Agatha Christie in a 1954 file photo..
Agatha Christie in a 1954 file photo, was born on September 15, 1890, and once quipped: “An archeologist is the best husband any woman can have: the older she gets, the more interested he is in her.” (UPI Photo/Files)..
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LONDON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- David Suchet and Barbara Hershey are set to star in a new British TV adaption of Agatha Christie's mystery novel "Murder on the Orient Express," the BBC said.
TEHRAN, May 24 (UPI) -- Police in Iran say the country's first alleged female serial killer used ideas from Agatha Christie novels to kill at least six people, most of them middle-aged or elderly women.
TORONTO, April 4 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers have found signs of Alzheimer's disease in later works of Agatha Christie, one of the most prolific and popular British mystery writers.
LONDON, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- England's National Trust has announced plans to open Greenway, the rural Devonshire home of the late mystery author Agatha Christie, to the public.
LOS ANGELES, July 15 (UPI) -- British actress Julia McKenzie has taken over the role of the titular detective in the "Miss Marple" series airing on PBS.
LONDON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Some former "Doctor Who" characters, along with at least one British literary figure, will appear in a new series of the popular British TV show.
UPI Almanac for Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007.
LONDON, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Snippets of England's high-society humor commissioned by Countess Mountbatten of Burma in the 1950s were scheduled to be auctioned in London Thursday.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Following the lead of several other countries, Sweden has officially changed the title of the controversially named Agatha Christie novel, "Ten Little Niggers."
SHANGHAI, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- China's People's Literature Publishing House is set to publish the first "legal" Agatha Christie novels in their country.