List of Agatha Christie's Poirot episodes
The following is a list of episodes for the British crime drama Agatha Christie's Poirot. It first aired on 8 January 1989 and all episodes have aired on ITV1 (formerly, ITV until 2001).
Episodes run for either approximately 50 minutes, or approximately 100 minutes (the latter are marked "feature-length" in the table below). The shorter episodes are based on Christie's short stories featuring Poirot, many published in the 1920s. The TV adaptations were considerably embellished from the original stories' plots and were set in 1936 instead of the 1920s et al. as is shown by the inclusion of actual historical events such as Fred Perry's win at the French Open and the Jarrow March.[1]
The longer episodes are based on Christie's novels. The chronology of these episodes differs significantly from that of the novels and, as with the shorter episodes, some stories whose book versions were set in other decades are moved to the 1930s. Of these filmed versions, the one inconsistency is "The Mysterious Affair at Styles". This episode (which was Christie's first Poirot novel), was taken out of the previously established time-line that the series had created and was set back in 1917. It deals with Poirot's first mystery in England and his reacquaintance with Hastings (injured during the war) and Inspector Japp. In this episode a significant effort was made to make the actors appear at least 10 years younger by using more make-up and darker hair. After this, all episodes returned to the previously established time-line.
Cast
Main cast
Recurring cast
Series One (1989)
Title |
UK Airdate |
Recurring Cast |
Guest Cast |
IMDb link |
The Adventure of the Clapham Cook |
8 January 1989 |
Captain Hastings
Inspector Japp
Miss Lemon |
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[1] |
Murder in the Mews |
15 January 1989 |
Captain Hastings
Inspector Japp
Miss Lemon |
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Juliette Mole (as Jane Plenderleith)
David Yelland (as Charles Laverton West, MP)
James Faulkner (as Major Eustace) |
Gabrielle Blunt (as Mrs Pierce)
John Cording (as Div. Inspector Jameson)
Barrie Cookson (as Dr Brett)
Christopher Brown (as Golfer) |
Bob Bryan (as Barman)
Beccy Wright (as Maid)
Nicholas Delve (as Freddie)
Ruskin Moya (as Singer) |
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[2] |
The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly |
22 January 1989 |
Captain Hastings
Inspector Japp
Miss Lemon |
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Geoffrey Bateman (as Marcus Waverly)
Julia Chambers (as Ada Waverly)
Dominic Rougier (as Johnnie Waverly)
Patrick Jordan (as Tredwell) |
Carol Frazer (as Jessie Withers)
Sandra Freeman (as Miss Collins)
Robert Putt (as Rogers)
Patrick Connor (as Hughes) |
Phillip Manikum (as Sergeant)
Jona Jones (as Constable)
Jonathan Magnanti (as Policeman)
Samantha Beckinsale (as Barmaid) |
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[3] |
Four and Twenty Blackbirds |
29 January 1989 |
Captain Hastings
Inspector Japp
Miss Lemon |
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[4] |
The Third Floor Flat |
5 February 1989 |
Captain Hastings
Inspector Japp
Miss Lemon |
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James Aiden (as Major Sadler)
Peter Aubrey (as Removal Man)
Gillian Bailey (as Mrs Sadler)
Suzanne Burden (as Patricia Matthews)
Amanda Elwes (as Mildred) |
John Golightly (as Removal Man)
Robert Hines (as Jimmy)
Jona Jones (as Police Constable)
Josie Lawrence (as Mrs Grant)
George Little (as Dicker) |
Norman Lumsden (as Vicar)
Helena McCarthy (as Coffee Stall Owner)
Alan Partington (as Inspector Flint)
Susan Porrett (as Trotter)
Nicholas Pritchard (as Donovan) |
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[5] |
Triangle at Rhodes |
12 February 1989 |
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Dimitri Andreas (as Greek Cashier)
Anthony Benson (as Skelton)
Jon Cartwright (as Commander Chantry)
Georgia Dervis (as Greek Girl)
Angela Down (as Marjorie Gold)
