Poirot - Agatha Christies Poirot - The ABC Murders

Starring: Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson Original UK Premiere: 1989 Dvd Release: 16th June, 2003 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Agatha Christies Poirot is a British television series starring David Suchet as Agatha Christie s detective character Hercule Poirot. It is made by Granada Television. Poirot began airing as a television show in 1989. The last of the 46, hour-long episodes produced in five series appeared in 1993. From 1995 to 1997, several longer Poirot specials appeared on TV. Four more Poirot TV movies appeared in 2000 & 2001. Four more stories were filmed in 2003, with Sad Cypress broadcast in 2003 & Death on the Nile in 2004. The Hollow was released in 2004. Suchet has indicated his desire to film the remaining stories in the canon.

This adaptation is fantastic.

The story involves serial murders which occur in towns according to their first letter. The murders kick off in Andover, & Poirot becomes involved due to some anonymous letters. Why does it work?

In another review, I slated the one-star The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. I have noticed that with these adaptations, the story line need not be exactly the same in order to make them work . What was more important, was that characters be left with the same level of complexity & intrigue as in the original novels.

And so it proves in this case. The Poirot-Hasting banter is sharp, Jackson & the other police officers are great as the detectives who draw reasonable conclusions from the available facts. Above all, the way in which the story is told is frighteningly believable! Recommended to Christie readers & non-mystery fans alike!

Hugh Fraser is an English actor. He has appeared regularly in film, stage & television roles, in particular as Hastings in the Poirot television series opposite David Suchet. He also appeared as the Duke of Wellington — replacing David Troughton who had initially played the role — in the television versions of the Sharpe novels & in the 1980s BBC thriller Edge of Darkness. Hugh Fraser is married to the actress Belinda Lang & they have one son. Posters Of The Hollow

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