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List Of Agatha Christie's Poirot Episodes
The following is a list of episodes for the British crime drama ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'', featuring David Suchet as Poirot, which first aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. In total 70 episodes were produced over 13 series. Episodes run for either approximately 50 minutes or 90–100 minutes, the latter of which is the format of all episodes from series 6 onwards. The shorter episodes are based on Christie's short stories featuring Poirot, many published in the 1920s, and are considerably embellished from their original form. The longer episodes are based on Christie's 33 Poirot novels and one short story collection (''The Labours of Hercules''). While Christie's novels are set contemporaneously with the time of writing (between the 1920s and 1970s), 1936 was chosen as the year in which to place the majority of ''Poirot'' episodes; references to events such as the Jarrow March were included to strengthen this chronology. With some exceptions, the series as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as drama or gangster film, but also include comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as mystery, suspense or noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary. '' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Webb (actor)
Danny Webb (born 6 June 1958) is an English television and film actor. He is best known for his roles as the prisoner Morse in the movie ''Alien 3'', Thomas Cromwell in ''Henry VIII'' and as John Maynard Jefferson in the two part ''Doctor Who'' story ''The Impossible Planet'' and ''The Satan Pit'' in 2006. Early life Webb was born on 6 June 1958 to Eileen and Maurice Webb. He attended The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and graduated in 1977. Career Webb has appeared in many British television programmes, including ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'', ''Our Friends in the North'', ''A Touch of Frost'', ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'', ''The Bill'', ''Midsomer Murders'', ''Silent Witness'' and '' Shackleton''. He also starred in two episodes of ''Doctor Who'' - "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit", alongside lead actors David Tennant and Billie Piper. He has also starred in ''Britannia High'' as Jack Tyler and in ''New Tricks'' as a DJ. In 1985 Webb starred alongside Jon P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Howard (actor)
Richard Howard (born 8 March 1944, Hitchin, Hertfordshire) is a British actor. His father was a civil servant and he attended a preparatory school and Haberdashers' Aske's School. He then trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School before appearing on stage in repertory theatre, at the Oxford Playhouse and the Royal Court Theatre. Select filmography *''Oh! What a Lovely War ''Oh! What a Lovely War'' is a 1969 British comedy musical war film directed by Richard Attenborough (in his directorial debut), with an ensemble cast, including Maggie Smith, Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, John Mills, Kenneth More, Laurence Oli ...'' (1969) *'' Agatha Christie's Poirot episodes - Four and Twenty Blackbirds'' (1989) *'' The People’s Princess'' (2008) External links * Living people English male stage actors People from Hitchin 1944 births English male film actors Male actors from Hertfordshire {{england-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventure Of The Christmas Pudding
''The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrées'' is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 24 October 1960.Chris Peers, Ralph Spurrier and Jamie Sturgeon. ''Collins Crime Club – A checklist of First Editions''. Dragonby Press (Second Edition) March 1999 (p. 15) It is the only Christie first edition published in the UK that contains stories with both Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, the writer's two most famous detectives. It retailed in the UK for twelve shillings and sixpence (12/6) and comprises six cases. It was not published in the US although the stories it contains were published in other volumes there. Plot summaries The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, or The Theft of the Royal Ruby Poirot is asked by a Mr Jesmond, who is acting as an intermediary to an eastern prince, to help that unfortunate young man with a problem he is having. The prince is due soon to be married to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Beckinsale
Samantha-Jane Beckinsale (born 23 July 1966), known professionally as Samantha Beckinsale, and Sam Beckinsale, is a British actress. She played firefighter Kate Stevens in '' London's Burning''. Early life Beckinsale is the only daughter of actor Richard Beckinsale and his first wife, Margaret ( Bradley). They divorced when Beckinsale was a young child and she did not see her father for years. Samantha was unaware that her father was Richard Beckinsale until she was 11. Beckinsale and her father reconnected and spent time together, prior to Richard's death in 1979. She is a stepdaughter of Judy Loe and half-sister of Loe's daughter, Kate Beckinsale. She studied drama at Clarendon College, Nottingham. Television In 1990, Beckinsale was chosen by LWT to play firefighter Kate Stevens in ITV's drama series '' London's Burning'', which ran from 1986 to 2002. In 1989, Beckinsale guest-starred as WPC Martin in an episode of Thames Television's ''Never the Twain''. Shortly after this, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Connor (actor)
Patrick Connor (6 August 1926 – 22 July 2008) was a British actor. His stage work included the original West End production of ''Alfie Alfie may refer to: Theatre and film * ''Alfie'' (play), a 1963 play by Bill Naughton * ''Alfie'' (1966 film), a film based on the play starring Michael Caine * ''Alfie'' (2004 film), a remake of the 1966 film * ''Alfie'' (2013 film), an Indi ...'' in 1963. He was married to the actress and writer Joyce Marlow. Filmography References External links * 1926 births 2008 deaths People from Margate British male stage actors British male film actors British male television actors {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Jordan