Tilemanos Emanuel (as Customs Officer) |
Al Fiorentini (as Police Inspector)
Stephen Gressieux (as Italian Policeman)
Yannis Hatziyannis (as Purser)
Timothy Kightley (as Major Barnes)
Annie Lambert (as Valentine Chantry) |
George Little (as Dicker)
Frances Low (as Pamela Lyall)
Patrick Monckton (as Hotel Manager)
Sofia Olympiou (as Good Woman)
Peter Settelen (as Douglas Gold)
Martyn Whitby (as Postman) |
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[6] |
Problem at Sea |
19 February 1989 |
Captain Hastings |
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Sheila Allen (as Mrs Clapperton)
Ben Aris (as Captain Fowler)
Geoffrey Beevers (as Mr Tolliver)
Jack Chissick (as Bates)
Anne Firbank (as Ellie Henderson)
Melissa Greenwood (as Kitty Mooney) |
Victoria Hasted (as Pamela Cregan)
Colin Higgins (as Skinner)
Roger Hume (as General Forbes)
Louisa Janes (as Ismene)
Caroline John (as Mrs Tolliver)
Panayotis Kaldis (as 1st Hawker)
Yorgos Kotanidis (as Photographer)
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Stathis Mauropoulos (as 2nd Hawker)
John Normington (as Colonel Clapperton)
James Ottaway (as Mr Russell)
Dorothea Phillips (as Kelly Morgan)
Sheri Shepstone (as Emily Morgan) |
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[7] |
The Incredible Theft |
26 February 1989 |
Captain Hastings
Inspector Japp
Miss Lemon |
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[8] |
The King of Clubs |
12 March 1989 |
Captain Hastings
Inspector Japp
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[9] |
The Dream |
19 March 1989 |
Captain Hastings
Inspector Japp
Miss Lemon |
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Richard Bebb (as Newsreel Voice)
Donald Bisset (as Mayor)
Fred Bryant (as Workman)
Christopher Gunning (as Bandmaster)
Alan Howard (as Hugo Cornworthy/Benedict Farley) |
Arthur Howell (as Fencing Instructor)
Paul Lacoux (as Dr John Stillingfleet)
George Little (as Mr Dicker)
Neville Phillips (as Holmes)
Joely Richardson (as Joanna Farley) |
Christopher Saul (as Mr Tremlett)
Mary Tamm (as Louise Farley)
Martin Wenner (as Herbert Chudley)
Tommy Wright (as Workman) |
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[10] |
Series Two (1990)
Title |
UK Airdate |
Recurring Cast |
Guest Cast |
IMDb link |
Peril at End House
(feature-length) |
7 January 1990 |
Captain Hastings
Inspector Japp
Miss Lemon
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Geoffrey Greenhill (as Wilson)
Joe Bates (as Alfred Wilson)
Mary Cunningham (as Ellen Wilson)
Polly Walker (as Nick Buckley)
Christopher Baines (as Charles Vyse)
Jeremy Young (as Bert Croft)
Carol MacReady (as Mildred Croft)
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John Harding (as Commander George Challenger)
Jane Paton (as Hotel Receptionist)
Alison Sterling (as Frederica Rice)
John Crocker (as Dr Graham) |
Fergus McLarnon (as Hood)
Jenny Funnell (as Nurse)
Paul Geoffrey (as Jim Lazarus)
Janice Cramer (as Maid)
Edward Pinner (as Pageboy)
Godfrey James (as Inspector)
Elizabeth Downes (as Maggie Buckley) |
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[11] |
The Veiled Lady |
14 January 1990 |
Captain Hastings
Inspector Japp
Miss Lemon
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Frances Barber (as Lady Millicent Castle-Vaughan)
Terence Harvey (as Mr Lavington)
Carole Hayman (as Mrs Godber) |
Tony Stephens (as Sergeant)
Don Williams (as Constable)
Lloyd McGuire (as Museum Guard) |
Peter Geddis (as Museum Guard)
British Concert Winds (as Brass Band) |
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[12] |
The Lost Mine |
21 January 1990 |
Captain Hastings
Inspector Japp
Miss Lemon
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Richard Albrecht (as Lobby Clerk)
Barbara Barnes (as Mrs Lester)
Peter Barnes (as Wilkins)
Anthony Bate (as Lord Pearson)
Hi Ching (as Chow Feng)
Gloria Connell (as Miss Devenish) |
John Cording (as Sergeant Jameson)
Julian Firth (as Bank Teller)
Joe Frazer (as Second Officer)
Daryl Kwan (as Oriental Gentleman)
Susan Leong (as Chinese Tart)
