The billing from the issue of 13–19 June 1937, illustrating the afternoon's television programmes including the live performance of Wasp's Nest Wasp's Nest was a broadcast on the on 18 June 1937. It was adapted from the short story of the by crime writer which had first appeared in the on 20 November 1928 and first appeared in book form in the US collection in 1961. Sexistische Filme more. It first appeared in a UK collection in in 1974. The play is unique in that it is the only instance of Christie adapting one of her works for television, a medium she later came to dislike.

It was broadcast from as part of the programme. The broadcast took place at 3.35 pm and lasted for twenty-five minutes. It was then repeated the same evening at 9.40 pm and lasted for twenty minutes. Theatre Parade usually showcased successful stage shows of the time but in this instance presented an original work. The play was only broadcast in the London area as this was the only part of the UK that could receive television transmissions at this time.