Poirot Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Poirot: Season 11

• Season 11 Episode 3: Third Girl

  A former nanny, Lavinia Seagram, is found on her bed soaked in blood and it is suspected she has turned to drink and drugs to commit suicide until a discovery leads Poirot onto the scent of Norma Restarick who had confessed to the possibility of murdering someone that morning. Troubled heiress Norma has secrets of her own, it transpires. Threat increases when Poirot's friend is the subject of an attack

• Season 11 Episode 2: Cat Among the Pigeons

  English schoolgirl Jennifer Sutcliffe gets embroiled in a mystery when priceless jewels are hidden among her belongings. The precious stones belonged to a prince who fell victim to a revolution and his cousin ends up at the same school as Jennifer, where Poirot finds himself drawn into the unlikely situation and quickly realises nothing is quite what it seems. David Suchet stars as the Belgian sleuth, with Harriet Walter and Claire Skinner

• Season 11 Episode 1: Mrs McGinty's Dead

  When a cleaning woman is found dead in her home, suspicion immediately falls upon her lodger, but Superintendent Spence begins to question the man's guilt and invites Poirot to help uncover the identity of the real killer. The sleuth teams up with crime writer Ariadne Oliver (Zoe Wanamaker) as he tries to crack the case. Agatha Christie whodunit, starring David Suchet, Joe Absolom and Richard Hope

Poirot: Season 10 (2006 - 2007)

• Season 10 Episode 4: Taken at the Flood

  Millionaire Gordon Cloade's wife is widowed for the second time at the tender age of 23, arousing the suspicions of his impoverished relatives. Fanning the flames of envy and hatred, psychic Aunt Kathy Cloade reveals the grieving widow's first husband is in fact still alive, and a second death prompts Poirot to delve deeper into the family's dark secrets. David Suchet stars, with Jenny Agutter and Celia Imrie. Includes at RTE News at 4.40pm

• Season 10 Episode 3: After the Funeral

  The patriarch of an artistic North Country family disinherits his son in suspicious circumstances just before his demise. Foul play is confirmed when the victim's youngest sister - the black sheep of the family who suggested the death may not have been a coincidence - is killed with a hatchet, leaving Poirot to question the family as to who might have committed the murder. Whodunit, starring David Suchet, with Robert Bathurst and Geraldine James

• Season 10 Episode 2: Cards on the Table

  Crime writer Ariadne Oliver and four known killers are among the guests who meet Poirot at a bridge evening arranged by wealthy adventurer Shaitana, who sits out the first game - only to be found later stabbed through the heart. As nobody has left or entered the victim's apartment during the night, the sleuths combine their skills to discover which of the party is responsible. Whodunit, starring David Suchet and Zoe Wanamaker, with Lesley Manville and Alex Jennings

• Season 10 Episode 1: The Mystery of the Blue Train

  David Suchet returns as Agatha Christie's famously fussy detective Hercule Poirot. The Belgian sleuth finds himself in interesting company as English socialites and American millionaires rub shoulders aboard a train bound for the French Riviera. Passengers include oil magnate Rufus Van Aldin (Elliott Gould) and his daughter Ruth (Jaime Murray) - upon whom he has lavished a magnificent ruby known as the Heart of Fire. With members of the aristocracy crammed into a confined space with their husbands, lovers and a renowned gemstone, murder can't be far away. With Lindsay Duncan and James D'Arcy. Includes RTE News at 4.30pm

Poirot: Season 9 (2003 - 2004)

• Season 9 Episode 4: The Hollow

  Philanderer John Christow is shot during Lady Lucy Angkatell's weekend house party where Poirot is guest of honour. The victim's wife is found holding a smoking gun, but the case proves far from straightforward for the Belgian sleuth, who finds himself up against one of his finest adversaries. Whodunit, starring David Suchet

• Season 9 Episode 3: Death on the Nile

  Hercule Poirot settles back for what should be an idyllic Egyptian cruise on board an old steamer, but when a wealthy American heiress is murdered, his 'little grey cells' go into overdrive. On questioning each of his fellow passengers, he realises many of them have secrets they want to remain hidden. David Suchet stars, with James Fox, Judy Parfitt, Emily Blunt, Daisy Donovan, Frances de la Tour and David Soul

