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Agatha Christie's Poirot

Sun, Jan 8, 1989
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Mystery
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Synopsis

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.

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  • David Suchet
    David Suchet
    as Hercule Poirot
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Episodes

4 seasons · 37 episodes

Ended · 37 aired
Season 1
10 episodes · 10 aired
▾
  • E1
    The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
    Aired · Sun, Jan 8, 1989 · 60m

    Poirot probes the disappearance of a wealthy woman's cook, and soon uncovers an elaborate plot to hide an ever darker crime.

  • E2
    Murder in the Mews
    Aired · Sun, Jan 15, 1989 · 60m

    When a woman is found shot in her flat after Bonfire Night, Poirot is enlisted to decipher whether the victim died by her own hand, or by someone else's.

  • E3
    The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly
    Aired · Sun, Jan 22, 1989 · 60m

    Poirot tries to prevent the kidnapping of a country squire's son. While his plan fails, all is not what it seems.

  • E4
    Four and Twenty Blackbirds
    Aired · Sun, Jan 29, 1989 · 60m

    When a reclusive painter is found dead, Poirot finds the vital clue in the dead man's last meal.

  • E5
    The Third Floor Flat
    Aired · Sun, Feb 5, 1989 · 60m

    Poirot investigates a murder that hits close to home after the new occupant of a flat two floors below his is found shot.

  • E6
    Triangle at Rhodes
    Aired · Sun, Feb 12, 1989 · 60m

    An enchanting beauty is fatally poisoned while Poirot holidays on the Greek island of Rhodes.

  • E7
    Problem at Sea
    Aired · Sun, Feb 19, 1989 · 60m

    Poirot's Mediterranean cruise is disrupted when an unlikeable passenger is found murdered in her stateroom.

  • E8
    The Incredible Theft
    Aired · Sun, Feb 26, 1989 · 60m

    A wealthy industrialist's plan to snare a Nazi sympathizer goes awry when the secret plans for a new fighter plane inexplicably go missing.

  • E9
    The King of Clubs
    Aired · Sun, Mar 5, 1989 · 60m

    A deck with a missing card provides Poirot with the clue he needs to solve the murder of the tyrannical head of a movie studio.

  • E10
    The Dream
    Aired · Sun, Mar 19, 1989 · 60m

    A famous pie manufacturer tells Poirot that he has dreamt of his own suicide, then dies under the same circumstances he dreamt about the very next day.

Season 2
9 episodes · 9 aired
▾
  • E1
    Peril at End House
    Aired · Sun, Jan 7, 1990 · 120m

    While Poirot is staying at an exclusive Cornish resort, he meets a beautiful heiress whose life is in danger.

  • E2
    The Veiled Lady
    Aired · Sun, Jan 14, 1990 · 60m

    Poirot becomes a criminal himself when he agrees to help a beautiful woman recover a letter written in her youth that is being used to blackmail her.

  • E3
    The Lost Mine
    Aired · Sun, Jan 21, 1990 · 60m

    When a Chinese businessman with a map to a long lost silver mine is found dead in Chinatown, Poirot must find the map and killer.

  • E4
    The Cornish Mystery
    Aired · Sun, Jan 28, 1990 · 60m

    Alice Pengelley visits Poirot in London, telling him she thinks she is being poisoned by her husband. When Poirot arrives in Cornwall the next day to investigate Mrs. Pengelley's charges, he is too late, and finds her dead.

  • E5
    The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim
    Aired · Sun, Feb 4, 1990 · 60m

    Poirot wagers Chief Inspector Japp that he can solve the mystery of a missing banker without leaving his flat.

  • E6
    Double Sin
    Aired · Sun, Feb 11, 1990 · 60m

    A young woman is delivering a set of antique Napoleon miniatures to an American collector when they are stolen from her suitcase. Captain Hastings, under Poirot's guidance, sets out to find the thief.

  • E7
    The Adventure of the Cheap Flat
    Aired · Sun, Feb 18, 1990 · 60m

    When U.S. Navy plans for a new submarine are stolen and the thief tracked to London, the FBI sends an agent to work with Inspector Japp to recover them.

  • E8
    The Kidnapped Prime Minister
    Aired · Sun, Feb 25, 1990 · 60m

    When the prime minister is kidnapped right before an important international arms summit, Poirot has just 32--and a quarter--hours to find the prime minister.