Albert Patrick Jordan (10 October 1923 – 10 January 2020) was a British stage, film and television actor. Biography He was born and raised in Harrow, Middlesex, the son of Margaret, a cook, and Albert Jordan, a regimental sergeant major. An accident while playing bows and arrows with his two brothers left him with a distinctive scar on his right cheek. He made his stage debut in a 1946 Old Vic production of ''Richard II'' at the New Theatre, which was directed by Ralph Richardson and featured Harry Andrews and Alec Guinness. With Old Vic he went on to perform in other Shakespearean plays, including ''Coriolanus'' and ''The Taming of the Shrew'', in the last of which also appeared Renée Asherson. Jordan remained friends with Asherson and Guinness. Jordan's screen roles included several war films, including ''The Battle of the River Plate'' (1956), '' The Longest Day'' (1962), ''The Heroes of Telemark'' (1965), ''Play Dirty'' (1969), and '' Too Late the Hero'' (1970). He is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Chambers
Julia Chambers is an English television actress. She was born in Bristol, England. Selected filmography Television * ''The Mallens'' (1979) * ''Cribb'' (1980) * ''Shoestring'' (1980) * ''Sense and Sensibility'' (1981) * ''Beau Geste'' (1982) * '' The Optimist'' (1985) * ''Agatha Christie's Poirot ''Poirot'' (also known as ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'') is a British mystery drama television programme that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. David Suchet starred as the eponymous detective, Agatha Christie's fictional Her ...'' (1989) * '' Wycliffe'' (1995) References External links * 1956 births English television actresses Living people {{UK-tv-actor-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabrielle Blunt
Gabrielle Hilda Blunt (8 January 1919 – 10 June 2014) was a British actress. She had a very long career in theatre, film and television mainly working as a character actress appearing in many British television programmes and films. Biography Blunt was the daughter and only child of Henry Wilfrid Blunt (born 17 May 1887, died 13 October 1956) and Maud Etta Hyde (born 1890, died 1976) who were married on 10 May 1915. She was the granddaughter of Sir John Harvey Blunt, eighth Baronet Blunt of London (born 1 January 1839, died 26 January 1922) and Susan Hoad (born 1843, died 1 April 1917). Blunt began her theatrical career in regional rep in the early 1940s touring Europe with the '' Entertainments National Service Association'' in 1945. The same year, she was seen in Vanbrugh's ''The Confederacy'' at the York Festival. Blunt's first significant role was as Catriona Macroon in the film '' Whisky Galore!''. In the early 1990s she appeared in a documentary about the film ''Whisky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Yelland (actor)
David William Yelland (born 1947) is an English film, stage and television actor. Life and career After reading English at Magdalene College, Cambridge, he began his career as an actor with three years at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre. He has since appeared in numerous stage plays and television productions. Perhaps his most famous role was that of the future Cultural depictions of Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, Edward VIII in the film ''Chariots of Fire''. He performed in the lead role of the BBC Television serial ''David Copperfield (1974 TV serial), David Copperfield'' (1974), and is known for his portrayal of Nicholas Rumpole in the Thames Television series ''Rumpole of the Bailey'', as the father of the main character in the London Weekend Television serial ''A Little Princess (1986 TV serial), A Little Princess'' (1986), and for his role as a regular in ITV's ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'' as Poirot's valet, George. At the end of 2007 he played Ralph Nickleby in a reviv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Faulkner (actor)
James Faulkner is an English actor. He is best known for playing Pope Sixtus IV in the television series ''Da Vinci's Demons'' (2013–2015), Randyll Tarly in the television series ''Game of Thrones'' (2016–2017), and Saint Paul in the film ''Paul, Apostle of Christ ''Paul, Apostle of Christ'' is a 2018 American biblical drama film written and directed by Andrew Hyatt. It stars James Faulkner as Paul the Apostle and Jim Caviezel (who portrayed Jesus in the 2004 film ''The Passion of the Christ'') as Sai ...'' (2018). Filmography Film Television Video games References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Faulkner, James English male film actors English male television actors English male voice actors Living people 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors Male actors from London Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliette Mole
Juliette Mole (born 1955) is an English actress and artist, now based in London. She is married to the actor Lloyd Owen. Early life She began her career with the Royal Shakespeare Company and later appeared on television and in film. Career Mole appeared as a singer in a West End theatre, West End production of Francis Beaumont's ''The Knight of the Burning Pestle'' at the Aldwych Theatre in 1981. The same year, she was understudy to Peggy Ashcroft as the Countess in Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company production of ''All's Well That Ends Well'', and had some lesser roles for the company. In 1983, she played Bella in the Avon Touring Theatre Company's first production of Vince Foxall's ''Brittle Glory'', a reworking of ''Richard II (play), Richard II''. Mole's first credited screen role was in the first episode of the television drama ''The Fourth Arm (TV series), The Fourth Arm'' (1983), in which she played a Women's Auxiliary Air Force, WAAF. She went on to appear in ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
