The Agatha Christie Code (2005)

Joanna Lumley narrates this documentary about the worldwide success of mystery novelist Agatha Christie. How did she do it? Can modern technology discover the key to her success? Academicians Dr. Richard Forsyth (Research Fellow in Applied Linguistics at The University of Warwick), Dr. Pernilla Danielsson (Academic Champion of Communications at The University of Birmingham) and Dr. Marcus Dahl (Research Fellow at The School of Advanced Study-London University) use the “Concordance“ computer program to advance their theories. Members of the acting profession weighing in are James Fox, Jenny Agutter, Sylvia Syms, Gemma Jones, Tara Fitzgerald and Richard Johnstone. Others offering an opinion are Roy Ramm (former Commander of New Scotland Yard), Laura Thompson (an Agatha Christie biographer), Val McDermid (respected crime writer), Darian Leader (psychoanalyst), Paul McKenna (hypnotist) and David Shephard (Master Trainer with Neuro-Linguistic Programming).