James Saxon (as Reggie Dyer) |
Colin Stinton (as Charles Lester)
Chris Walker (as First Officer)
Vincent Wong (as Chinaman)
Ozzie Yue (as Restaurant Manager) |
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[13] |
The Cornish Mystery |
28 January 1990 |
Captain Hastings
Inspector Japp
Miss Lemon
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[14] |
The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim |
4 February 1990 |
Captain Hastings
Inspector Japp
Miss Lemon
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Mel Martin (as Charlotte Davenheim)
Kenneth Colley (as Matthew Davenheim)
Tony Mathews (as Gerald Lowen)
Fiona McArthur (as Maid) |
Richard Beale (as Merritt)
Bob Mason (as Sergeant)
Peter Doran (as Policeman)
Stewart Harwood (as Man delivering parrot) |
Jonty Miller (as Mechanic)
Malcolm Mudie (as Chief Engineer)
Patrick Page (as Illusionist) |
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[15] |
Double Sin |
11 February 1990 |
Captain Hastings
Inspector Japp
Miss Lemon
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Miranda Forbes (as Landlady)
Paul Gabriel (as Speedy Tours Representative)
Amanda Garwood (as Lady Amanda Manderley)
Harry Goodier (as Billy Arkwright)
Elspet Gray (as Elizabeth Penn) |
David Hargreaves (as Sergeant Vinney)
Gerald Horan (as PC Flagg)
Adam Kotz (as Norton Kane)
George Little (as Dicker)
Caroline Milmoe (as Mary Durant) |
Jeffrey Perry (as Hotel Receptionist)
Michael Shannon (as J. Baker Wood)
Anne Small (as Pianist)
Jack Williams (as Second Urchin)
Ned Williams (as First Urchin) |
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[16] |
The Adventure of the Cheap Flat |
18 February 1990 |
Captain Hastings
Inspector Japp
Miss Lemon
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[17] |
The Kidnapped Prime Minister |
25 February 1990 |
Captain Hastings
Inspector Japp
Miss Lemon
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Oliver Beamish (as Sergeant Hopper)
Kate Binchy (as Egan's Landlady)
Timothy Block (as Major Norman)
Anthony Chinn (as Shi Mong)
Sam Clifton (as Street urchin) |
Jack Elliott (as John Egan)
Patrick Godfrey (as Lord Estair)
Lisa Harrow (as Mrs Daniels)
Roy Heather (as Transport Superintendent)
Ronald Hines (as Sir Bernard Dodge) |
David Horovitch (as Commander Daniels)
Daniel John (as Street urchin)
Henry Moxon (as Prime Minister McAdam)
Milo Sperber (as Mr Fingler) |
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[18] |
The Adventure of the Western Star |
4 March 1990 |
Captain Hastings
Inspector Japp
Miss Lemon
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[19] |
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
(feature-length) |
16 September 1990 |
Captain Hastings
Inspector Japp
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Beatie Edney (as Mary Cavendish)
Gillian Barge (as Mrs Emily Inglethorp)
Michael Cronin (as Alfred Inglethorp)
David Rintoul (as John Cavendish)
Anthony Calf (as Lawrence Cavendish)
Joanna McCallum (as Evelyn Howard)
Allie Byrne (as Cynthia Murdoch)
Tim Munro (as Edwin Mace)
Donald Pelmear (as Judge) |
Morris Perry (as Wells)
Tim Preece (as Phillips, KC)
David Savile (as Summerhaye)
Eric Stovell (as Chemist)
Caroline Swift (as Nurse)
Merelina Kendall (as Mrs Dainty)
Ken Robertson (as Army Officer)
Robert Vowles (as Hire Car Driver) |
Michael D. Roberts (as Tindermans)
Michael Godley (as Dr Wilkins)
Penelope Beaumont (as Mrs Raikes)
Lala Lloyd (as Dorcas)
Bryan Coleman (as Vicar)
Gordon Dulieu (as Clerk of the Court)
Jeffrey Robert (as Foreman of the Jury)
David Michaels (as Soldier) |
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[20] |
Series Three (1991)
Series Four (1992)
Title |
UK Airdate |
Recurring Cast |
Guest Cast |
IMDb link |
The ABC Murders
(feature-length) |
5 January 1992 |
Captain Hastings
Inspector Japp |
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Donald Sumpter (as Alexander Bonaparte Cust)
Donald Douglas (as Franklin Clarke)
Nicholas Farrell (as Donald Fraser)
Pippa Guard (as Megan Barnard)
Cathryn Bradshaw (as Mary Drower)
