livvy’s home is repossessed, their relationship is tested by secrets, schoolyard gossip and the strings attached to a 'mates' rates' accommodation offer. New drama by Chrissy Jamieson Jones as part of A Place Called Home, a series of standalone but interlinked dramas taking inspiration from the housing crisis. Suze ..... Katherine Kelly Livvy ..... Matilda Freeman Simon ..... Matthew McNulty Chantelle ..... Chloe Lea Geoff ..... Ian Puleston-Davies Writer .... Chrissy Jamieson Jones Producer/Director ..... Pippa Day Production co-ordinator ..... Ben Hollands Technical Producers ..... Sharon Hughes, Kelly Young, Amy Brennan and Elijah Waddington A BBC Studios Audio production for BBC Radio 4