In the screenplay she’s a walking, or rather tottering, youthful cliche who, with her high heels and low-cut dresses, bitchy remarks and gold-digging instincts, fulfils yet more misogynistic stereotypes. These representations of women are, like the whole screenplay, far more old-fashioned than Agatha Christie ever was. Agatha Christie may not be everyone’s favourite. Emily RichardsSalisbury, Wiltshire• The real mystery concerning the BBC production of the Agatha Christie story, Ordeal By Innocence, is not who is the murderer, but why the Agatha Christie estate allowed Sarah Phelps to change the ending. Colin BowerNottingham• Ordeal By Innocence – sorry, Lucy, but it bears only the faintest resemblance to Agatha Christie’s novel.

Source: The Guardian April 13, 2018 15:22 UTC