8. Armageddon

The clock is ticking for Mark and Gray, as The Swinging Christies examines Agatha Christie's references to the advancement of technology in the 1960s and the Cold War!

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00:00:00 - Opening titles

00:00:50 - Introductory chat

00:05:38 - Why did it feel like the end of the world in the 1960s?

00:15:31 - The Cuban Missile Crisis aka a Caribbean Mystery

00:30:11 - The Doomsday Clock and The Clocks

00:37:45 - The Bomb and Ban the Bomb, MAD, détente

00:49:46 - Global student movements and Passenger to Frankfurt

00:53:15 - Espionage

01:17:52 - Scientific advancements

01:33:10 - Space exploration

01:39:02 - Next episode, how to get in touch

01:40:27 - Closing titles

01:40:53 - Coda

Solutions revealed! - The Clocks, Ordeal by Innocence