I hope she would appreciate David Suchet's very fine acting, but she probably wouldn't like it. Christie loathed her character Poirot by the end of the series. read more
Agatha Christie's Poirot is a British mystery drama television series that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. David Suchet stars as the eponymous detective, Agatha Christie's fictional Hercule Poirot. Initially produced by LWT, the series was later produced by ITV Studios. read more
I believe Christie would have come to appreciate David Suchet’s Poirot as the character Christie wrote is there but is made much more sympathetic, likeable, humane and humble. I'm surprised that she liked Albert Finney’s interpretation of Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express as he emphasised the character traits least likeable and was overly egotistical. read more
While at least some of the stories take place in 1935 (in Agatha Christie's Poirot: Murder in the Mews (1989), the date of Guy Fawkes Day is given as November 5, 1935), Florin Court in Charterhouse Square, the building that serves as the location of Poirot's flat, wasn't built until 1936. read more