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The #SwingingChristies and #Westmapod. Agatha Christie podcasts produced & presented by @markaldridge.info and Gray Robert Brown.

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Christie Time@christietime· 2d

A live episode of The #SwingingChristies and a screening of a Agatha Christie cult classic in an iconic venue?? Surely not!! Weds 4 Nov TICKETS ON SALE NOW > thecastlecinema.com/programme/11...

Christie Time@christietime· 14d

NEW EPISODE! This month's #SwingingChristies is a spotlight on the Miss Marple Margaret Rutherford film, 1964's #MurderMostFoul. But is it foul?? You'll have to listen to find out! > pod.fo/e/4e5223

Original theatrical poster of Murder Most Foul

Christie Time@christietime· 19d

So THAT'S what my co-host has been up to 👀👀👀👀

Titlecard for "The Agatha Christie Hour", 1982

Christie Time@christietime· Jul 7

NEW #WESTMAPOD! And it's probably the least known of the Agatha Christie x Mary Westmacott titles - is it secretly the best...? Join Mark and Gray for their podcast discussion to find out! > pod.fo/e/44390c

"The Burden" episode artwork by Tom Double

Christie Time@christietime· Jul 5

Ever wonder, where oh where should I start with the #SwingingChristies?? Both the hit podcast (😉💖) and the books themselves?? Well wonder no more, and listen here! > pod.fo/e/44205d 💃🏻🎧

Titlecard artwork "Where to Start with..." by Tom Double

Christie Time@christietime· Jun 23

This will appeal to approximately >10 of our listeners, but both hosts, sooo

The Swinging Christies title done in the style of Blake's 7 episode titlecards

Christie Time@christietime· Jun 23

BONUS PODCAST EPISODE! We've done A Daughter's A Daughter by Agatha Christie/Mary Westmacott - but did you know it was a play first? What are the similarities, differences, and which one's better? Listen now > pod.fo/e/4374c9 🎧📚🎭💐 Catch up on the novel episode > pod.fo/e/42be70 🎧📚🎭💐

"Westmapod" A Daughter's A Daughter - the play titlecard by Tom Double

Christie Time@christietime· Jun 9

NEW #WESTMAPOD! Agatha Christie aka Mary Westmacott has had a stunning, emotionally-complex play script in the draw for some time. So, in 1952 she converts it into a stunning novel! Join Mark and Gray as they discuss the fifth of six Westmacott novels: A Daughter's A Daughter > pod.fo/e/42be70

"Westmapod" A Daughter's A Daughter episode art by Tom Double

Christie Time@christietime· Jun 7

NEW #SWINGINGCHRISTIES EP! And it's a laugh a minute! Join us while we ask the question, "is Agatha Christie a mix of murder and mirth?" at the London Comedy Film Festival! Listen here: pod.fo/e/42a228 🎭💃🏻💖🎧😂

"Murder She Said" - Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford) blowing a raspberry

Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford) hoping for a hole-in-one!

Dr Benedict Morrison (LOCO) and Gray Robert Brown (Christie Time)

Mr Stringer gives Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford) a leg-up

Christie Time@christietime· May 27

Christie Time@christietime· May 26

NEW PODCAST DAY! The secret's out - Mary Westmacott's identity has been discovered. But what of the book she publishes just before that? How similar is it to Agatha Christie's other books. Oh woops- spoilers. It's her. Sorry. Happy listening Westmafans! > pod.fo/e/41f17c #Westmapod 🌹🌳📚🎧🌹🌳

"The Rose and the Yew Tree" titlecard artwork designed by Tom Double.

Christie Time@christietime· May 12

NEW #WESTMAPOD JUST DROPPED! And for this very special Agatha Christie novel we are joined by the gorgeous Kemper Donovan from All About Agatha! Listen now: pod.fo/e/413b0a

Westmapod "Absent in the Spring" titlecard designed by Tom Double

Christie Time@christietime· Apr 28

NEW #WESTMAPOD OUT TODAY! And we recorded it in glorious Tenerife. Listen on and let us know what you thought of Agatha Christie's second secret book, #UnfinishedPortrait! > pod.fo/e/40880b #Westmafan

Unfinished Portrait original artwork by Tom Double.

Christie Time@christietime· Apr 14

NEW EPISODE JUST DROPPED! #Westmapod kicks off properly now with episode 1, book 1, #GiantsBread, Agatha Christie's first secret novel! What did Mark and Gray make of it? Listen on to find out: pod.fo/e/3fdd40 and please rate, review and subscribe!

GIANT'S BREAD artwork by Tom Double for Westmapod, Christie Time.

