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Mystery!; Agatha Christie Stories, Series II: The Fourth Man

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Series

Mystery!

Program

Agatha Christie Stories, Series II: The Fourth Man

Program Number

518

Series Description

Premiered in 1980 -- offshoot of MASTERPIECE THEATRE. Showcase for the best of British drama in the mystery genre. Current producer, Rebecca Eaton. See individual episode titles for more information. Host: 1980: Gene Shalit; 1981-1989: Vincent Price; 1989-present: Diana Rigg Series release date: 1980

Program Description

Is it possible for the dead to come back and possess the living? And is it possible to strangle oneself because of it? The fourth man in the railway compartment seems to think so, with his strange story about the doomed little chanteuse Annette, and the love/hate relationship that she shares with the backward Felicie Bault.

Duration

00:61:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Drama

Creators

Eaton, Rebecca (Series Producer)

Citation

Chicago: “Mystery!; Agatha Christie Stories, Series II: The Fourth Man,” WGBH Media Library & Archives, accessed September 29, 2016, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_50187DEE2BC14E92AE8821201AAA875D.

MLA: “Mystery!; Agatha Christie Stories, Series II: The Fourth Man.” WGBH Media Library & Archives. Web. September 29, 2016. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_50187DEE2BC14E92AE8821201AAA875D>.

APA: Mystery!; Agatha Christie Stories, Series II: The Fourth Man. Boston, MA: WGBH Media Library & Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_50187DEE2BC14E92AE8821201AAA875D