• Season 9 Episode 2: Sad Cypress

  The fastidious detective investigates a double poisoning, aiming to prove the innocence of Elinor Carlisle, the chief suspect in the deaths of her aunt and her rival in love. However, even though she is the only person with a motive, opportunity and means to administer the poison, Poirot believes she is innocent. Crime drama, starring David Suchet, Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh, Paul McGann and Rupert Penry-Jones

• Season 9 Episode 1: Five Little Pigs

  A young woman asks Poirot to investigate her father's murder - a 14-year-old crime for which her mother was found guilty and executed. The dapper detective agrees to dig up the past and apply his little grey cells to the mystery, but warns his client that he may discover things she does not want to hear. The supporting cast includes Rachael Stirling, Aidan Gillen, Aimee Mullens, Toby Stephens, Marc Warren, Gemma Jones, Patrick Malahide and Annette Badland

Poirot: Season 8 (2002 - 2003)

• Season 8 Episode 2: Murder in Mesopotamia

  An archaeologist's beautiful but widely disliked wife is murdered during an excavation in the Middle East. Fortunately a vacationing Poirot - who shares with most great detectives an inability to go on holiday without stumbling over a body or two - is on hand to investigate. Mystery, starring David Suchet

• Season 8 Episode 1: Evil Under the Sun

  The dapper detective is ordered to give his little grey cells a rest, and with Hastings and Miss Lemon in tow, reluctantly heads for the tranquillity of Devon's coast, where his relaxation is soon ruined by the discovery of a socialite's murdered body on the beach. David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson and Pauline Moran star

Poirot: Season 7 (2001 - 2004)

• Season 7 Episode 2: Lord Edgware Dies

  Japp and Poirot investigate the murder of an actress's estranged husband, only to find in the theatrical world, where deception and play-acting are a way of life, nothing is quite what it seems. In time-honoured fashion, it initially looks as though the butler did it : but subsequent inquiries throw up a veritable rogues' gallery of equally likely suspects. David Suchet, Philip Jackson and Hugh Fraser star

• Season 7 Episode 1: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

  David Suchet reprises his role as Agatha Christie's dapper sleuth, who has retired to a charming English village in the hope of finding peace and quiet. However, the murder of a rich industrialist neighbour forces him to leave his new lifestyle behind and plunges him into a sordid world of blackmail and envy, aided as ever by the dogged Chief Inspector Japp. Whodunit, also starring Philip Jackson, Malcolm Terris, Vivien Heilbron and Oliver Ford Davies

Poirot: Season 6 (2001)

• Season 6 Episode 1: Dumb Witness

  The Belgian sleuth heads to Lake Windermere for a holiday with faithful assistant Hastings, only to find his crime-solving skills are once again needed to investigate a murder. The only witness to the crime is a dog, leaving Poirot with a difficult task to find the killer. David Suchet and Hugh Fraser star

Poirot: Season 5 (1993)

• Season 5 Episode 8: Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan

  Adhering to doctor's orders, the dapper Belgian sleuth visits the south coast for what he hopes will be a relaxing holiday, but it leads to one of the most absorbing cases he has ever faced : the disappearance of a cache of jewels. Mystery, starring David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson and Sorcha Cusack

• Season 5 Episode 7: The Dead Man's Mirror

  The dapper Belgian sleuth sets out to solve the murder of an art dealer, a case complicated by the fact that there are plenty of people ready to cheer at his death. Whodunit, starring David Suchet and Hugh Fraser, with Philip Jackson, Iain Cuthbertson and Emma Fielding

• Season 5 Episode 6: The Chocolate Box

  The dapper sleuth returns to his home country of Belgium for the first time since World War One to attend a medal ceremony, only to find a murder case needs solving. Agatha Christie mystery, starring David Suchet, Anna Chancellor and Philip Jackson

• Season 5 Episode 5: The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman

  Captain Hastings and the Belgian supersleuth investigate a baffling gangland murder which draws them both into the underworld of London's Little Italy. Whodunit, starring David Suchet and Hugh Fraser

• Season 5 Episode 4: The Case of the Missing Will

  The dapper Belgian sleuth sets out to solve the baffling murder of a Cambridge don who met with foul play shortly after deciding to change his will. Starring David Suchet and Mark Kingston