Christie Time@christietime· Apr 7

Hello Bluesky! 🦋 We are Christie Time and we make Agatha Christie podcasts because she's the best! Check them out ➡️ The #SwingingChristies: podfollow.com/the-swinging... 💃 And #Westmapod: podfollow.com/westmapod-ag... 📚 All links here: linktr.ee/christietime 💖

Christie Time@christietime· Apr 1

Thanks @radiotimes.bsky.social for our eggs-cellent endorsement in the Easter issue!!!! On sale now 🐣🥹📚🎧 #Westmapod available now! > podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

Review of Westmapod in the Radio Times Easter edition

Christie Time@christietime· Mar 6

Gray is hosting an original talk THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF ROGER STYLES at the @agathafestival.bsky.social in September! You're a spy, you're on the run, who do you turn to- but Agatha Christie?! It's going to be a wild ride! Tickets on sale now! > www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...

Mark was very clear that he wanted credit for taking this photo of Gray at a previous Agatha Christie event.

Christie Time@christietime· Mar 1

NEW EPISODE KLAXON! Agatha Christie - Work in Progress. Come Swing with us! > pod.fo/e/39a630 🎧💃🏻🎧💃🏻🎧💃🏻

Titlecard for Agatha Christie: Work in Progress, designed by Tom Double

Christie Time@christietime· Feb 28

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Parody headline: The sinister alliance between big business and Westmapod is destroying free markets

Parody headline: Dr Mark Aldridge is a symptom of a deeply-sick, anti-Western ideology

Parody headline: The total failure of Gray Robert Brown exposes the moral bankruptcy of the Left

Christie Time@christietime· Feb 27

Accidentally got hooked on this

Headline generator - "How The Swinging Christies became the ultimate tool for the Left to destroy our liberties" (parody/satire)

Christie Time@christietime· Feb 14

Calling all #Westmafans! We have started building up a resources list for #Westmapod alongside our resources for #SwingingChristies - if you want to take a look at what we've been reading, and maybe inspire your own TBR pile, check it out: christietime.com/resources #AgathaChristie #MaryWestmacott

Screengrab from "Resources" page on the Christie Time website

Christie Time@christietime· Feb 8

Peek behind the curtain, here we are recording our Agatha Christie in Devon special in the Burgh Island Hotel! Catch it now if you haven't already: pod.fo/e/3855e3

Mark L and Gray R on the (portable) mics! In a Burgh Island Hotel suite (fancy)

Christie Time@christietime· Feb 3

We had such a great time recording on... well, a much smaller island than usual, namely Burgh, on a blustery atmospheric day fit for a murder! Listen to the new episode of the #SwingingChristies here all about Agatha Christie in her beloved Devon in the 1960s: pod.fo/e/3855e3

View across to Burgh Island, complete with sea tractor! Dec 2025

Christie Time@christietime· Feb 1

Why not listen back to our Muriel Spark special on what would have been her birthday? Born OTD in 1918. Agatha Christie was a fan- so should you be!! > pod.fo/e/2a782a

Muriel Spark in the style of Andy Warhol, designed by Mitch Bartlett

Christie Time@christietime· Feb 1

NEW EPISODE JUST DROPPED! Recorded specially from @burghislandhotel.bsky.social, we discuss Agatha Christie in Devon in the 1960s, and meet the proprietor of this gorgeous art deco hotel, on the island that inspired some of Christie's best plots... Listen now: pod.fo/e/3855e3 #podcast

Mark Aldridge (R) and Gray Robert Brown (L) outside Burgh Island Hotel, December 2025

Christie Time@christietime· Jan 23

Is Revelation of the Daleks speaking to us???? #DoctorWho #SwingingChristies #AgathaChristie 💃🏻🔷➕❤️❤️

Christie Time@christietime· Jan 4

WESTMAPOD: Agatha Christie's Secret Identity New podcast launches 31 March 2026

Podcast art for "Westmapod", designed by Tom Double.

Christie Time@christietime· Jan 4

NEW YEAR, NEW US, NEW EPISODE! Concern for the planet was rising throughout the 1960s, so Mark and Gray play detective and search tor traces of this theme in Agatha Christie's 1960s works. PLUS a very special announcement just a few minutes in... Listen here: pod.fo/e/37209b 💃🏻🎆🎇🌱

Titlecard "Climate Change" for The Swinging Christies designed by Tom Double.

Christie Time@christietime· Dec 30

Gearing up for the New Year? Why not relive our last New Year special, all about the 1960s trend for looking to the past... a crime of which we're all guilty! Including, sometimes, Agatha Christie! ➡️🎧 pod.fo/e/2999e1

The Swinging Christies "Revivalism" titlecard, designed by Bartlett Studio

Christie Time@christietime· Dec 28

It's chilly outside, stay in the warm and put our podcast on, mes amis! ➡️ 🎧 pod.fo/e/366136 💃🏻🎄