Nina Marc (as Thora Grey)
David McAlister (as Inspector Glen)
Vivienne Burgess (as Lady Clarke)
Ann Windsor (as Miss Merrion) |
Michael Mellinger (as Franz Ascher)
Miranda Forbes (as Mrs Turton)
Peter Penry-Jones (as Superintendent Carter)
Lucinda Curtis (as Mrs Marbury)
Jeremy Hawk (as Deveril)
Allan Mitchell (as Dr Kerr)
Philip Anthony (as Doctor)
Andrew Williamson (as Man in Library)
John Breslin (as Mr Barnard) |
Clifford Milner (as Constable)
Claude Close (as Doncaster Sergeant)
Alex Kinght (as Andover Sergeant)
David Fox (as Scotland Yard Sergeant)
Campbell Graham (as Mr Downes)
Gordon Salkilld (as Commissionaire)
Norman McDonald (as Mr Strange)
Jane Birdsall (as Nurse)
Pat Gorman (as Desk Sergeant) |
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[31] |
Death in the Clouds
(feature-length) |
12 January 1992 |
Inspector Japp |
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Yves Aubert (as Airline Clerk)
Harry Audley (as Raymond Barraclough)
John Bleasdale (as Mitchell)
Jenny Downham (as Anne Giselle)
David Firth (as Lord Horbury)
Cathryn Harrison (as Lady Horbury)
Roger Heathcott (as Daniel Clancy) |
Richard Ireson (as Inspector Fournier)
Gabrielle Lloyd (as Elise Grandir)
Guy Manning (as Jean Dupont)
Nick Mercer (as PC Roberts)
Eve Pearce (as Madame Giselle)
Hana Maria Pravda (as Concierge)
Russell Richardson (as French Registrar) |
George Rossi (as Mr Zeropoulos)
Amanda Royle (as Venetia Kerr)
Raymond Sawyer (as Hotel Clerk)
Shaun Scott (as Norman Gale)
Hilary Waters (as Receptionist)
Sarah Woodward (as Jane Grey) |
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[32] |
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
(feature-length) |
19 January 1992 |
Inspector Japp |
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Bruce Alexander (as Albert Chapman)
Ben Bazell (as Sergeant Beddoes)
Nigel Bellairs (as Mr Letheran)
Peter Blythe (as Alastair Blunt)
Oliver Bradshaw (as Mr Hendry)
Carolyn Colquhoun (as Mabelle Sainsbury-Seale)
Christopher Eccleston (as Frank Carter)
Karen Gledhill (as Gladys Neville)
Joe Greco (as Alfred Biggs)
Laurence Harrington (as Henry Morley)
Mary Healey (as Beryl Chapman) |
Helen Horton (as Julia Olivera)
Trilby James (as Agnes Fletcher)
Kevork Malikyan (as Mr Amberiotis)
Joanna Phillips-Lane (as Gerda Grant)
Julie Smith (as Hopscotch Girl)
Sara Stewart (as Jane Olivera)
John Warner (as Coroner)
Stephen Bird (as Page Boy)
David Bowles (as Sgt Evans)
Nicolas Brook (as Waiter)
John Carlin (as Dr Bennett) |
Tom Durham (as Lionel Arnholt)
Emma Grey (as Hopscotch Girl)
Mark Heal (as Police Constable)
Cassandra Holliday (as Receptionist)
Dawn Keeler (as Mrs Pinner)
Rosalind Knight (as Georgina Morley)
Eileen Maciejewska (as Manageress)
Alan Penn (as Antonio)
John Peters (as Sergeant)
George Waring (as First Coroner)
Keith Woodhams (as Desk Clerk) |
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[33] |
Series Five (1993)
Series Six (1995-1996)
Title |
UK Airdate |
Recurring Cast |
Guest Cast |
IMDb link |
Hercule Poirot's Christmas
(feature-length) |
1 January 1995 |
Inspector Japp |
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[42] |
Hickory Dickory Dock
(feature-length) |
12 February 1995 |
Inspector Japp
Miss Lemon |
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Paris Jefferson (as Sally Finch)
Jonathan Firth (as Nigel Chapman)
Damian Lewis (as Leonard Bateson)
Gilbert Martin (as Colin McNabb)
Elinor Morriston (as Valerie Hobhouse)
Polly Kemp (as Patricia Lane) |
Jessica Lloyd (as Celia Austin)
Sarah Badel (as Mrs Florence Hubbard)
Rachel Bell (as Mrs Christina Nicoletis)
Granville Saxton (as Mr Casterman)
David Burke (as Sir Arthur Stanley)
Bernard Lloyd (as Mr Endicott) |
Terry Duggan (as Butcher)
Mark Denny (as Jarrow Marcher)
Tony Kirkwood (as Passport Officer)
Peter Glancy (as Customs Officer)
Andy Linden (as Giorgios)
Alec Linstead (as Pharmacist)
Brian McDermott (as Chief Inspector) |
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[43] |
Murder on the Links
(feature-length) |
11 February 1996 |
Captain Hastings |
