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Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

On an archaeological dig in Iraq, author Agatha Christie uncovers a series of murders.

Director

Sam Yates

Year

Genre

crime, mystery, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

DSP

Awards

1 nomination

Homepage

https://www.channel5.com/show/agatha-and-the-curse-of-ishtar/

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Agatha Collection: Agatha and the Truth of Murder, Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar, Agatha and the Midnight Murders

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Agatha Christie

Lyndsey Marshal

Max Mallowan

Jonah Hauer-King

Lucy

Sir Constance

Stanley Townsend

Marmaduke

Rory Fleck Byrne

Leonard Woolley

Katharine Woolley

Katherine Kingsley

Hutchins

Pearl

Ahkam

Doctor Al-Memar

Godfrey

Ezekiel

Faisal

Hugo

Patrick Mulholland

Hadi

Butler

Claire

Dinner Host

Francesca Briffa

Dinner Host

Sean James Sutton

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Max Mallowan Agatha Christie

Uh, I imagine a similar test
will suffice. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Uh, I imagine a similar test will suffice.

I had no idea Iraq was such
a hotbed of innovation. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

I had no idea Iraq was such a hotbed of innovation.

He couldn't stand up.
- HE LAUGHS - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

He couldn't stand up. - HE LAUGHS

I've only just moved in.
A recent change of duties. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

I've only just moved in. A recent change of duties.

You're not really looking into
this monkey business? - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

You're not really looking into this monkey business?

My writing requires constant
inspiration. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

My writing requires constant inspiration.

When the opportunity
presents itself - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

When the opportunity presents itself

Well, fire away,
but cards on the table - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Well, fire away, but cards on the table

Even though it posed
no direct threat - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Even though it posed no direct threat

He was also the brains
in the partnership - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

He was also the brains in the partnership

It seems his recent encounter
with a bullet is related. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

It seems his recent encounter with a bullet is related.

Yes, but from what I hear, they
don't seem to be doing anything. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Yes, but from what I hear, they don't seem to be doing ...

I imagine
it's a complicated affair - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

I imagine it's a complicated affair

Then you are confident that
Max's would-be killer - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Then you are confident that Max's would-be killer

My advice to Mr Mallowan is to
stay away from whatever - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

My advice to Mr Mallowan is to stay away from whatever

There isn't a thing from
my youth I still hold dear. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

There isn't a thing from my youth I still hold dear.

But if I help you, I would ask
you do something for me. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

But if I help you, I would ask you do something for me.

We divorced. It's a...
It's a matter of public record. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

We divorced. It's a... It's a matter of public rec...

She is having an affair with
a person considerably - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

She is having an affair with a person considerably

The problem is not the affair
but the person - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

The problem is not the affair but the person

With your experience, I thought
you might be able to advise her. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

With your experience, I thought you might be able to advise ...

As much as I enjoy your books - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

As much as I enjoy your books

Are you digging your own grave?
- HE LAUGHS - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Are you digging your own grave? - HE LAUGHS

Are there any other young people
who spend time at the lodge? - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Are there any other young people who spend time at the lodge...

Lucy's having an affair with
someone younger than her - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Lucy's having an affair with someone younger than her

"no-one is good...
except God." - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

"no-one is good... except God."

KATHARINE SOBS - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

I'm terribly sorry, but do you
mind consoling Katharine? - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

I'm terribly sorry, but do you mind consoling Katharine...

"Softly, softly
caught the monkey." - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

"Softly, softly caught the monkey."

"Never slap a man
who's chewing tobacco." - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

"Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco."

He wants me to tell you
it will end badly. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

He wants me to tell you it will end badly.

DISTANT CLAMOUR
- PONSONBY LAUGHS - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

DISTANT CLAMOUR - PONSONBY LAUGHS

BELL RINGS - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

SHE EXHALES HEAVILY - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

SHE EXHALES HEAVILY

There's a plate here
that's 4,500 years old. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

There's a plate here that's 4,500 years old.

Well, how did Enki
form the Tigris? - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Well, how did Enki form the Tigris?

SHE LAUGHS - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

SHE GASPS - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Of course,
but if the door was locked - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Of course, but if the door was locked

I... I think - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Max was showing me his artefacts - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Max was showing me his artefacts

I must say, Agatha, things
are a lot more interesting - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

I must say, Agatha, things are a lot more interesting

I need to repair this before
it gets ground into the dirt. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

I need to repair this before it gets ground into the dirt.

