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Dec 14, 2003 · Five Little Pigs: Directed by Paul Unwin. With David Suchet, Rachael Stirling, Aidan Gillen, Toby Stephens. Lucy Crale enlists Poirot to investigate the 14-year-old murder in which her mother was hanged for poisoning her artist father.
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Five Little Pigs is the first episode of the ninth season of the ITV television series Agatha Christie's Poirot, first aired in the UK 14 December 2003. It is an adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel of the same name. The script was written by Kevin Elyot, and the episode was directed by Paul Unwin.
Lucy Lemarchant asks Poirot to uncover the truth of the 14-year-old murder case in which her mother Caroline was hanged for poisoning her dallying husband Amyas Crale, the famous painter. The trail is cold but for Poirot, the key lies in the psychology of the people involved, especially the five possible suspects – his 'five little pigs'.
Spoiler warning: There were a few major changes in this version:
The adaptation is fairly faithful to the original, with some changes to character backgrounds and minor details of the plot, and the omission of Poirot's interviews with people who were in charge of the case 14 years ago (corresponding to the first half of Book I in the novel).
•Some of the people interviewed in the original novel are not approached in the adaptation.
•One was that Philip Blake's affections were not for Caroline, as in the book, but for Amyas, thus making Philip Blake gay.
•Caroline was executed in the adaptation, instead of being sentenced to life in prison and then dying a year into her jail sentence, as in the book.
•Carla's name was also changed to Lucy, and she does not have a fiancé in the film. Nor, in the film, does she fear she has hereditary criminal tendencies; she merely wishes to prove her mother innocent of the crime.
•David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
•Rachael Stirling as Caroline Crale
•Aidan Gillen as Amyas Crale
•Toby Stephens as Philip Blake
•Marc Warren as Meredith Blake
•Aimee Mullins as Lucy Crale
Opening music
•The song played on the gramophone at the beginning is "Alice Blue Gown" Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy. The recording on the gramophone is sung by Edith Day.
•Archaeology. Angela Warren gives a lecture on the archaeological excavation at Chagar Bazar. She also tells Poirot that she has written an account in the National Geographic. In the 1930s, Max Mallowan directed the excavations at Chagar Bazar. Agatha Christie recorded some impressions of life at the Chagar Bazar dig in Come, Tell Me How You Live.
•Benington Lordship house and gardens - Alderbury
•British library - Poirot does research on the history of the case
•Royal Masonic Hospital, Ravenscott Park, Hammersmith - interior used to depict interior of Philip Blake's club
•Museum Chambers, Bury Place, London - Miss William's residence
•Burlington Arcade - Poirot and Angela talk
•Erme estuary, Devon
Toby Stephens (Philip Blake) and Rachael Stirling (Caroline Crale) are the children of Maggie Smith and Diana Rigg respectively. Smith and Rigg starred together in the 1982 film Evil Under the Sun.
2003: Five Little Pigs – Episode 1, Series 9, of Agatha Christie's Poirot, starring David Suchet as Poirot. There were many changes to the story. Caroline was executed, instead of being sentenced to life in prison and then dying a year later.
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Dec 14, 2003 · Five Little Pigs. 81 %. December 14, 2003 • 1h 37m. Lucy Crale hires Poirot to solve the murder of her father sixteen years before, and Poirot finds a number of possible suspects who are still alive. Videos. Images. Changes. Report.
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