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This was a "listen-along" with Themis, although she finished days ago. Overall:

Butter in a Lordly Dish: this was a short, approximately 30 minute, radio play. It started slow, and ended violently. I'd give this one three stars.

Personal Call: another short, approximately 30 minute, radio play. Inspector Narracott makes a brief appearance here - he also shows up in The Sittaford Mystery, which I am rereading now. In addition, this has a bit of a supernatural aspect, which is very unusual for Agatha. I'd give this one 3 1/2 stars.

Interlude: the first interlude involves some radio interviews, including an interview with Agatha Christie which occurred on the 10th anniversary of The Mousetrap. This was extremely interesting, and I laughed out loud over the discussion about how much longer the play would run (we are at 50 + years and counting now, which they definitely did not predict). This material gets 4 stars.

Murder in the Mews: this was about an hour long. It's not one of my favorite stories, tbh, and I thought the adaptation was just ok. They cut out one of the major clues that Poirot uses to get the solution (the golf clubs don't make an appearance here), but I do think that the radio play did a good job of humanizing the victim and making the motive behind the mystery plausible and sympathetic. Better than the story, and even better than the Poirot adaptation (although the Suchet episode is hugely entertaining). Another 3 stars.

Epilogue: I'm listening to another interview at this point. The historical material is pretty interesting.

Overall, I am glad I listened! Next on the Agatha play schedule is the script of Murder on the Nile.