Scripted series · ITV1
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
David Suchet
Hercule Poirot
70 eps
Tom Riley
Raymond Boynton
1 eps
Pauline Moran
Miss Lemon
45 eps
Hugh Fraser
Captain Arthur Hastings
48 eps
Lawrence McGrandles Jr.
Simon Kelso
1 eps
Philip Jackson
Chief Inspector James Harold Japp
47 eps
Emily Blunt
Linnet Ridgeway
1 eps
Alex Jennings
Dr. Roberts
1 eps
Aidan Gillen
Amyas Crale
1 eps
Brigit Forsyth
Mrs. Todd
1 eps
Dermot Crowley
Arthur Simpson
1 eps
Freda Dowie
Eliza Dunn
1 eps
Antony Carrick
Mr. Todd
1 eps
Katy Murphy
Annie
1 eps
Tom Mison
David Baker
1 eps
Aidan McArdle
Stephen Norton
1 eps
Sasha Behar
Pilar
1 eps
Rowena Cooper
Sarah Siddaway
1 eps
Juliette Mole
Jane Plenderleith
1 eps
James Faulkner
Major Eustace
1 eps
Gabrielle Blunt
Mrs. Pierce
1 eps
Geoffrey Bateman
Marcus Waverly
1 eps
Julia Chambers
Ada Waverly
1 eps
Dominic Rougier
Johnnie Waverly
1 eps
Carol Frazer
Jessie Withers
1 eps
Sandra Freeman
Miss Collins
1 eps
Robert Putt
Rogers
1 eps
Richard Howard
George Lorrimer
1 eps
Tony Aitken
Tommy Pinner
1 eps
Charles Pemberton
Stooge
2 eps
Denys Hawthorne
Bonnington
1 eps
Clifford Rose
Makinson
1 eps
Hilary Mason
Mrs. Hill
1 eps
Cheryl Hall
Molly
1 eps
Suzanne Burden
Patricia Matthews
1 eps
Nicholas Pritchard
Donovan
1 eps
Robert Hines
Jimmy
1 eps
Beth Goddard
Sister Agnieszka
2 eps
Barbara Barnes
Mrs Lester
2 eps
Sean Pertwee
Ronnie Oglander
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Agatha Christie's Poirot actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Agatha Christie's Poirot reads strongest on Character Depth, Tension and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
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.
The run
Seasons
13 seasons · 70 episodes.
Season 0 · Unannounced
Specials
6 episodes
David Suchet attempts to unravel the mysterious appeal of the great detective Hercule Poirot - and reveals what it has been like to play one of fiction's most enduring creations.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
198910 episodes
7.5IMDbBest episode · S01E05 The Third Floor Flat
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
19909 episodes
7.7IMDbIn the second series, as always, Poirot's ingenious mind manages to find a way through a number of mysteries. He even manages to feign disinterest in a case when it is apparent that Hastings wishes to take the glory in order to impress a lady.
Best episode · S02E05 The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
199011 episodes
7.9IMDbBest episode · S03E01 The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
19923 episodes
8.0IMDbBest episode · S04E01 The ABC Murders
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
19938 episodes
7.7IMDbBest episode · S05E03 The Yellow Iris
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
19944 episodes
7.9IMDbBest episode · S06E01 Hercule Poirot's Christmas
Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
20002 episodes
7.6IMDbBest episode · S07E02 Lord Edgware Dies
Season 8 · Complete
Season 8
20012 episodes
7.6IMDbBest episode · S08E01 Evil Under the Sun
Season 9 · Complete
Season 9
20034 episodes
7.7IMDbBest episode · S09E01 Five Little Pigs
Season 10 · Complete
Season 10
20064 episodes
7.5IMDbBest episode · S10E03 After the Funeral
Season 11 · Complete
Season 11
20084 episodes
7.8IMDbBest episode · S11E03 Third Girl
Season 12 · Complete
Season 12
20104 episodes
7.8IMDbBest episode · S12E01 Three Act Tragedy
Season 13 · Complete
Season 13
20135 episodes
8.0IMDbBest episode · S13E05 Curtain: Poirot's Last Case
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S03E01
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Recovering from the horrors of World War I, British Army officer Arthur Hastings hopes to find peace and quiet at a country manor in the English countryside. But when the matriarch dies during the night from strychnine poisoning, Hastings enlists the help of an old friend staying nearby with other war refugees to help solve the murder: former Belgian police detective Hercule Poirot.
- Directed by Ross Devenish
S13E05
Curtain: Poirot's Last Case
An ailing Poirot returns to Styles with Hastings nearly three decades after solving their first mystery together there in order to prevent an unscrupulous and ingenious serial killer from claiming more victims.
- Directed by Hettie Macdonald
S04E01
The ABC Murders
Beside the bodies of three murder victims lies a copy of the ABC Railway Guide.
- Directed by Andrew Grieve
S09E01
Five Little Pigs
Lucy Crale hires Poirot to solve the murder of her father sixteen years before, and Poirot finds a number of possible suspects who are still alive.
- Directed by Paul Unwin
S03E05
Wasps' Nest
Poirot visits a garden fete, where a wasps' nest adds to the tension. He meets the son of an old friend who has his girl-friend, a fashion model, with him, and Poirot soon suspects that they are both in danger. He has to solve a mystery which includes cyanide, failing brakes and mixed-up love lives. Meanwhile, Hastings has a new hobby which Poirot finds helpful in cracking the case.
- Directed by Brian Farnham
S06E01
Hercule Poirot's Christmas
Poirot's Christmas is interrupted by Simeon Lee, who believes his life is threatened. Simeon is soon killed and his diamonds stolen.
- Directed by Edward Bennett
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Michele BuckExecutive Producer
- Linda AgranExecutive Producer
- Karen ThrussellProducer
- Nick ElliottExecutive Producer
- Margaret MitchellProducer
- Brian EastmanProducer
Direction
- Andrew PiddingtonDirector
- Tom CleggDirector
- Renny RyeDirector
- Maurice PhillipsDirector
- Peter Barber-FlemingDirector
- Ken GrieveDirector
Cinematography
- Ivan StrasburgDirector of Photography
- Peter GreenhalghDirector of Photography
- Vernon LaytonDirector of Photography
- Alan AlmondDirector of Photography
- Martin FuhrerDirector of Photography
- Peter JessopDirector of Photography
Music
- Christian HensonOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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