  • E9
    The Adventure of the Western Star
    Aired · Sun, Mar 4, 1990 · 60m

    After receiving threatening letters, an aristocrat is robbed of her famed diamond in front of Poirot's eyes.

Season 3
10 episodes · 10 aired
▾
  • E1
    How Does Your Garden Grow?
    Aired · Sun, Jan 6, 1991 · 60m

    At a flower show, an older woman in a wheelchair approaches Poirot, gives him an empty seed packet, and asks him to visit her the next day. When Poirot arrives the next day, the woman is dead, murdered with poison.

  • E2
    The Million Dollar Bond Robbery
    Aired · Sun, Jan 13, 1991 · 60m

    Poirot is entrusted with transferring $1 million in Liberty Bonds to America on the Queen Mary, but the bonds are cleverly stolen anyway.

  • E3
    The Plymouth Express
    Aired · Sun, Jan 20, 1991 · 60m

    A mining entrepreneur hires Poirot to solve the brutal murder of his daughter and the theft of her jewels aboard the express train to Plymouth.

  • E4
    Wasp's Nest
    Aired · Sun, Jan 27, 1991 · 60m

    Poirot realizes that a murder is being plotted, and with the help of Hastings' latest hobby, he sets out to prevent it.

  • E5
    The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor
    Aired · Sun, Feb 3, 1991 · 60m

    Poirot is drawn into a case where a man is found dead on the grounds of his estate, apparently frightened to death by the spirits that haunt it.

  • E6
    The Double Clue
    Aired · Sun, Feb 10, 1991 · 60m

    Poirot helps Chief Inspector Japp try to find a jewel thief, but is sidetracked when a bewitching Russian countess arrives on the scene.

  • E7
    The Mystery of the Spanish Chest
    Aired · Sun, Feb 17, 1991 · 60m

    Poirot is asked to protect a woman from her violent husband, but events take a turn when the husband soon becomes the victim of a gruesome murder.

  • E8
    The Theft of the Royal Ruby
    Aired · Sun, Feb 24, 1991 · 60m

    Poirot reluctantly agrees to help an Egyptian prince recover a valuable royal ruby that was brazenly stolen from him during the Christmas holidays.

  • E9
    The Affair at the Victory Ball
    Aired · Sun, Mar 3, 1991 · 60m

    Poirot and Hastings attend the Victory Ball, a popular costume party. During the festivities, one of the guests is found stabbed to death, and another succumbs to a drug overdose the next day.

  • E10
    The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge
    Aired · Sun, Mar 10, 1991 · 60m

    Poirot is taken ill during a weekend shooting party, which ends when the unpopular host is found murdered in his study.

Season 4
8 episodes · 8 aired
▾
  • E1
    The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
    Aired · Sun, Jan 17, 1993 · 60m

    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.

  • E2
    The Underdog
    Aired · Sun, Jan 24, 1993 · 60m

    Poirot investigates when the cruel CEO of a chemical company is bludgeoned to death in his home after the company's formula for a revolutionary new synthetic rubber is targeted by a thief.

  • E3
    The Yellow Iris
    Aired · Sun, Jan 31, 1993 · 60m

    A man celebrates the two-year anniversary of his wife's sudden death by cyanide while in Argentina - a death which Poirot himself had witnessed, but could not solve at the time.

  • E4
    The Case of the Missing Will
    Aired · Sun, Feb 7, 1993 · 60m

    A terminally ill man asks Poirot to be executor of his new will but is murdered before he can write it, and it is later discovered the old will has been stolen.

  • E5
    The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman
    Aired · Sun, Feb 14, 1993 · 60m

    Poirot investigates the murder of an Italian count who was also the employer of Miss Lemon's new boyfriend. He soon learns that the victim was being targeted by a blackmailer.

  • E6
    The Chocolate Box
    Aired · Sun, Feb 21, 1993 · 60m

    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.'

  • E7
    Dead Man's Mirror
    Aired · Sun, Feb 28, 1993 · 60m

    An obnoxious man who outbid Poirot at an auction for an antique mirror is murdered after seeking Poirot's assistance to look into the dealings of his business associate.

  • E8
    Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
    Aired · Sun, Mar 7, 1993 · 60m

    While Poirot vacations in Brighton to boost his health, the beautiful pearl necklace of a theatre actress staying at his hotel is mysteriously stolen.