"Agatha Christie: Poirot" (1989) TV series 1989-????

User Rating:

9.0/10   

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Release Date:

18 January 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Crime | Thriller

Plot:

The cases of an eccentrically refined Belgian detective.

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Belgian | Hercule Poirot | Sleuth | Private Detective

Awards:

4 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

David Suchet	...	Hercule Poirot (62 episodes, 1989-2009)
Hugh Fraser	...	Captain Arthur Hastings / ... (41 episodes, 1989-2001)
Philip Jackson	...	Chief Inspector James Japp / ... (39 episodes, 1989-2001)
Pauline Moran	...	Miss Felicity Lemon / ... (31 episodes, 1989-2001)

Also Known As:

"Agatha Christie's Poirot" (UK) (complete title)
"Poirot" (Australia)

Runtime:

UK:100 min (13 episodes) | UK:50 min (36 episodes) | UK:95 min (2 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono | Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Charterhouse Square, Clerkenwell, London, England, UK

Company:

Carnival Films

Trivia:

To simulate the overweight physique of Hercule Poirot, David Suchet, who is much slimmer, wore body padding. He also wore wing collars to make his neck appear fatter.

Quotes:

Hercule Poirot: [reading a brochure for a fitness program] 'Use your vigor to keep your figure.' Absurd! There is nothing wrong with the body of Poirot. He is in the peak of condition!

Movie Connections:

Featured in There's Something About Christie... Murder Made Simple (2007) (TV)

The definitive Poirot

As far as I am concerned, David Suchet is the best ever Poirot. He looks like the picture one would have in one's mind when reading the books. Peter Ustinov was an excellent actor but did not look like Porot at all. The main characters are also excellent and you warm to them easily. Hastings is loyal, terribly British and a perfect foil for Poirot. He is intelligent but without any imagination. This makes him ideal for gathering information for Poirot. Japp is basically an good old fashioned sound copper, who has problems solving anything remotely difficult. BUT he his intelligent enough to use Poirot whenever possible rather than trying to compete with him. As with the other characters, Miss lemon is perfectly efficient with just about the right dry sense of humour,