• Season 5 Episode 3: Yellow Iris

  A mysterious delivery causes the dapper detective to recall the time his supper at a Buenos Aires restaurant was rudely interrupted by the murder of a fellow diner, who unwittingly drank from a glass laced with cyanide. Drama, starring David Suchet and Preston Lockwood

• Season 5 Episode 2: The Underdog

  Wealthy industrialist Sir Reuben Astwell is murdered after making a deal to sell synthetic rubber to the Germans, leaving the dapper sleuth wondering whether the motive was commercial or political. Evidence found in his chemical factory could hold the key to the mystery : but Poirot is unsure if the victim's widow can be trusted. Starring David Suchet

• Season 5 Episode 1: The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb

  An archaeologist dies of a heart attack shortly after smashing the seal of an ancient Egyptian tomb, raising the spectre of the mummy's curse. The grieving widow summons the Belgian sleuth to unravel the mystery, but he can only smoke out the real villain by risking his own life. David Suchet stars

Poirot: Season 4 (2004)

• Season 4 Episode 3: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

  When the Belgian sleuth's dentist is found dead just minutes after he leaves his surgery, Chief Inspector Japp believes it to be suicide - but Poirot has reason to think otherwise and embarks on his own investigation. Drama, starring David Suchet

• Season 4 Episode 2: Death in the Clouds

  The sleuth falls asleep during a flight from Paris to London, while a woman passenger is murdered by a poison dart, leaving few clues to the killer's identity. Poirot soon discovers she was a money-lender, which may provide a motive for the killing. The investigation is turned on its head, however, when the victim's illegitimate daughter comes forward to claim the inheritance. Whodunit, starring David Suchet, Hugh Fraser and Philip Jackson

• Season 4 Episode 1: The ABC Murders

  The dapper Belgian sleuth receives several anonymous letters outlining a killer's intention to murder a succession of people in alphabetical order, prompting him to try to unmask the culprit before the body-count mounts. Crime drama based on the Agatha Christie novel, starring David Suchet

Poirot: Season 3 (1991)

• Season 3 Episode 10: The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge

  When Hastings and a reluctant Poirot attend a grouse shoot at a friend's estate, one of the hunting party is murdered. Despite suffering a severe cold, the Belgian sleuth is roused from his sickbed to solve the case. David Suchet stars

• Season 3 Episode 9: The Plymouth Express

  The Belgian sleuth is asked to vet potential suitors vying for the hand of an Australian heiress and discreetly accompanies her on a rail journey aboard the Plymouth Express, only to find himself investigating a jewel theft. Mystery, with David Suchet and Julian Wadham

• Season 3 Episode 8: The Theft of the Royal Ruby

  The Belgian detective looks forward to a quiet Christmas, but is disturbed by the Foreign Office when an Egyptian prince loses a famous ruby - after making the mistake of lending it to a mysterious woman. Guest starring Stephanie Cole, Nigel Le Vaillant and Tariq Alibai

• Season 3 Episode 7: The Mystery of the Spanish Chest

  The Belgian detective is asked to help a woman living in fear of her husband, and attends a dinner party which has an unhappy ending. Using his little grey cells, he deduces the mystery is linked to a duel fought 10 years previously. David Suchet stars, with Caroline Langrishe and John McEnery

• Season 3 Episode 6: Double Clue

  The Belgian sleuth investigates a series of jewellery robberies, but loses his heart to the prime suspect, a beautiful Russian aristocrat. With Japp baffled and fearing for his job, it is left to Hastings and Miss Felicity Lemon to do the lion's share of the detective work - and for once failure stares them in the face. Kika Markham guest stars

• Season 3 Episode 5: The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor

  The Belgian detective sets out for Norfolk when a country publican begs him to help solve a murder - but is disappointed when the innkeeper turns out to be a budding author and the killing fictional. However, he soon has food for thought when a real death occurs - committed by a seemingly ghostly hand. Geraldine Alexander and Ian McCulloch guest star, with David Suchet

• Season 3 Episode 4: Wasps' Nest

  Hastings decides to take up a new hobby and begins dabbling in photography - which provides Poirot with the clue he needs to solve a murder committed at a garden fete. Guest starring Peter Capaldi and Serena Scott Thomas

