POIROT TV episodes

The 52-minute episodes are based on Christie's short stories featuring Poirot, many published in the 1920s.
The TV dramatizers considerably embellished the stories' plots and set them in the 1930s instead of the 1920s.

The longer episodes are based on Christie's novels. The chronology of these episodes differs 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.

First Series (1989)

(all episodes 52mins each)

  1. The Adventure of the Clapham Cook (8 Jan 89) - Vol 9 - watched on Netflix
  2. Murder in the Mews (15 Jan 89) - Vol 10 - watched on TV - watched on Netflix
  3. The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly (22 Jan 89) - Vol 10 - watched on Netflix
  4. Four and Twenty Blackbirds (29 Jan 89) - Vol 10 - watched on Netflix
  5. The Third-Floor Flat (5 Feb 89) - Vol 11 - watched on Netflix
  6. Triangle at Rhodes (12 Feb 89) - Vol 11 - watched on Netflix
  7. Problem At Sea (19 Feb 89) - Vol 11 - watched on Netflix
  8. The Incredible Theft (26 Feb 89) - Vol 12 - WATCHED FROM LIBRARY
  9. The King of Clubs (5 Mar 89) - Vol 12 - WATCHED FROM LIBRARY
  10. The Dream (19 Mar 89) - Vol 12 - WATCHED FROM LIBRARY

Second Series (1990)

(First and last episodes 103mins, all others 52mins each)

  1. Peril at End House (7 Jan 90) - WATCHED FROM LIBRARY
  2. The Veiled Lady (14 Jan 90) - Vol 1 - watched on Netflix
  3. The Lost Mine (21 Jan 90) - Vol 1 - watched on TV
  4. The Cornish Mystery (28 Jan 90) - Vol 2 - watched on Netflix
  5. The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim (4 Feb 90) - Vol 1 - watched on Netflix
  6. Double Sin (11 Feb 90) - Vol 2 - watched on Netflix
  7. The Adventure of the Cheap Flat (18 Feb 90) - Vol 2 - watched on Netflix
  8. The Kidnapped Prime Minister (25 Feb 90) - Vol 3 - watched VHS Tape
  9. The Adventure of the Western Star (4 Mar 90) - Vol 3 - watched VHS Tape
  10. The Mysterious Affair at Styles (16 Sep 90)  - watched on TV

Third series (1991)

(all episodes of 52mins each)

  1. How Does Your Garden Grow? (6 Jan 91) - Vol 3 - watched VHS Tape
  2. The Million Dollar Bond Robbery (13 Jan 91) - Vol 4  watched on Netflix
  3. The Affair at the Victory Ball (20 Jan 91) - Vol 6  watched on Netflix
  4. Wasp's Nest (27 Jan 91) - Vol 4  watched on Netflix
  5. The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor (3 Feb 91) - Vol 5  watched on Netflix
  6. The Double Clue (10 Feb 91) - Vol 5   watched on Netflix
  7. The Mystery of the Spanish Chest (17 Feb 91) - Vol 5  watched on Netflix
  8. The Theft of the Royal Ruby (24 Feb 91) - Vol 6  watched on Netflix
  9. The Plymouth Express (3 Mar 91) - Vol 4  watched on Netflix
  10. The Mystery of Hunters Lodge (10 Mar 91) - Vol 6  watched on Netflix

Fourth series (1992)

(all episodes of 103mins each)

  1. The A.B.C. Murders (5 Jan 92) David Suchet   watched from library
  2. Death in the Clouds (12 Jan 92) David Suchet   watched from library
  3. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (19 Jan 92) David Suchet   watched from library

Fifth series (1993)

(all episodes of 52mins each)

  1. The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb (17 Jan 93) - Vol 7 - watched on Netflix
  2. The Under Dog (24 Jan 93) - Vol 7 - watched on Netflix
  3. Yellow Iris (31 Jan 93) - Vol 7 - watched on Netflix
  4. The Case of the Missing Will (7 Feb 93) - Vol 8 - watched on TV - watched on Netflix
  5. The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman (14 Feb 93) - Vol 8 - watched on Netflix
  6. The Chocolate Box (21 Feb 93) - Vol 8 - watched on Netflix
  7. Dead Man's Mirror (28 Feb 93) - Vol 9 - watched on Netflix
  8. The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan (7 Mar 93) - Vol 9 - watched on Netflix

Specials (1995 & 1996)

(all episodes of 103mins each)

  1. Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1 Jan 95) David Suchet WATCHED FROM LIBRARY
  2. Hickory Dickory Dock (12 Feb 95) David Suchet WATCHED FROM LIBRARY
  3. Murder on the Links (11 Feb 96) David Suchet WATCHED FROM LIBRARY