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Diane Fletcher (as Eloise Renauld)
Damien Thomas (as Paul Renauld)
Ben Pullen (as Jack Renauld)
Katherine Fahey (as Bernadette Daubreuil)
Sophie Linfield (as Marthe Daubreuil)
Terence Beesley (as Stonor)
Jacinta Mulcahy (as Bella Duveen)
Bill Moody (as Giraud) |
Bernard Latham (as Lucien Bex)
Andrew Melville (as Dr Hautet)
Henrietta Voigts (as Leonie)
James Vaughan (as Adam Letts)
Richard Bebb (as News Commentator)
Belinda Stewart-Wilson (as Dubbing Secretary)
Simon Holmes (as Projectionist)
Ray Gatenby (as Station Master) |
Randal Herley (as Judge)
Peter Yapp (as Lawyer)
Terry Raven (as Tramp)
Margaret Clifton (as Concierge)
Tim Berrington (as Golfer)
Howard Lee (as Golfer)
Christopher Hammond (as Policeman)
Joseph Morton (as Policeman) |
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[44] |
Dumb Witness
(feature-length) |
16 March 1996 |
Captain Hastings |
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[45] |
Series Seven (2000)
Series Eight (2001-2002)
Title |
UK Airdate |
Recurring Cast |
Guest Cast |
IMDb link |
Evil Under the Sun
(feature-length) |
20 April 2001 |
Captain Hastings
Inspector Japp
Miss Lemon |
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Michael Higgs (as Patrick Redfern)
Louise Delamere (as Arlena Stuart)
Tamzin Malleson (as Christine Redfern)
Tim Meats (as Stephen Lane)
Marsha Fitzalan (as Rosamund Darnley)
David Mallinson (as Kenneth Marshall)
Ian Thompson (as Major Barry)
Rosalind March (as Mrs Castle) |
Rebecca Johnson (as Gladys Narracott)
Carolyn Pickles (as Emily Brewster)
Russell Tovey (as Lionel Marshall)
David Timson (as Horace Blatt)
Paul Ready (as William)
Guy Vincent (as Barman)
Roger Alborough (as Chief Constable Weston)
Jason Davies (as Nathan Lloyd) |
Lawrence McGrandles Jr (as Simon Kelso)
Harriet Eastcott (as Librarian)
Steve Bennett (as Policeman)
Kevin Moore (as Coroner)
Kenneth Gilbert (as Mr Applegood)
Grant Gillespie (as Jack Lovett)
Andrew MacBean (as Waiter)
Andrew Ashby (as Officer) |
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[48] |
Murder in Mesopotamia
(feature-length) |
2 June 2002 |
Captain Hastings |
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Ron Berglas (as Dr Leidner)
Barbara Barnes (as Louise Leidner)
Dinah Stabb (as Anne Johnson)
Georgina Sowerby (as Amy Leatheran)
Jeremy Turner-Welch (as Bill Coleman)
Pandora Clifford (as Sheila Maitland) |
Christopher Hunter (as Father Lavigny)
Christopher Bowen (as Richard Carey)
Iain Mitchell (as Superintendent Maitland)
Alexi Kaye Campbell (as Joseph Mercado)
Deborah Poplett (as Mrs Mercado)
Kamel Touati (as Squat Man) |
Hichem Rostom (as Hotel Receptionist)
Zouheir Bornaz (as Police Sergeant)
Dejeb Magri (as Murdered Man)
Hammadi Maaroufi (as Workman)
Ramzi Brari (as Abdullah) |
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Series Nine (2003-2004)
Series Ten (2006)
Series Eleven (2008-2009)
Series Twelve (2010-2011)
Series Thirteen (2012-2013)
ITV are to produce the final season of Poirot in 2012[4]:
There are four novels:
and a collection of 12 related short stories:
Following the transmission of these five films, only two Poirot stories remain which will not be filmed by Suchet:
A play:
and a short story:
There are also a number of published Poirot short stories which were later expanded into others and for that reason were not filmed:
- The Market Basing Mystery (1923) - The same plotline was expanded and used for Murder In The Mews
- The Submarine Plans (1923) - Later expanded into The Incredible Theft
- Christmas Adventure (1923) - Later expanded into The Theft Of The Royal Ruby (or The Adventure Of The Christmas Pudding as it is alternatively known)
- The Mystery Of The Baghdad Chest (1932) - Later expanded into The Mystery Of The Spanish Chest
- The Second Gong (1932) - Later expanded into Dead Man's Mirror
- The Regatta Mystery (1936) - This is not generally known as a Poirot story as it was expanded into the more famous Parker Pyne short story of the same name.
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