• Season 3 Episode 3: The Affair at the Victory Ball

  Invited to attend a masquerade ball dressed as someone famous, Poirot modestly goes as himself - and finds time amid the revelry to solve the murder of aristocratic fellow guest Lord Cronshaw. David Suchet stars

• Season 3 Episode 2: The Million Dollar Bond Robbery

  A prominent bank manager is almost killed by a hit-and-run driver just before he is due to set sail on the Queen Mary luxury liner. Convinced his life is in danger, he persuades Poirot to accompany him - and his valuable shipment of liberty bonds - to New York. But the Belgian sleuth's main concern is his own terrible sea-sickness. David Suchet stars

• Season 3 Episode 1: How Does Your Garden Grow?

  The murder of a Russian servant gives rise to rumours of a communist conspiracy. Poirot becomes the centre of attention at the Chelsea Flower Show as he views a rose named in his honour, while Hastings is given a packet of seeds that give him hay fever. Whodunit, guest starring Anne Stallybrass

Poirot: Season 2 (1990)

• Season 2 Episode 11: The Mysterious Affair at Styles

  Captain Hastings is staying with friends when wealthy heiress Mrs Inglethorp is murdered. He calls in Hercule Poirot to help him solve the baffling crime, which has the whole household under suspicion. Whodunit, starring David Suchet as the dapper Belgian sleuth, with Hugh Fraser, Pauline Moran, Anthony Calf and Philip Jackson

• Season 2 Episode 10: The Adventure of the Western Star

  A Belgian film star arrives in London and summons her friend Poirot to unravel the mysterious threats she has been receiving, which demand the return of her priceless diamond, the Western Star. Rosalind Bennett guest stars

• Season 2 Episode 9: The Kidnapped Prime Minister

  The Belgian sleuth is called in to investigate the kidnapping of the prime minister and his secretary. However, because of the international situation, he has only a day and a half to solve the case. Drama, starring David Suchet

• Season 2 Episode 8: Adventure of the Cheap Flat

  An FBI agent crosses swords with Poirot while trying to retrieve the American Navy's top-secret plans for a new submarine, which have been stolen by a glamorous nightclub singer with a sideline in espionage. Drama, starring David Suchet

• Season 2 Episode 7: Double Sin

  The Belgian sleuth contemplates retiring while on a trip to the Lake District, but shelves his plans when Hastings meets a young woman whose collection of valuable miniatures has been stolen. David Suchet stars

• Season 2 Episode 6: The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim

  A wealthy banker goes missing while walking from his country house to the village post office. Poirot, who has acquired a parrot and developed a taste for conjuring tricks, bets the baffled Inspector Japp five pounds he can solve the mystery without leaving his own apartment. David Suchet stars

• Season 2 Episode 5: The Cornish Mystery

  A woman calls for Poirot's help when she believes her dentist husband is planning to poison her because he has fallen in love with his young assistant. Drama, starring David Suchet

• Season 2 Episode 4: The Lost Mine

  The Belgian sleuth is asked by Lord Pearson to investigate the disappearance of one of his most valued customers, who had been planning to sell the bank chairman a map showing where to find a long-lost silver mine. David Suchet stars

• Season 2 Episode 3: Veiled Lady

  The Belgian detective is summoned to a hotel by a mysterious veiled lady, who tells him that her forthcoming marriage is under threat because she is being blackmailed over a love letter. Drama, starring David Suchet and Frances Barber

• Season 2 Episode 2: Peril at End House : Part Two

  Part two of two. The detective's Cornwall-based investigation into an accident-prone local concludes as a secret engagement is revealed and the mystery behind identical wristwatches beloved of Captain Hastings is solved. David Suchet stars, with Philip Jackson and Hugh Fraser

• Season 2 Episode 1: Peril at End House : Part One

  Part one of two. While holidaying in Cornwall with his friend Captain Hastings, Poirot meets a local woman who has seemingly become unaccountably accident-prone - but soon starts to suspect she is actually a victim of foul play. David Suchet and Hugh Fraser star

Poirot: Season 1 (1989)

• Season 1 Episode 10: The Dream

  A well-known eccentric contacts the Belgian sleuth when he is haunted by suicidal nightmares. However, he fails to follow Poirot's advice, and is found dead soon afterwards. Drama, starring David Suchet, with Joely Richardson and Mary Tamm.

