Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)

Genre

detective television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

13 seasons, 70 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 561 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The series follows the brilliant Belgian detective Hercule Poirot as he solves intricate murder cases in 1930s England. Each episode adapts one of Agatha Christie's stories, focusing on Poirot's careful reasoning and attention to detail.

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What happens

Agatha Christie's Poirot, or simply Poirot (UK: ), 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 one of Agatha Christie's famous crime fiction series, which revolves around the fictional private investigator Hercule Poirot. David Suchet stars as the title character. Initially produced by LWT, the series was later produced by ITV Studios. The series also aired on VisionTV in Canada, and on PBS and A&E in the US. The programme ran for 13 series and 70 episodes in total. Each episode was adapted from a novel or short story by Christie that featured Poirot. At the programme's conclusion, which finished with "Curtain: Poirot's Last Case", based on the 1975 novel of the same name, every major literary work by Christie that featured the title character had been adapted. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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