An AI Masterclass in Whodunnit

Here's the offer: "Want to write the perfect crime story? In this once-in-a-lifetime course—created in collaboration with Agatha Christie's family and built entirely on her own words about the craft—let the Queen of Crime Fiction herself show you how." Wanna apply?

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Here's the offer: "Want to write the perfect crime story? In this once-in-a-lifetime course—created in collaboration with Agatha Christie's family and built entirely on her own words about the craft—let the Queen of Crime Fiction herself show you how." Wanna apply? Thanks to a new AI-assisted course from BBC Maestro (priced at £79), aspiring crime writers can now learn the craft directly from the queen of whodunnits herself, or at least from a convincingly reimagined version of her.

The course, titled Agatha Christie: Writing, brings Christie's storytelling insights to life through a digitally reconstructed version of the author, portrayed by actress Vivien Keene. Her likeness and voice have been enhanced using Artificial Intelligence (AI) trained on archival footage, old interviews, and letters written by the author of Death on the Nile. The result is an interactive learning experience where Madam Christie appears to personally guide budding writers through the mechanics of constructing a good mystery.