Poirot and Hastings investigate the death of film studio owner Henry Reedburn at the request of Prince Paul of Maurania who wishes to marry the film star Valerie Saintclair. Indeed, after the party, the plans for the revolutionary "Mayfield Kestrel" plane go missing. Poirot is invited at a dinner party thrown by the Mayfields, as Mrs Mayfield fears her husband might become indiscreet in the presence of Mrs Vanderlyn, a suspected foreign spy he had invited. While the ship is docked at Alexandria, Adeline Clapperton, a woman disliked by all abord, is found dead in her cabin – which is locked from the inside. Poirot and Hastings embark on a cruise ship to Egypt. Three of his fellow guests, Tony Chantry, Douglas Gold and Valentine Chantry, seem to be locked in a tumultuous love triangle – and the Detective rightly senses its destructive potential. Poirot is enjoying his holiday in Rhodes, but human drama never seems to be too far away. Poirot swiftly starts investigating, as the murder took place two floors above his own flat. Accidentally disembarking on the wrong floor, they find that the new occupant, Mrs Ernestine Grant, has been murdered. Young people return from a night out, but they have to use the coal lift because they have lost the keys to the apartment.
When he is later found dead, Poirot is curious and decides to investigate.
Henry Gascoigne, an elderly man and a regular at the Bishop's Chophouse restaurant, deviates from his usual eating habits. Surprisingly, the kidnappers had sent a note beforehand stating the exact time the kidnapping was to take place.
And so it proved, when a young woman named Barbara Allen is found dead in the neighbourhood.Ĭountry squire Marcus Waverly and his wife Ada ask Poirot to help before their son Johnnie is kidnapped. For no one would hear a shot among fireworks. "A good night for a murder," says Hastings while he, Inspector Japp and Poirot are enjoying the festivities of Guy Fawkes night. The Detective is reluctant at first, as he views the case is beneath his dignity, but eventually accepts. Mrs Todd prods Poirot into investigating the disappearance of her cook, Miss Eliza Dunn. " Hercule Poirot's Christmas" has a flashback to 1896, which later has a bearing on the case. " The Yellow Iris" has flashbacks to 1934, in Buenos Aires, Argentina where Poirot appears on holiday. The episode " Hickory Dickory Dock" has a flashback to 10 years earlier in 1926, where Japp appears, investigating a murder. " Five Little Pigs" has many flashbacks to the 1920s, but none of the detectives appear in them. " Curtain" is also moved forward to 1949, after the end of the Second World War.Īnother episode, " The Chocolate Box", in which Poirot recalls a case from his early career in the Belgian police force, also includes numerous flashbacks from the early 1900s with a younger-looking Poirot. " Murder on the Orient Express" and " Elephants Can Remember" move the narrative forward to 1938, just before the outbreak of the Second World War. " Death in the Clouds" and " Sad Cypress" are moved forward to 1937. " The Adventure of the Clapham Cook", " How Does Your Garden Grow?" and " Death in the Clouds" were all moved back to 1935. It deals with the detective's first mystery in England.
#AGATHA CHRISTIE HERCULE POIROT SERIES#
" The Mysterious Affair at Styles" (Christie's first Poirot novel) is taken outside the established series narrative, set back in 1917 (although the novel was set in 1916). The chronology differs significantly from that of the novels and, as with the shorter episodes, all the stories whose book versions were set in other decades are moved to in or around the year 1936. The longer episodes are based on Christie's novels. as is shown by the inclusion of actual historical events such as Fred Perry's win at the French Open and the Jarrow March.
#AGATHA CHRISTIE HERCULE POIROT TV#
The TV adaptations were considerably embellished from the original stories' plots and were set in 1936 instead of the 1920s et al. The shorter episodes are based on Christie's short stories featuring Poirot, many published in the 1920s. It first aired on 8 January 1989 and all episodes have aired on ITV (ITV1 from 2001-2013, STV and UTV).Įpisodes run for either approximately 50 minutes, or approximately 100 minutes (the latter are marked "feature-length" in the table below). The following is a list of episodes for the British crime drama Agatha Christie's Poirot.
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