Sixth series (1997)

(episode 103mins)

  1. Dumb Witness (16 Mar 1997) David Suchet watched from library

(each episode of 103mins)

  1. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (2 Jan 00) David Suchet  watched from library
  2. Lord Edgware Dies (19 Feb 00) David Suchet  watched from library

Eighth series (2001)

(each episode of 103mins)

  1. Evil Under the Sun (20 Apr 01)  Peter Ustinov  watched from library
  2. Murder in Mesopotamia (8 Jul 01) David Suchet  watched from library

Ninth series (2003 & 2004)

(each episode of 103mins)

  1. Five Little Pigs (14 Dec 03) David Suchet  WATCHED FROM LIBRARY
  2. Sad Cypress (26 Dec 03) David Suchet  WATCHED FROM LIBRARY
  3. Death on the Nile (12 Apr 04) David Suchet  WATCHED FROM LIBRARY
  4. The Hollow (26 Apr 04) David Suchet  WATCHED FROM LIBRARY

(each episode of 103mins)

  1. The Mystery of the Blue Train (1 Jan 06) David Suchet - WATCHED FROM LIBRARY
  2. Cards on the Table (19 March 06) David Suchet - WATCHED FROM LIBRARY
  3. After the Funeral (26 March 06) David Suchet - WATCHED FROM LIBRARY
  4. Taken at the Flood (2 April 06) David Suchet - WATCHED FROM LIBRARY
Season 11
 
 63.  11- 1                 1 Sep 08  Mrs McGinty's Dead - WATCHED ON TV
 64.  11- 2                 8 Sep 08  Cat among the Pigeons - WATCHED FROM LIBRARY
 65.  11- 3                15 Sep 08  Third Girl - WATCHED FROM LIBRARY 
 66.  11- 4                22 Sep 08  Appointment with Death - WATCHED FROM LIBRARY

• Season 12

62     12-01     1201      03/Jan/10   Three Act Tragedy - WATCHED FROM LIBRARY
63     12-02     1202      27/Oct/10   Hallowe'en Party - WATCHED FROM LIBRARY
64     12-03     1203      25/Dec/10   Murder on the Orient Express - WATCHED FROM LIBRARY
65     12-04     1204      26/Dec/11   The Clocks - WATCHED FROM LIBRARY
 Season 13

66     13-01     1301      09/Jun/13   Elephants Can Remember - WATCHED FROM LIBRARY
67     13-02     1302      23/Oct/13   The Big Four - WATCHED FROM LIBRARY
68     13-03     1304      30/Oct/13   Dead Man's Folly - WATCHED FROM LIBRARY
69     13-04     1303      06/Nov/13   The Labours of Hercules - WATCHED FROM LIBRARY
70     13-05     1305      13/Nov/13   Curtain - WATCHED FROM LIBRARY

Film

Austin Trevor

Austin Trevor debuted the role of Poirot on screen in the 1931 British film
Alibi. The film was based on the stage play. Trevor reprised the role of Poirot twice, in
Black Coffee and
Lord Edgware Dies. Trevor said once that he was probably cast as Poirot simply because he could do a French accent.[51] Leslie S. Hiscott directed the first two films, with Henry Edwards taking over for the third.

Tony Randall

Tony Randall portrayed Poirot in
 The Alphabet Murders, a 1965 film also known as The ABC Murders. This was more a satire of Poirot than a straightforward adaptation, and was greatly changed from the original. Much of the story, set in modernistic times, was played for comedy, with Poirot investigating the murders while evading the attempts by Hastings (Robert Morley) and the police to get him out of England and back to Belgium.

Albert Finney



Albert Finney playing Poirot in the 1974 film,
Murder on the Orient Express
 Albert Finney played Poirot in 1974 in the cinematic version of Murder on the Orient Express. As of 2015 Finney is the only actor to receive an Academy Award nomination for playing Poirot, though he did not win.

Peter Ustinov



Peter Ustinov played Poirot six times, starting with
 Death on the Nile (1978). He reprised the role in
 Evil Under the Sun (1982) and
Appointment with Death (1988).

He appeared again as Poirot in three made-for-television movies:
Thirteen at Dinner (1985),
 Dead Man's Folly (1986), and
 Murder in Three Acts (1986).
 Earlier adaptations were set during the time in which the novels were written, but these TV movies were set in the contemporary era. The first of these was based on Lord Edgware Dies and was made by Warner Bros. It also starred Faye Dunaway, with David Suchet as Inspector Japp, just before Suchet began to play Poirot. David Suchet considers his performance as Japp to be "possibly the worst performance of [his] career".[53]