Pip pip! Bright Young Things Meet Secret Society in “Seven Dials” (1981)

February 13
36 mins

Episode Description

Warning: SPOILERS!


It’s Agatha Christie meet P.G. Wodehouse’s Drones Club in “The Seven Dials Mystery,” a TV movie from 1981. True, James Warwick (34) was too old to play a Bright Young Thing, and Cheryl Campbell (31) to play “Bundle” Brent, but they were game in this tale of espionage, secret societies, high living, and murder.


Teresa Peschel, author of "Agatha Christie, She Watched" and the "International Agatha Christie, She Watched," hosts our livestream. Joining Teresa is her husband, technical adviser, and straight man, Bill Peschel. Together, they are Peschel Press, publisher of intriguing, intelligent, and idiosyncratic books (www.peschelpress.com).


HOW TO SEE THIS MOVIE:

Prime Video, Britbox, Roku, and Acorn TV


WHERE TO FIND US

Peschel Press: www.peschelpress.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peschel_press/


NEXT WEEK:

“Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials,” the new version that appeared on Netflix this month.


DISCLAIMER: FAIR USE. Title 17, US Code (Sections 107-118 of the copyright law) All media in this video is used for the purpose of review and commentary under the terms of fair use. All footage, music and images used belong to their respective owners.

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