CrimeDramaMystery
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
A Mrs Ernestine Todd, from Clapham, asks Poirot to help her find her cook, Eliza, who has disappeared. Poirot, who aims to accept only really significant cases, is at first insulted by such a trivial request. However, after he sees the contents of the missing cook's trunk, he decides the case could prove to be worthy of his talents.
Within hours of the Bonfire Night fireworks beginning Poirot finds himself investigating a violent death in Hastings' mews garage.
Country squire Marcus Waverly calls on Poirot for help in dealing with kidnap threats against his son. Hastings is appalled by the thought of someone going around kidnapping children and it becomes a race against time to find the identity of the mystery letter writer.
At a London restaurant where he often eats, Poirot notices that another regular customer has diverted from his usual meal. As old Anthony Gascoigne lies dying in Brighton, his estranged twin brother, Henry, falls to his death. A tragic accident, or murder? Poirot begins to see connections and decides the answer to the mystery lies in a blackberry pie.
A new tenant two floors below Poirot's flat asks to meet the woman living above her. Bored, Poirot joins Hastings at a murder-mystery play, only to find Patricia Matthews, her roommate, and their dates are there too — and a real mystery unfolds.
On holiday in Rhodes, Poirot observes glamorous divorcée Valentine flirting with a married man while vacationing with her fifth husband. The man's wife confides in Poirot as tensions rise, and what looks like a reconciliation between the two couples ends in tragedy at a cocktail hour.
Aboard a cruise, Poirot and Hastings observe controlling Mrs. Clapperton and her put-upon husband, a former music-hall performer. When most passengers go ashore, two young women coax the Colonel into joining them while his wife stays behind in her cabin — or does she?
Industrialist Lord Mayfield hosts an Air Marshal at his estate to review classified aircraft designs. Among the guests are an unscrupulous widow and an MP who's brought Poirot along fearing her influence over Mayfield. When the plans vanish, Poirot investigates.
Hastings and Poirot visit a film set where an overbearing studio boss bullies the cast and humiliates an aging actor he later fires. That night the boss is found dead at home from a head wound, a playing card left nearby, and Poirot joins Japp to find the killer.
Millionaire business man Benedict Farley, a well known eccentric, consults Poirot about bad dreams he has been having. Mr. Farley has dreamed repeatedly of killing himself. Sadly, he does not follow Poirot's advice. When Farley is found dead, Poirot fails to believe that it is suicide and suspects a murder plot relying on hypnosis.
Cast: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran, David Yelland, Zoë Wanamaker, Richard Bebb, Charles Pemberton, Beth Goddard, Barbara Barnes, Sean Pertwee, John Carson, Haydn Gwynne, John Cording, Phyllida Law, Nicholas Farrell, Patrick Ryecart, Pip Torrens, Philip Anthony, Frances Barber, Richard Durden, Fenella Woolgar, Simon Shepherd, Richard Lintern, Richard Hope, Catherine Russell, Ben Bazell, Beatie Edney, Tom Riley, Lawrence McGrandles Jr.
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Maturity rating: TV-PG
David Suchet
Hercule Poirot
Hugh Fraser
Captain Arthur Hastings
Philip Jackson
Chief Inspector James Harold Japp
Pauline Moran
Miss Lemon
David Yelland
George
Zoë Wanamaker
Ariadne Oliver
Richard Bebb
Newsreader (voice)
Charles Pemberton
Stooge
Beth Goddard
Violet Wilson
Barbara Barnes
Mrs Lester
Sean Pertwee
Sir George Stubbs
John Carson
Richard Abernethie
Haydn Gwynne
Coco Courtenay
John Cording
Jameson
Phyllida Law
Mrs Llewellyn-Smythe
Nicholas Farrell
Knighton
Patrick Ryecart
Sir Anthony Morgan
Pip Torrens
Jeremy Cloade
Philip Anthony
Vicar
Frances Barber
Lady Millicent
Richard Durden
Pebmarsh
Fenella Woolgar
Miss Whittaker
Simon Shepherd
Andrew Hall
Richard Lintern
John Lake
Richard Hope
Supt. Harold Spence
Catherine Russell
Pamela Horsfall
Ben Bazell
Sergeant Beddoes
Beatie Edney
Mrs Hemmings
Tom Riley
Raymond Boynton
Lawrence McGrandles Jr.
Simon Kelso
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