• Season 1 Episode 9: The King of Clubs

  A starlet engaged to marry a foreign prince becomes the police's number one suspect when she witnesses the murder of a shady producer. Desperate to ensure she escapes prosecution, her wealthy fiance asks Poirot to catch the real killer. Unfortunately, the celebrated detective ends up concluding she has lied - or is an accomplice. David Suchet stars, with Niamh Cusack and Jack Klaff

• Season 1 Episode 8: The Incredible Theft

  Aircraft manufacturer Lord Mayfield hosts a party to trap a woman suspected of being a spy for the Germans. Fearing that events might not go according to plan, Lady Mayfield is forced to summon the famous Belgian detective to keep an eye on proceedings. David Suchet and Hugh Fraser star

• Season 1 Episode 7: Problem at Sea

  The Belgian detective's curiosity is aroused by the passengers on board a luxury cruise ship bound for Egypt - particularly a woman who appears inordinately offensive to her fellow travellers. When the vessel arrives at Alexandria, the irritating lady's body is discovered in her cabin - leaving the sleuth with a host of possible suspects to interrogate. David Suchet stars

• Season 1 Episode 6: Triangle at Rhodes

  The Belgian sleuth takes a break on the island of Rhodes, where an English beauty draws attention by flirting with fellow guests at the Palace Hotel. When she is found murdered, her husband is immediately suspected, but Poirot quickly deduces there is more to the case than a simple crime of passion. Whodunit, starring David Suchet

• Season 1 Episode 4: Four & Twenty Blackbirds

  The Belgian detective begins to suspect something is amiss when he visits one of his favoured haunts in London for dinner and discovers a fellow regular has dramatically changed his diet. Down in Brighton, elderly Anthony Gascoigne lies dying while his estranged twin brother Henry falls to his death - but nobody is sure whether the man was deliberately pushed. Bizarrely, the key to the riddle seems to lie in a blackberry pie. David Suchet stars in the title role, with Philip Jackson, Hugh Fraser and Pauline Moran

• Season 1 Episode 3: The Adventure of Jonnie Waverly

  English country squire Marcus Waverly receives a series of anonymous letters threatening to kidnap his son Johnnie, but the case is dismissed by Scotland Yard - prompting Poirot to open his own investigation. Drama, starring David Suchet and Geoffrey Bateman

• Season 1 Episode 2: Murder in the Mews

  A woman's body is discovered in Captain Hastings' garage on Bonfire Night. It transpires that the deceased was due to marry an MP - and although the evidence suggests suicide, the Belgian detective suspects foul play. David Suchet, Hugh Fraser and Philip Jackson star

• Season 1 Episode 1: The Adventure of the Clapham Cook

  The dapper Belgian detective, who usually only accepts cases of national importance, bends his rules for once and finds himself in run-down Clapham, where he investigates the disappearance of a local cook. David Suchet stars, alongside Hugh Fraser and Brigit Forsyth

Poirot: Special (2001)

• Hercule Poirot's Christmas

  The dapper Belgian detective accepts an invitation to spend yuletide at the house of an elderly millionaire who seems intent on provoking his greedy sons to murder him. At first he tries hard to ignore the strained atmosphere and relax - but soon finds himself with a gruesome mystery on his hands. Agatha Christie whodunit, starring David Suchet, Simon Roberts and Catherine Rabett

• Hickory Dickory Dock

  Agatha Christie's Belgian super-sleuth Hercule Poirot, applies his crime-solving skills to another baffling case - a series of petty thefts in a student hostel culminating in murder. Mystery, starring David Suchet, with Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran and Paris Jefferson

• Murder on the Links

  The detective investigates when the victim of fraud is found murdered on a golf course - but his inquiries are complicated by the discovery of a tramp's mutilated body nearby. To make matters worse, beautiful singer Bella Duveen is also around, seemingly intent on helping herself to a grim souvenir. David Suchet stars, with Hugh Fraser, Bill Moody and Jacinta Mulcahy

Poirot: Feature Length

• Peril at End House

  While holidaying in Cornwall with his friend Captain Hastings, Poirot meets a local woman who has seemingly become unaccountably accident-prone - but soon starts to suspect she is actually a victim of foul play. David Suchet and Hugh Fraser star