3. Money

In the third episode of The Swinging Christies, Mark and Gray turn the spotlight on class, inequality, society... all themes that are present and correct in Agatha Christie!

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00:00:00 - Opening titles

00:00:36 - Introductory chat

00:01:51 - Context

00:02:42 - Agatha’s relationship with money

00:10:19 - The MGM deal

00:21:22 - The Great Train Robbery 1963

00:25:56 - Organised crime

00:29:21 - Increased prosperity, ways of living, new towns, consumerism, class

00:59:53 - New money

01:04:33 - Next episode, how to get in touch

01:05:48 - Closing titles

01:06:09 - Coda

Solutions revealed! - At Bertram's Hotel, The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, Endless Night