Death in the Clouds (BBC Radio 4 adaptation)

On a flight from Le Bourget to Croydon, on which Hercule Poirot is an apprehensive passenger, a woman is found dead. A doctor on board is inclined to put it down to a wasp-sting, but Poirot suspects that a poisoned dart is the real cause—and, perhaps rather too conveniently, a blow pipe is dicovered stuffed down the back of his seat. Clearly, the murder can only have been committed by one of the passengers or crew on the plane. But which one? Poirot, Japp, and M. Fournier of the Surete will make their way through shoals of red herrings before reaching an utterly unexpected conclusion.

Hercule Poirot - John Moffatt
Chief Inspector Japp - Philip Jackson
Monsieur Fournier - Geoffrey Whitehead
Daniel Clancy - Murray Melvin
Jane Grey - Teresa Gallagher
Lady Horbury - Carolyn Jones
Norman Gale - Ben Crowe
Jean Dupont - Andrew Harrison
Dr Bryant - Bruce Purchase
Elise Grandier - Liza Sadovy
Anne Richards - Priyanga Elan
Airline Steward/Agency Clerk - Stephen Critchlow
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Directed by Enyd Williams

This dramatisation was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 3 May 2003.