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29 December 1985 - 2 February 1986 A millionaire strikes a deal on the seedier side of Paris. A priceless cache of rubies is destined for his beloved daughter Rachel. Days later - Rachel is dead. The suspects line up and only master sleuth Hercule Poirot can discover the truth. featuring Janet Maw (Katherine Grey), Robert Beatty (Rufus Van Aldin), Avril Clark (Ruth Kettering), Anthony Smee (Derek Kettering), Michael Deacon (Major Knighton), Gwen Cherrell (Lady Tamplin), Moir Leslie (Lenox), Peter Woodthorpe (Dr Harrison) & Judy Buxton (Mirelle). |
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24 December 1986 Christmas Eve. Tyrannical millionaire Simeon Lee is found lying in a pool of blood with his throat cut, in a room locked from the inside. It seems an impossible case, but luckily for Superintendent Sugden, the Chief Constable has his old friend Hercule Poirot staying with him. featuring Edward de Suza (Supt. Sugden), Manning Wilson (Col. Johnson), Cyril Luckham (Simeon Lee) & Derek Guyler (Tressilian- the butler). |
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24 December 1987 Mrs Farrars died on Thursday September 16th, one year after the death of her husband. Village rumour has accused her of poisoning him, but no one is sure until a letter to the man she loved is discovered - a letter Roger Ackroyd never finishes reading, for he is next in the chain of death. The killer remains unsuspected until the retired resident of The Larches is called in - Hercule Poirot. featuring John Woodvine (Doctor Sheppard), Laurence Payne (Roger Ackroyd), Diana Olsson (Carolin Sheppard), Eva Suart (Miss Russell), Peter Gilmore (Raymond), Zelah Clarke (Flora), Simon Cuff (Inspector Davis) & Derek Guyler (Parker- the butler). |
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15th September 1990 I believe this to be the first broadcast, if anyone knows otherwise please let me know. It wasn't 15/09/89 though! When Hercule Poirot arrives in France following an urgent appeal for help, he finds he is too late. His client, a mysterious millionaire, has been stabbed to death and his body flung carelessly into an open grave. Poirot knows all is not as it seems and as he starts to unravel this baffling murder he discovers that the clue to the killer's identity lies in a crime committed over twenty years before ... featuring Jeremy Clyde (Captain Hastings), Madeline Smith (Dulcie Duveen) & Geoffrey Whitehead (Inspector Bex). |
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18 March 1992 - 15 April 1992 No sooner had Lady Edgware announced to Poirot that she just had to get rid of her husband, than his lordship was found dead in the library, stabbed in the neck. The case seemed cut and dried. featuring Simon Williams (Captain Hastings), Nicola Pagett (Jane Wilkinson/Lady Edgware), Norman Jones (Inspector Japp) James Greene (Lord Edgware), Paula Jacobs (Ellis), Bret Usher (Bryan Martin), Adjoa Andoh (Jenny Driver) Joanna Myers (Geraldine Marsh), Charles Millham (Ronald Marsh). |
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14 May 1992 - 11 June 1992 After inheriting a large sum of money from her Aunt, Elinor Carlisle is accused of the murder Mary Gerrard a rival in love. Is she really the heartless, calculating murderess she appears? Are the 2 deaths related? Only Hercule Poirot stands between Elinor and the gallows. featuring Emma Fielding (Elinor Carlisle), David McAlister (Dr Lord), Charles Simpson (Roddy Welman) & Susannah Corbett (Mary Gerrard) |
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30 October 1993 When a child is found drowned at a Hallowe'en party, after she had boasted of once seeing a murder committed, famous crime novellist Ariadne Oliver decides to call apon the services of her old friend, Hercule Poirot. featuring
Stephanie
Cole (Ariadne
Oliver), Alexandra
Bastedo (Judith
Butler), Sian
Jenkins (Rowena
Drake) & Gareth
Armstrong (Michael
Garfield).
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28 December 1993 - 1 January 1994 An international cast of suspects in perhaps Agatha Christie's most famous story. A passenger is murdered (stabbed 12 times) on board the Orient Express train as it journeys through the snowy European landscape. Hercule Poirot must wade through the clues and red herrings to unravel this baffling case. featuring André Maranne (Bouc), Joss Ackland (Ratchett), Sylvia Sims (Mrs Hubbard), Francesca Annis (Miss Debenham), Siân Phillips (Princess Dragomiroff), Peter Polycarpou (Dr Constantine), Frank Windsor (Pierre Michel) & Desmond Llewelyn (Masterman). |