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- Season 5 overviewJan 17-Mar 7, 19938 episodesSeason 5 episodes1. The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb Jan 17, 1993
- Poirot considers whether a curse caused the fatal heart attack of an archaeologist.
- 2. The Underdog Jan 24, 1993
- Poirot investigates the death of a businessman who hoped to sell a new compound.
- 3. Yellow Iris Jan 31, 1993
- Poirot gets a second chance in the investigation of a murder in a Buenos Aires restaurant.
- 4. The Case of the Missing Will Feb 7, 1993
- Poirot investigates the murder of a Cambridge don opposed to the feminist movement.
- 5. The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman Feb 14, 1993
- Poirot travels to London's Little Italy to investigate a count's death.
- 6. The Chocolate Box Feb 21, 1993
- Poirot faces an unsolved murder case while visiting his former colleagues in Belgium.
- 7. The Dead Man's Mirror Feb 28, 1993
- Poirot investigates an art dealer's architect for fraud; the dealer's wife fears death.
- 8. Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan Mar 7, 1993
- The vacationing detective investigates the robbery of the valuable pearls of an actress.
The Chocolate Box: Directed by Ken Grieve. With David Suchet, Philip Jackson, Rosalie Crutchley, Anna Chancellor. While in Belgium, Poirot relates to Chief Inspector Japp a case from his early days in the Belgian police force that nearly eluded the brilliance of his 'little grey cells.'.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Ken Grieve
- 1993-02-21
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The Chocolate Box is the sixth episode of series 5 of the ITV British television drama series Agatha Christie's Poirot featuring David Suchet as Hercule Poirot, first broadcast on 7 February 1993 in the UK and was directed by Ken Grieve with dramatisation by Douglas Watkinson. The episode is an adaptation of Agatha Christie's short story of the sam...
While in Belgium, Poirot recounts to Chief Inspector Japp a case from twenty years prior. During his early days in the Belgian police, he looked into the suspicious death of the young politician Paul Deroulard, at the request of the charming Virginie Mesnard.
•Compared with the original, this adaptation is considerably embellished for dramatic purposes although the main premise of the story is retained.
•Rather than simply narrate the events to Hastings, Poirot actually goes to Brussels with Japp in the 1930s. There Poirot meets Saint Alard and so recalls the events of the Chocolate Box which happened around 1898--the time when Dutch was recognized as an official language along with French. Hastings does not occur in the adaptation. Japp does but he did not in the original. There are additional non-canonical supporting characters such as Jean-Louis Ferraud, Chantalier and Boucher.
•The character of John Wilson is replaced by a Deroulard neighbour Gaston Beaujeu who has roughly the same plot role in that he uses trinitrin.
•The death of Marianne is dramatised in flashback.
•The political disagreement between Deroulard and St Alard are faithful to the original but in this case, Deroulard is Belgian and not French and he is already in the governnent. Here the disagreement is about Deroulard wanting to integrate Belgium by making ther Flemish language on par with French.
•The additional character Jean-Louis Ferraud fills the role of an unnamed pharmacist in the original. He tells Poirot about the effects of atropine and trinitrin. He also analyses some bits of chocolate and confirms the presence of trinitrin.
•David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
•Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp
•Rosalie Crutchley as Madame Déroulard
•Anna Chancellor as Virginie Mesnard
•David de Keyser as Gaston Beaujeu
•Jonathan Hackett as Claude Chantalier
•Cogels-Osylei 41, Antwerp - The 'Deroulard's' residence.
•Antwerpen Centraal Station, 2060 Antwerp - Brussels Station, Poirot & Japp arrive in Belgium.
•Hotel Metropole Brussels, Pl. De Brouckère 31, 1000 Bruxelles - Poirot and Japp's hotel.
•Law Courts of Brussels, Palais de Justice, Pl. Poelaert 1, 1000 Bruxelles - Poirot and Chantalier tell Boucher they would be happy to investigate the case.
•Triumphal Arch, Monument du Cinquantenaire, Tun. Cinquantenaire 27, 1040 Bruxelles - Japp asks Poirot to take a photograph
•Grand-Place de Bruxelles, 1000 Bruxelles - Poirot plays chess with Francois.
•Lia in Brussels - blog entry with descriptions of the varios filming locations
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S5.E1 ∙ The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb. Sun, Jan 17, 1993. 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. 7.6/10 (1.5K) Rate. Watch options. S5.E2 ∙ The Underdog.
Jan 17, 1993 · Mrs. Opalsen's famous pearls are stolen and Poirot is happily on hand to investigate. A complex theft calls for a sophisticated solution. Unfortunately, Poirot is hindered everywhere he goes by being mistaken for 'Lucky Len'.
Hickory Dickory Dock: Directed by Andrew Grieve. With David Suchet, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran, Paris Jefferson. Miss Lemon persuades Poirot to investigate a series of apparently minor thefts in a university hostel, but simple kleptomania soon turns to baffling homicide.
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The following is a list of episodes for the British crime drama Agatha Christie's Poirot, starring David Suchet as Poirot, which aired on ITV from 8 January 1989-13 November 2013. Overall, 70 episodes were made over 13 series.
