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Overall, 70 episodes were made over 13 series. Episodes run for either approximately 50 minutes or 90–100 minutes, the latter of which is the format of all episodes from series 6 onwards. The shorter episodes are based on Christie's short stories featuring Poirot, many published in the 1920s, and are considerably embellished from their ...
The Hollow is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the United States by Dodd, Mead & Co. in 1946 [1] [2] and in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club in November of the same year. [3] The US edition retailed at $2.50 [2] and the UK edition at eight shillings and sixpence (8/6). [3]
Agatha Christie's Poirot, or simply Poirot (UK: / p w ɑːr oʊ / [1]), is a British mystery drama television programme that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. The ITV show is based on many of Agatha Christie 's famous crime fiction series, which revolves around the fictional private investigator Hercule Poirot .
Murder in Mesopotamia was adapted as an episode for the series Agatha Christie's Poirot on 2 June 2002. It starred David Suchet as Hercule Poirot, [13] and was filmed on location at the Hotel Casino in Hammam Lif [14] and on the Uthina Archaeological site, both in Tunisia. While it remained faithful to the main plot elements of the novel ...
Hugh Fraser (born 23 October 1945) [1] is an English actor, theatre director and author. He is best known for his portrayal of Captain Hastings in the television series Agatha Christie's Poirot opposite David Suchet as Hercule Poirot and for his role as the Duke of Wellington (replacing David Troughton) in the Sharpe television series.
Peril at End House is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the US by the Dodd, Mead and Company in February 1932 [1] and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in March of the same year. [2] The US edition retailed at $2.00 [1] and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6). [2]
2008, Poirot Facsimile Edition (Facsimile of 1940 UK First Edition), HarperCollins, 1 April 2008, Hardback, ISBN 0-00-727457-2 The book was first serialised in the US in Collier's Weekly in nine parts from 3 August (vol. 106, no 5) to 28 September 1940 (vol. 106, no. 13) under the title The Patriotic Murders with illustrations by Mario Cooper.
Following the funeral of Richard Abernethie, his family assembles at Enderby Hall for the reading of the will by his lawyer, Mr Entwhistle. His wealth is to be divided up between his surviving family: his brother Timothy Abernethie and his wife Maud; his sister Cora Lansquenet; his nephew George Crossfield; his first niece Rosamund Shane, and her husband Michael; his second niece Susan Banks ...