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Sep 26, 2004 · The Hollow: Directed by Simon Langton. With David Suchet, Jonathan Cake, Megan Dodds, Sarah Miles. Poirot stumbles on the murder scene of philandering Dr Christow in a country house as his wife stands next to him with a revolver in her hand.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Simon Langton
- 2004-09-26
Aug 25, 2013 · Episode-by-episode: The Hollow. This episode was based on the novel The Hollow, first published in 1946. It was adapted for television by Nick Dear and directed by Simon Langton. Nick Dear does an excellent job with the adaptation of this particular novel. The script has the perfect balance between melancholy, humour, seriousness and Poirot-ness.
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The Hollow is the fourth episode of series nine of Agatha Christie's Poirot, broadcast on 26 April 2004. The feature-length episode is an adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel of the same name. It was directed by Simon Langton and the script was written by Nick Dear.
Poirot is invited to The Hollow, a splendid country retreat of the Angkatell family. The unexpected arrival of Dr Christow's old lover leaves the company in an uproar. The next day, Dr Christow is found shot dead by the pool, his delicate wife standing next to him with a smoking revolver in her hand. Can the case be as simple as it seems?
Spoiler warning: •The character David Angkatell is omitted and Elsie Patterson is changed from being Gerda's sister to being a friend of hers.
•David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
•Jonathan Cake as John Christow
•Megan Dodds as Henrietta Savernake
•Sarah Miles as Lucy Angkatell
•Edward Fox as Gudgeon
•Claire Price as Gerda Christow
•The Headland Murders which Gerda reads in bed is a fictional work.
•Hampton Lodge, Farnham - as The Hollow
•High Canons, Well End, Hertfordshire - Hollow interiors.
•16 Devonshire Close, London - externals of Henrietta's studio
•82 Harley Street, London (with fake number 404 on the front door)
•Mansfield Street, London (at the Duchess Street junction) - where Gerda stalls the car "Oh God Gerda"
•Baynards Station, Downs Link, Horsham - Poirot arrives by train
•Lagonda 2 litre Speed GT609 - Henrietta's car. Not a Delage.
Poirot joins the proceedings earlier than in the novel, having had dinner at Ainswick the evening before John Christow's murder. The Atoner : One of the characters is revealed to have been the ringleader of various attempts to throw suspicion off the actual killer, who murdered her husband because he was cheating on her, in large part because ...
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The Hollow is set in a sprawling country mansion. Poirot is relaxing in a nearby cottage but Sir Henry and Lady Angkatell want to see him in The Hollows regarding an important matter. When Poirot arrives he sees a woman standing over John Christow's dying body with a pistol in her hand which is then thrown by Christow's lover into a swimming pool.
The Hollow is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the United States by Dodd, Mead & Co. in 1946 [1] [2] and in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club in November of the same year. [3] The US edition retailed at $2.50 [2] and the UK edition at eight shillings and sixpence (8/6). [3]
