List of Agatha Christie's Poirot episodes
The following is a list of episodes for the British crime drama Agatha Christie's Poirot. It first aired on 8 January 1989 and all episodes have aired on ITV1 (formerly, ITV until 2001).
Episodes run for either approximately 50 minutes, or approximately 100 minutes (the latter are marked "feature-length" in the table below). The shorter episodes are based on Christie's short stories featuring Poirot, many published in the 1920s. The TV adaptations were considerably embellished from the original stories' plots and were set in 1936 instead of the 1920s et al. as is shown by the inclusion of actual historical events such as Fred Perry's win at the French Open and the Jarrow March.[1]
The longer episodes are based on Christie's novels. The chronology of these episodes differs significantly from that of the novels and, as with the shorter episodes, some stories whose book versions were set in other decades are moved to the 1930s. Of these filmed versions, the one inconsistency is "The Mysterious Affair at Styles". This episode (which was Christie's first Poirot novel), was taken out of the previously established time-line that the series had created and was set back in 1917. It deals with Poirot's first mystery in England and his reacquaintance with Hastings (injured during the war) and Inspector Japp. In this episode a significant effort was made to make the actors appear at least 10 years younger by using more make-up and darker hair. After this, all episodes returned to the previously established time-line.
[edit] Cast
[edit] Main cast
- David Suchet as Hercule Poirot (1989–present)
[edit] Recurring cast
- Hugh Fraser as Arthur Hastings (1989–2002)
- Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp (1989–2001)
- Pauline Moran as Miss Felicity Lemon (1989–2001)
- Zoë Wanamaker as Ariadne Oliver (2006–present)
- David Yelland as George (2006–present)
[edit] Series One (1989)
| Title | UK Airdate | Recurring Cast | Guest Cast | IMDb link | |||||||
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| The Adventure of the Clapham Cook | 8 January 1989 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| Murder in the Mews | 15 January 1989 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly | 22 January 1989 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| Four and Twenty Blackbirds | 29 January 1989 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| The Third Floor Flat | 5 February 1989 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| Triangle at Rhodes | 12 February 1989 |
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| Problem at Sea | 19 February 1989 | Captain Hastings |
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| The Incredible Theft | 26 February 1989 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| The King of Clubs | 12 March 1989 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp |
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| The Dream | 19 March 1989 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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[10] |
[edit] Series Two (1990)
| Title | UK Airdate | Recurring Cast | Guest Cast | IMDb link | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peril at End House (feature-length) |
7 January 1990 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| The Veiled Lady | 14 January 1990 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| The Lost Mine | 21 January 1990 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| The Cornish Mystery | 28 January 1990 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim | 4 February 1990 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| Double Sin | 11 February 1990 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| The Adventure of the Cheap Flat | 18 February 1990 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| The Kidnapped Prime Minister | 25 February 1990 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| The Adventure of the Western Star | 4 March 1990 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| The Mysterious Affair at Styles (feature-length) |
16 September 1990 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp |
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[20] |
[edit] Series Three (1991)
| Title | UK Airdate | Recurring Cast | Guest Cast | IMDb link | |||||||
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| How Does Your Garden Grow? | 6 January 1991 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| The Million Dollar Bond Robbery | 13 January 1991 | Captain Hastings Miss Lemon |
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| The Plymouth Express | 20 January 1991 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| Wasps' Nest | 27 January 1991 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor | 3 February 1991 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp |
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| The Double Clue | 10 February 1991 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| The Mystery of the Spanish Chest | 17 February 1991 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp |
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| The Theft of the Royal Ruby | 24 February 1991 |
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| The Affair at the Victory Ball | 3 March 1991 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge | 10 March 1991 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp |
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[30] |
[edit] Series Four (1992)
| Title | UK Airdate | Recurring Cast | Guest Cast | IMDb link | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The ABC Murders (feature-length) |
5 January 1992 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp |
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[31] | |||||||
| Death in the Clouds (feature-length) |
12 January 1992 | Inspector Japp |
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| One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (feature-length) |
19 January 1992 | Inspector Japp |
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[33] |
[edit] Series Five (1993)
| Title | UK Airdate | Recurring Cast | Guest Cast | IMDb link | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb | 17 January 1993 | Captain Hastings Miss Lemon |
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| The Underdog | 24 January 1993 | Captain Hastings Miss Lemon |
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| Yellow Iris | 31 January 1993 | Captain Hastings Miss Lemon |
