All The Agatha Christie Classics We Can Stream For Free
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Queen of Crime on the small screen
It’s Agatha Christie’s 136th birthday tomorrow (15 September), so there’s no better time to pick up one of her many crime classics. One of a gaggle of writers working in the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, Christie has emerged as one of the most-read writers of all time – because even though they were penned between 1920 and 1976, Christie’s intricately plotted puzzles transcend time.
It makes sense that they’ve also made their way to the big and small screen over time, too. Fittingly, our British broadcasters often adapt Christie dramas into television films or series – meaning there are plenty out there that we can stream for free. Here’s our guide to the best.
Best Agatha Christie Mysteries To Stream For Free
Agatha Christie’s Poirot (1989–2013)
Perhaps the most famous Agatha Christie adaptation is ITV’s Agatha Christie’s Poirot, which first aired on 8 January 1989, starring David Suchet in the title role. He would go on to star in each and every episode – 70 in total – and almost become synonymous with the character. Good luck to Edward Bluemel, then, who takes up the helm in the BBC’s upcoming reboot. ITVX
Towards Zero (2025)
Airing in 2025 but whisking us back to 1936, this three-part crime caper adapts Christie’s 1944 novel of the same name, starring tennis players holidaying on a windswept, remote Devon estate. Anjelica Huston, Matthew Rhys, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Mimi Keene and Ella Lily Hyland all star. BBC iPlayer
Murder Is Easy (2023)
Airing between Christmas and New Year at the end of 2023, this two-part BBC adaptation of Christie’s 1939 mystery throws fresh themes into the mix by reimagining English police officer Luke Fitzwilliam as a Nigerian attaché, played by David Jonsson. Dissecting a countryside murder, Morfydd Clark, Penelope Wilton, Matthew Baynton and Mark Bonnar also star. BBC iPlayer
Agatha Christie’s Marple (2004–13)
Another long-running ITV adaptation of Christie’s work is Marple, which centres on the quick-witted, elderly Miss Jane Marple (first played by Geraldine McEwan, then Julia McKenzie) who lives in the quiet little village of St. Mary Mead. However, when she visits friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders, which she then helps to solve. ITVX
And Then There Were None (2015)
This 2015 adaptation of the 1939 Agatha Christie novel of the same name stars an ensemble cast: Douglas Booth, Charles Dance, Anna Maxwell Martin, Toby Stephens and Aidan Turner star in one of Christie’s darker works, which follows a group of strangers invited to an isolated island where they are picked off one by one to atone for their past crimes. BBC iPlayer
Ordeal by Innocence (2018)
Christie’s 1958 novel Ordeal by Innocence centres on Leo, whose wife is bludgeoned to death, with their adopted son Jack convicted and killed for it. In the BBC’s 2018 version, Bill Nighy takes the leading role, joined by Anthony Boyle, Anna Chancellor and Morven Christie in what quickly becomes a twisty-turny mystery over three episodes. BBC iPlayer
The Pale Horse (2020)
Rufus Sewell leads this two-part Christie mystery, which is loosely based on the 1961 novel of the same name. He stars as Mark Easterbrook, an antiques dealer who is flung into the middle of an investigation when his name mysteriously appears on a list of names discovered in the shoe of a dead woman. BBC iPlayer
Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (2022)
Set in Wales and Hampshire and based on the 1934 Christie mystery of the same name, Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? centers on Bobby Jones (Will Poulter), who finds a man dying at his local golf course. His final words – ‘Why didn’t they ask Evans?’ – are a strange piece in the puzzle of his death, which Jones sets out to solve with his friend Frankie Derwent (Lucy Boynton). Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Alistair Petrie and Daniel Ings also star. ITVX
The ABC Murders (2018)
Harry Potter star Rupert Grint is Inspector Crome in this 2018 version of Christie’s much-adapted ABC Murders (1936), opposite John Malkovich as an older, greyer and retired Hercule Poirot. The time-worn detective is being taunted by anonymous letters signed ‘ABC’ – warning of alphabetical murders – and Inspector Crome is the man to solve the case. BBC iPlayer
The Witness for the Prosecution (2016)
Airing over Christmas a decade ago now, this two-part series adapts one of Christie’s best-known texts, which was first published more than a century ago in 1925. This version, adapted by Sarah Phelps and directed by Julian Jarrell, stars Toby Jones, Kim Cattrall, Monica Dolan, Andrea Riseborough and Billy Howle in a murderous tale set in 1923. BBC iPlayer
What Else?
There is plenty more Christie to enjoy if you have a streaming subscription – especially to Disney+, which is home to the latest silver screen adaptations, starring Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot. The adaptations to know are:
- Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials (2026): This is the most recent Agatha Christie adaptation, starring Mia McKenna Bruce as Bundle Brent – who investigates a chilling mad plot after a party prank turns deadly – opposite Helena Bonham Carter, Corey Mylcreest and Edward Bluemel. Netflix
- Murder on the Orient Express (2017): The first in 20th Century Studios’ new trilogy of Hercule Poirot films starring Kenneth Branagh as the time-worn detective. Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judy Dench, Michelle Pfeiffer, Olivia Colman and Daisy Ridley also star. Disney+
- Death on the Nile (1978): After the PR nightmare that was the 2022 version of this Christie classic, delve back into the archives and watch the original 1978 version directed by John Guillermin and starring Peter Ustinov as Poirot for the very first time. Prime Video
- A Haunting in Venice (2023): The final film in the Brannagh/Christie trilogy adapts the Queen of Crime’s 1969 novel Hallowe’en Party and has a darker, more psychological-horror tone than many others, starring Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Kelly Reilly and Michelle Yeoh. Disney+
- Crooked House (2017): Based on Christie’s 1949 novel, this twisted tale stars Max Irons as spy-turned-private-detective Charles Hayward, opposite Glenn Close and Gillian Anderson. Rent on Apple TV
