Agatha Christie Festival

The Swinging Christies: Agatha Christie in the 1960s: LIVE! Cool Covers and Groovy Graphics - Packaging Agatha Christie for the 1960s It’s The Swinging Christies as you've never heard (or seen) it before - with a live audience! Join Mark and Gray at the 2025 International Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay, Devon, for this...

Our live episode is on track to be our BIGGEST EPISODE on YouTube to date! (Which makes sense I guess, given there's something to watch, even if it is just our wild gesticulations.) See what all the fuss is about > www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjs_... 📺💃💃 or listen as normal > pod.fo/e/332d77

Congratulations to our Christie Cryptic Crossword winner, Jamie Bernthal-Hooker! Your prize is on its way.

The answers will be available on the news section of our website shortly:
www.iacf-uk.org/news

If you cannot wait, please email admin@iacf-uk.org for the answers.

Deadline Approaching!
If you have completed the Cryptic Crossword from the Festival Newspaper, tomorrow, 30th Sept, is the deadline to submit your entries to be included in the prize draw!
Send an image of your completed crossword to admin@iacf-uk.org by midnight tomorrow.

YouTube video by The Swinging Christies The Swinging Christies LIVE! Cool Covers & Groovy Graphics - Packaging Agatha Christie for the 1960s

For those who weren’t able to be there (or indeed anyone who was there), here’s the first ever video episode of the Swinging Christies - recorded at the recent Agatha Christie Festival. It’s groovy, baby!🌻
Thank you to Emberlense films

@christietime.bsky.social

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YouTube video by The Swinging Christies The Swinging Christies LIVE! Cool Covers & Groovy Graphics - Packaging Agatha Christie for the 1960s

Our first video episode of The Swinging Christies - recorded LIVE at @agathafestival.bsky.social, filmed and edited by Emberlense Productions! Video available on YouTube and supported podcast apps, including Spotify. #AgathaChristie @christietime.bsky.social

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L Mark Aldridge and R Gray Robert Brown (with some sunflowers between them) at The Swinging Christies LIVE! episode recording on 19/09/2025 as part of the International Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay, Devon

We've Swung our way into TECHNICOLOUR! Oh it's the future, dear Swingers. You can WATCH our LIVE EPISODE on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjs_... or Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6lQg... or if you think we have faces for radio, just listen: pod.fo/e/332d77 💃📺📻 @agathafestival.bsky.social

18 reactions | As our main Saturday night event, we hosted The Affair at the Victory Ball at the The Grand Hotel, Torquay to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. As you can see , it was a very... As our main Saturday night event, we hosted The Affair at the Victory Ball at the The Grand Hotel, Torquay to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. As you can see , it was a very glamorous...

On Saturday night, we hosted The Affair at the Victory Ball at the The Grand Hotel to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day.
As it can see, it was a very glamorous affair!
Thanks to John from Emberlense and everyone who supported the event.

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We made the front page of the newspaper! The mystery of the curious headline is explained on page 4. And there's a double page spread of photos inside, so see if you recognise anyone...

Thank you to Torbay Weekly and Ben Tisdale for all of the support.

With thanks to our friends at the Imperial Hotel, we ensured that the rain did not ruin our afternoon. A talk by the brilliant Kathryn Harkup and vintage musical entertainment by the wonderful Terrie-May McNulty ensured a fabulous afternoon was had by all!

Thank you to Robin Stevens, Abie Longstaff and all of our enthusiastic attendees who made our inaugural Christie for Kids day such a success!
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If you are coming along to the Seeing the Light event at Churston Church tomorrow, we still have a few seats left on the coach we have arranged.
We would recommend you book on to this if you can, as it's a challenging place to get to, with limited parking.
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We are really looking forward to welcoming you!

What a fun, enlightening, heartfelt and entertaining night we had last night at Torquay Museum for It’s A Mystery!
Tim Benzie was brilliant (as were all his many costume changes) and we look forward to welcoming him back again at a future Festival.

1.8K views · 84 reactions | Today we sang Happy Birthday to Agatha Christie from Burgh Island, inspiration for And Then There Were None and Evil Under The Sun! | International Agatha Christie Festival Today we sang Happy Birthday to Agatha Christie from Burgh Island, inspiration for And Then There Were None and Evil Under The Sun!.

Happy 135th Birthday Agatha Christie!

Today we sang Happy Birthday to Agatha Christie from Burgh Island, inspiration for And Then There Were None and Evil Under The Sun!

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Today began with a beautiful service at All Saints’ Church, celebrating the life of Agatha Christie in the place where she was baptised and where her family once worshipped.
After the uplifting service, the Torbay Civic Society unveiled a blue plaque commemorating Agatha’s connection to the church

A wonderful evening at Ugbrooke Park where a young #agathachristie first met her husband-to-be, Archie. The murder mystery evening was part of the @agathafestival.bsky.social

What a lovely picture! Agatha and Peter always seem to have company!