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| The Case of the Missing Will | 7 February 1993 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman | 14 February 1993 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| The Chocolate Box | 21 February 1993 | Inspector Japp |
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| Dead Man's Mirror | 28 February 1993 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp |
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| Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan | 7 March 1993 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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[edit] Series Six (1995-1996)
| Title | UK Airdate | Recurring Cast | Guest Cast | IMDb link | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hercule Poirot's Christmas (feature-length) |
1 January 1995 | Inspector Japp |
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| Hickory Dickory Dock (feature-length) |
12 February 1995 | Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| Murder on the Links (feature-length) |
11 February 1996 | Captain Hastings |
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| Dumb Witness (feature-length) |
16 March 1996 | Captain Hastings |
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[45] |
[edit] Series Seven (2000)
| Title | UK Airdate | Recurring Cast | Guest Cast | IMDb link | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (feature-length) |
2 January 2000 | Inspector Japp |
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| Lord Edgware Dies (feature-length) |
19 February 2000 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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[47] |
[edit] Series Eight (2001-2002)
| Title | UK Airdate | Recurring Cast | Guest Cast | IMDb link | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evil Under the Sun (feature-length) |
20 April 2001 | Captain Hastings Inspector Japp Miss Lemon |
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| Murder in Mesopotamia (feature-length) |
2 June 2002 | Captain Hastings |
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[49] |
[edit] Series Nine (2003-2004)
| Title | UK Airdate | Recurring Cast | Guest Cast | IMDb link | |||||||
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| Five Little Pigs (feature-length) |
14 December 2003 |
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| Sad Cypress (feature-length) |
26 December 2003 |
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| Death on the Nile (feature-length) |
12 April 2004 |
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| The Hollow (feature-length) |
26 April 2004 |
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[edit] Series Ten (2006)
| Title | UK Airdate | Recurring Cast | Guest Cast | IMDb link | ||||||
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| The Mystery of the Blue Train (feature-length) |
1 January |
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| Cards on the Table (feature-length) |
19 March | Ariadne Oliver |
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| After the Funeral (feature-length) |
26 March |
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| Taken at the Flood (feature-length) |
2 April | George |
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[57] |
[edit] Series Eleven (2008-2009)
| Title | UK Airdate | Recurring Cast | Guest Cast | IMDb link | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs McGinty's Dead (feature-length) |
14 September 2008 | Ariadne Oliver George |
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| Cat Among the Pigeons (feature-length) |
21 September 2008 |
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| Third Girl (feature-length) |
28 September 2008 | Ariadne Oliver George |
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| Appointment with Death (feature-length) |
25 December 2009 |
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[61] |
[edit] Series Twelve (2010-2011)
| Title | UK Airdate | Recurring Cast | Guest Cast | IMDb link | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Act Tragedy (feature-length) |
3 January 2010[2] | George |
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| Hallowe'en Party (feature-length) |
27 October 2010[3] | Ariadne Oliver George |
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| Murder on the Orient Express (feature-length) |
25 December 2010 |
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| The Clocks (feature-length) |
26 December 2011 |
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[65] |
[edit] Series Thirteen (2012-2013)
ITV are to produce the final season of Poirot in 2012[4]:
There are four novels:
- The Big Four (1927) (which itself was based on a collection of short stories)
- Dead Man's Folly (1956)
- Elephants Can Remember (1972)
- Curtain: Poirot's Last Case (1975)
and a collection of 12 related short stories:
- The Labours of Hercules (1947)
Following the transmission of these five films, only two Poirot stories remain which will not be filmed by Suchet:
A play:
- Black Coffee (1930)
and a short story:
- The Lemesurier Inheritance (1923)
There are also a number of published Poirot short stories which were later expanded into others and for that reason were not filmed:
- The Market Basing Mystery (1923) - The same plotline was expanded and used for Murder In The Mews
- The Submarine Plans (1923) - Later expanded into The Incredible Theft
- Christmas Adventure (1923) - Later expanded into The Theft Of The Royal Ruby (or The Adventure Of The Christmas Pudding as it is alternatively known)
- The Mystery Of The Baghdad Chest (1932) - Later expanded into The Mystery Of The Spanish Chest
- The Second Gong (1932) - Later expanded into Dead Man's Mirror
- The Regatta Mystery (1936) - This is not generally known as a Poirot story as it was expanded into the more famous Parker Pyne short story of the same name.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989-)". Screenonline.org.uk. http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/976390/. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
- ^ "Poirot (a Titles & Air Dates Guide)". epguides. 7 Dec 2010. http://epguides.com/Poirot/. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ^ "itv Press Centre". ITV. 13 October 2010. http://www.itv.com/presscentre/agathachristiespoirot/week43/default.html. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15726320
[edit] External links