Mrs. McGinty's Dead

In this classic Hercule Poirot mystery from the Queen of Crime, a kindly widow is bludgeoned to death. Is her lodger guilty? Or is he being framed? Either way, the condemned man's time is running out. 1/5 With a man due to hang, Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot probes a savage murder. 2/5 Poirot believes a woman's brutal murder is linked to a lurid newspaper article. 3/5 In the respectable village of Broadhinny, Hercule Poirot has several murder suspects. 4/5 Poirot gets more clues after somebody tries to kill him, but he fears for another's life. 5/5 A final clue in Poirot's hunt for the murderer, with another surprise in store. Ariadne Oliver....Julia MckenzieDeirdre Henderson....Teresa GallagherDr Rendell....Gerard McdermottJames Bentley....Tom GeorgeMajor Summerhayes....Ian MastersMaude Williams....Beth ChalmersMichael....Kim WallMr Carpenter....Dominic ColchesterMr Scuttle....Geoffrey BeeversMrs Burch....Connie WalkerMrs Carpenter....Angela SimsMrs Rendell....susannah corbettMrs Summerhayes....Molly GaisfordMrs Sweetman....Jillie MeersMrs Upward....Jill BalconMrs Wetherby....Rosalind KnightPoirot....John MoffattRobin Upward....Nick WaringSuperintendent Spence....George BakerDramatised by Michael BakewellDirected by Enyd WilliamsThis production was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 3 March 2006.