International Agatha Christie Festival | WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR FESTIVAL YOUNG WRITERS MYSTERY STORY COMPETITION 2025 Agatha Christie Festival is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Young People’s Mystery Story Writing Competition.

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Young People’s Mystery Story Writing Competition
Thank you to @redbreastedbird.bsky.social for presenting the prizes
@librariesunlimited.bsky.social
@harpercollins.bsky.social
#torreabbey @literatureworks.bsky.social
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On Sunday 14 September join us at All Saints' Church at 11am for a special service celebrating Agatha Christie's life.
The church still houses the marble font where Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was baptised and the family pew.

All Saints' Church, 4 Bampfylde Road, Torquay TQ2 5AP

1.1K views · 46 reactions | The annual Agatha Christie Sea Swim took place last Saturday – and the sea certainly kept us on our toes! 🌊 With strong easterly winds making the planned route from Beacon... The annual Agatha Christie Sea Swim took place last Saturday – and the sea certainly kept us on our toes! 🌊 With strong easterly winds making the planned route from Beacon Cove to Meadfoot Beach...

The annual Agatha Christie Sea Swim took place last Saturday – and the sea certainly kept us on our toes!
Huge congratulations to everyone who took part. This event proudly supports Rowcroft Hospice and the Agatha Christie Festival charity.

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2 Days to Go!
The suspense is building… in just TWO days the Agatha Christie Fringe Festival swings open its doors!
Our latest e-newsletter is coming out today with details of the fringe events that still have tickets available.
Sign up here:
www.agathachristiefestival.com

International Agatha Christie Festival | Birthday Tea at Burgh Island What better way to celebrate the birthday of Agatha Christie than at this stunning and unique location where Agatha not only stayed but was inspired to write Evil Under the Sun and And Then There Were...

***Birthday Tea at Burgh Island***
Ticket availability!

We have had 2 tickets come available for this sold out event on Tuesday 16th September.

They are not currently on public sale so please email admin@iacf-uk.org if you would like to purchase them

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International Agatha Christie Festival | In Conversation with Chris Chibnall The Agatha Christie Festival are delighted to welcome author and screenwriter, Chris Chibnall, to the Festival. In an interview with our guest host he will discuss his debut novel, *Death at the White...

In Conversation with Chris Chibnall
Chris Chibnall is the author of Death at the White Hart, the creator, writer and executive producer of Broadchurch and he has recently adapted Agatha Christie’s The Seven Dials Mystery
Don't miss out: www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...

LAST FEW TICKETS LEFT!
Join us on Sunday 14 Sept at 7pm for "It’s A Mystery!" - A hilarious and moving 1-man show exploring the irresistible appeal of whodunnits – from Poirot to Jessica Fletcher and beyond.
Book Now: www.iacf-uk.org/festival-2025/fringe/its-a-mystery
The bar will be open 6.30-9pm.

We are very much looking forward to welcoming you to the Festival!

International Agatha Christie Festival | It’s a Mystery! Tim Benzie, award-winning playwright and the acclaimed creator and host of Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote presents his new one-man show, a funny and engrossing deep dive into the enduring appeal of mu...

5 Days to Go!
The countdown continues – only 5 days until the Agatha Christie Festival Fringe begins!
Sun 14 Sept – It’s A Mystery!, Torquay Museum
We’re thrilled to welcome back the brilliant Tim Benzie and his one-man show, It’s a Mystery!
Don't miss out:
www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...

International Agatha Christie Festival | True Crime Queen: The Real-life Murders in Agatha Christie’s Fiction Most Christie fans are aware of a small number of high-profile criminal cases that Christie ripped from the headlines for a few of her most celebrated works (e.g. *Murder on the Orient Express*, *The ...

Two tickets have become available for Kemper Donovan's 'True Crime Queen' talk on the opening day of the Literary Festival. This event sold out very quickly, so don't miss out: www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...

Flashback 2024 @agathafestival.bsky.social - riding the Dartmouth Steam Train for an onboard murder mystery. Arriving in #torquay later this week to make new memories & mingle with fellow #agathachristie fans.

'Hercule Poirots' take to the waters to signal start of Bay's International Agatha Christie Festival The International Agatha Christie Festival in Torbay has opened with a splash - and not a dead body in site.

A lovely report on yesterday's sea swim: www.torbayweekly.co.uk/news/local-n...

**6 Days to Go**
The countdown continues until the Agatha Christie Festival Fringe begins!
There is lots for theatre lovers including,
The Hollow presented by TOADS Theatre Company, and Murder in the Studio at Brixham Theatre
Full Fringe programme: iacf-uk.org/festival-2025/fringe