Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot (U.S. title Poirot) is a British television series starring David Suchet as Agatha Christie's detective character Hercule Poirot. It is made by Granada Television.
David Suchet as Hercule Poirot (foreground) with Hugh Fraser as Hastings
Poirot began airing as a television show in 1989. The last of the 46, hour-long episodes produced in five series appeared in 1993. From 1995 to 1997, several longer Poirot specials appeared on TV. Four more Poirot TV movies appeared in 2000 and 2001.
Four more stories were filmed in 2003, with Sad Cypress broadcast in 2003 and Death on the Nile in 2004. The Hollow was released in 2004. Suchet has indicated his desire to film the remaining stories in the canon.
Recurring cast:
- David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
- Hugh Fraser as Captain Arthur Hastings
- Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp
- Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon