Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot (U.S. title Poirot) is a popular British television series starring David Suchet as Agatha Christie's detective character Hercule Poirot. It was originally made by London Weekend Television (LWT). However, since the early 2000s production has been credited to Granada Television, due to that company's takeover of LWT in 1994 and the following gradual dissolution of LWT as a separate entity.

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David Suchet as Hercule Poirot (foreground) with Hugh Fraser as Hastings

Poirot began airing as a television show in 1989. The last of the 46, hour-long episodes produced in five series appeared in 1993. From 1995 to 1997, several longer DTVappeared on TV. Four more Poirot TV movies appeared in 2000 and 2001, with a further four appearing in 2003/4.

Four adaptations were made in 2005: "The Mystery of the Blue Train", "After the Funeral","Cards on the Table", and "Taken at the Flood".

"Taken at the Flood", however, has not yet been aired in North America.

Suchet has indicated his desire to DTV portrayal is considered to be the best and very accurate to the character in the books. Suchet said that he prepared for the part by reading all the Poirot novels and copying out every piece of description about the character.

Recurring cast:

• David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
• Hugh Fraser as Captain Arthur Hastings
• Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp
• Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon

Other cast:

• Zoë Wanamaker as Ariadne Oliver (Cards on the Table)
• Elliott Gould as Rufus Van Aldin (The Mystery of the Blue Train)

TV episodes

First Series

- 1989 (all 52mins each)

1. The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
2. Murder In The Mews
3. The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly
4. Four and Twenty Blackbirds
5. The Third-Floor Flat
6. Triangle at Rhodes
7. Problem At Sea
8. The Incredible Theft
9. The King of Clubs
10. The Dream

Second Series

- 1990 (8 episodes of 52min, First and last episodes of 103mins)

1. Peril at End House
2. The Veiled Lady
3. The Lost Mine
4. The Cornish Mystery
5. The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim
6. Double Sin
7. The Adventure of the Cheap Flat
8. The Kidnapped Prime Minister
9. The Adventure of the Western Star
10. The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Third series

- 1991 (all episodes of 52mins each)

1. How Does Your Garden Grow?
2. The Million Dollar Bond Robbery
3. The Plymouth Express
4. Wasp's Nest
5. The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor
6. The Double Clue
7. The Mystery of the Spanish Chest
8. The Theft of the Royal Ruby
9. The Affair at the Victory Ball
10. The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge

Fourth series

- 1992 (all episodes of 103mins each)

1. The ABC Murders
2. Death in the Clouds
3. One Two Buckle My Shoe

Fifth series

- 1993 (all episodes of 52mins each)

1. The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
2. The Under Dog
3. Yellow Iris
4. The Case of the Missing Will
5. The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman
6. The Chocolate Box
7. Dead Man's Mirror
8. The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan

Sixth series

- 1995 (all episodes of 103mins each)

1. Hercule Poirot's Christmas
2. Hickory Dickory Dock
3. Murder on the Links
4. Dumb Witness

Seventh series

- 2000 (each episode of 103mins)

1. Lord Edgware Dies
2. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Eighth series

- 2001 (each episode of 103mins)

1. Murder in Mesopotamia
2. Evil Under the Sun

Ninth series

- 2003 & 2004 (each episode of 103mins)

1. Five Little Pigs
2. Sad Cypress
3. The Hollow
4. Death on the Nile

Tenth series

- 2005 & 2006 (each episode of 103mins) - not all shown yet

1. The Mystery of the Blue Train
2. After the Funeral
3. Cards on the Table
4. Taken at the Flood

External links

• British Film Institute Screen Online

• First screenings in UK - past and future