David Suchet
Hercule Poirot
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- 1. The Adventure of the Clapham Cook Jan 8, 1989
- Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) investigates a cook's disappearance.
- 2. Murder in the Mews Jan 15, 1989
- Hercule Poirot investigates a suspicious Guy Fawkes Day suicide.
- 3. The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly Jan 22, 1989
- A squire (Geoffrey Bateman) seeks Poirot's (David Suchet) help against threats to kidnap his son.
Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-running characters, appearing in 33 novels, two plays ( Black Coffee and Alibi ), and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975.
Poirot's Timeline. 1904--Poirot retires from Belgian police force as detective. Has own practice in Europe, meets Inspector James Japp & later Captain Arthur Hastings. 1916--Arrives to England as a Belgian refugee from WWI. Aided by Mrs. Inglethorpe of Styles Court, meets Hastings again.
Agatha Christie's Poirot, or simply Poirot, is a British mystery drama television programme that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. The ITV show is based on many of Agatha Christie’s famous crime fiction series, which revolves around the fictional private investigator, Hercule Poirot.
Poirot first appeared on television as early as 1937, less than a year after the BBC launched its service. Christie’s one-act play The Wasp’s Nest debuted on the medium, with two live performances starring Francis L. Sullivan as Poirot.
Hercule Poirot, fictional Belgian detective featured in a series of novels by Agatha Christie. Short, somewhat vain, with brilliantined hair and a waxed moustache, the aging bachelor Poirot enjoys his creature comforts. Relying on his “little grey cells” to solve crimes, Poirot is notably.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Poirot was finally introduced to the world in The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1920, 4 years after it was written, and Hastings had the honour of describing him to readers.
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Shortly after opening an ancient Egyptian tomb, members of an English-American museum expedition start dropping off like flies. Can it truly be the Pharaoh's curse? Poirot travels to Egypt to unravel the mystery.