The woman my husband
was having an affair with - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

The woman my husband was having an affair with

LUCY GASPS - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

LUCY GASPS - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Despite your feelings for them,
they just tried to kill me. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Despite your feelings for them, they just tried to kill me.

You know, now that I've met you,
I understand why your husband - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

You know, now that I've met you, I understand why your ...

Have you thought for a minute
what Max will do when - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Have you thought for a minute what Max will do when

Oh, um, I'm afraid there was
a mix-up at the morgue. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Oh, um, I'm afraid there was a mix-up at the morgue.

An Indian colonel - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

An Indian colonel

SHE CLEARS HER THROAT - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

SHE CLEARS HER THROAT

Of all the stupid, preposterous
things that have been said - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Of all the stupid, preposterous things that have been said

WOMAN SCREAMS - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

If... If the monkey's here...
what's in the coffin? - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

If... If the monkey's here... what's in the coffin...

If we had a time machine,
and went back 5,000 years - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

If we had a time machine, and went back 5,000 years

Gathered the paperwork - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Gathered the paperwork

Without her, the operation
will grind to a halt. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Without her, the operation will grind to a halt.

So you'll stop excavating?
- Heavens, no! - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

So you'll stop excavating? - Heavens, no!

What, you think anything
that happens - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

What, you think anything that happens

You will not set foot
on that dig. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

You will not set foot on that dig.

Lucy would've enjoyed
my improved circumstances. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Lucy would've enjoyed my improved circumstances.

It will need to be confirmed
but I suspect, like Patrick... - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

It will need to be confirmed but I suspect, like Patrick...

It's readily available as a
pesticide but a poor choice - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

It's readily available as a pesticide but a poor choice

It's much better to use selenium
or ricin or arsenic - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

It's much better to use selenium or ricin or arsenic

But someone thinking about
using rat poison - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

But someone thinking about using rat poison

I wanted to avoid alerting her
co-conspirator. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

I wanted to avoid alerting her co-conspirator.

As much as I'd like to see
Marmaduke disgraced - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

As much as I'd like to see Marmaduke disgraced

No. Justice for Lucy is enough. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

No. Justice for Lucy is enough.

But if you're right about
Marmaduke - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

But if you're right about Marmaduke

You make sure to take someone
you trust. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

You make sure to take someone you trust.

SHE EXHALES DEEPLY - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

SHE EXHALES DEEPLY

Tell me.
- THEY LAUGH - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Tell me. - THEY LAUGH

Did you know there's a test
to indicate if a person - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Did you know there's a test to indicate if a person

DISTANT VOICE - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

DISTANT YELL - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Marmaduke has been killed.
What are you doing here? - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Marmaduke has been killed. What are you doing here?

Surely if you can remember
being attacked, you can recall - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Surely if you can remember being attacked, you can recall

It's murder!
- And you found the culprit? - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

It's murder! - And you found the culprit?

KATHARINE GIGGLES - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

KATHARINE GIGGLES

I had no idea rigor mortis
was so... rigorous. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

I had no idea rigor mortis was so... rigorous.

Mark.
- GUNSHOT - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Mark. - GUNSHOT

How did you know Marmaduke
was stealing artefacts? - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

How did you know Marmaduke was stealing artefacts?

Lucy was his fence
and he killed her - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Lucy was his fence and he killed her

However, he didn't share
the profits with his partners - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

However, he didn't share the profits with his partners

Unless his murder had nothing
to do with the thefts? - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Unless his murder had nothing to do with the thefts?

Don't get your hopes up,
it's Assyrian politics - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Don't get your hopes up, it's Assyrian politics

SHE SIGHS - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Um, aren't you forgetting
something? - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Um, aren't you forgetting something?

Because I don't want to hang
for a crime I didn't commit. - Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar

Because I don't want to hang for a crime I didn't ...

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On an archaeological dig in Iraq, author Agatha Christie uncovers a series of murders.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Sam Yates

Writer: Tom Dalton

Production: DSP

Genre: crime, mystery, romance

Year: 2019

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 15 Dec 2019

Awards: 1 nomination

Homepage: https://www.channel5.com/show/agatha-and-the-curse-of-ishtar/

Agatha Collection: Agatha and the Truth of Murder, Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar, Agatha and the Midnight Murders

Also watch: Utopia, Agatha and the Midnight Murders, Cry Wolf, Iron Mask, Things Heard & Seen, A Perfect Pairing, The Living Daylights, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, The Tomorrow War, Fifty Shades of Grey, Interstellar, Oppenheimer, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Poor Things, Barbie, Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi, Joker, Tenet