Agatha Christie's Poirot
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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Episodes
10 episodes. Playback and audio depend on the available source.
0152 minS1:E1 The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
A Mrs Ernestine Todd, from Clapham, asks Poirot to help her find her cook, Eliza, who has disappeared. Poirot, who aims to accept only really significant cases, is at first insulted by such a trivial request. However, after he sees the contents of the missing cook's trunk, he decides the case could prove to be worthy of his talents.
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0252 minS1:E2 Murder in the Mews
Within hours of the Bonfire Night fireworks beginning Poirot finds himself investigating a violent death in Hastings' mews garage.
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0352 minS1:E3 The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly
Country squire Marcus Waverly calls on Poirot for help in dealing with kidnap threats against his son. Hastings is appalled by the thought of someone going around kidnapping children and it becomes a race against time to find the identity of the mystery letter writer.
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0452 minS1:E4 Four and Twenty Blackbirds
At a London restaurant where he often eats, Poirot notices that another regular customer has diverted from his usual meal. As old Anthony Gascoigne lies dying in Brighton, his estranged twin brother, Henry, falls to his death. A tragic accident, or murder? Poirot begins to see connections and decides the answer to the mystery lies in a blackberry pie.
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0550 minS1:E5 The Third Floor Flat
A new tenant two floors below Poirot's flat asks to meet the woman living above her. Bored, Poirot joins Hastings at a murder-mystery play, only to find Patricia Matthews, her roommate, and their dates are there too — and a real mystery unfolds.
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0653 minS1:E6 Triangle at Rhodes
On holiday in Rhodes, Poirot observes glamorous divorcée Valentine flirting with a married man while vacationing with her fifth husband. The man's wife confides in Poirot as tensions rise, and what looks like a reconciliation between the two couples ends in tragedy at a cocktail hour.
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0753 minS1:E7 Problem at Sea
Aboard a cruise, Poirot and Hastings observe controlling Mrs. Clapperton and her put-upon husband, a former music-hall performer. When most passengers go ashore, two young women coax the Colonel into joining them while his wife stays behind in her cabin — or does she?
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0851 minS1:E8 The Incredible Theft
Industrialist Lord Mayfield hosts an Air Marshal at his estate to review classified aircraft designs. Among the guests are an unscrupulous widow and an MP who's brought Poirot along fearing her influence over Mayfield. When the plans vanish, Poirot investigates.
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0948 minS1:E9 The King of Clubs
Hastings and Poirot visit a film set where an overbearing studio boss bullies the cast and humiliates an aging actor he later fires. That night the boss is found dead at home from a head wound, a playing card left nearby, and Poirot joins Japp to find the killer.
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1051 minS1:E10 The Dream
Millionaire business man Benedict Farley, a well known eccentric, consults Poirot about bad dreams he has been having. Mr. Farley has dreamed repeatedly of killing himself. Sadly, he does not follow Poirot's advice. When Farley is found dead, Poirot fails to believe that it is suicide and suspects a murder plot relying on hypnosis.
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