is a French (comedic
police crime drama
The police show, or police crime drama, is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasizes the investigative procedure of a police officer or department as the protagonist(s), as contrasted with other genres that focus on ei ...
) television program consisting of two series based loosely on
Agatha Christie's
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictiona ...
works of detective fiction, first broadcast on
France 2
France 2 () is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4 and France 5. France Télévisions also participates in Arte and Euronews.
Since 3:20 CET on 7 A ...
on 9 January
2009. In English-speaking countries, Series One is titled “The Little Murders of Agatha Christie” and Series Two is titled “Agatha Christie's Criminal Games.” Series One takes place in the 1930s with (approximately
DCI) Larosière (
Antoine Duléry
Antoine Duléry (born 14 November 1959 in Paris) is a French actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media ...
) and Lampion (
Marius Colucci). Series Two is set in the mid-1950s through early 1960s with Commissaire Swan Laurence (
Samuel Labarthe), journalist Alice Avril (
Blandine Bellavoir), and Laurence's secretary, Marlène Leroy (
Élodie Frenck). Series One streams with English subtitles in the United States on
Acorn TV and
MHz Choice, Series Two streams with English subtitles in the United States on MHz Choice and in Australia on
SBS. The thirty-eight episodes to the end of Series Two include adaptations of thirty-six of Christie's works.
A third series, with a new cast and set in 1970s France, was announced in 2019.
Although the title bearing Christie's name will remain, most of the planned episodes will be original stories “in the spirit of Christie's works” because the producer felt that the remaining books would be “too difficult to adapt”, or because of rights issues in some cases.
Series One: 1930s France (2009–2012)
Overview
Set in northern France in the 1930s, womanising and bombastic Commissaire Jean Larosière and his hapless junior officer Inspecteur Émile Lampion unravel a series of complicated murder cases to reveal the killers.
Cast and characters
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Antoine Duléry
Antoine Duléry (born 14 November 1959 in Paris) is a French actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media ...
as Commissaire Jean Larosière (11 episodes)
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Marius Colucci as Inspecteur Émile Lampion (11 episodes)
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Serge Dubois
Serge Dubois (born 4 March 1954) is a Belgian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
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as police officer () Ménard (9 episodes)
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Olivier Carré as medical examiner () Dr Verdure (5 episodes)
Episodes
Series Two: mid-1950s to 1960s France (2013–2020)
Overview
The action has moved to mid-1950s to 1960s
Lille
Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the N ...
, France. Suave, razor-sharp, arrogant, and intolerant – Commissaire Swan Laurence investigates murders with the often unappreciated assistance of reporter Alice Avril and police secretary Marlène Leroy.
Cast and characters
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Samuel Labarthe as Commissaire Swan Laurence (27 episodes)
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Blandine Bellavoir as journalist and feminist Alice Avril (27 episodes)
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Élodie Frenck as Laurence's
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe (; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 4 August 1962) was an American actress. Famous for playing comedic " blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as wel ...
-esque police secretary Marlène Leroy (27 episodes)
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Dominique Thomas as Ernest Tricard (27 episodes)
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Marie Berto as secretary then police officer Arlette Carmouille (5 episodes)
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Cyril Gueï as medical examiner () Dr Timothée Glissant (13 episodes)
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Christophe Piret /
François Godart as newspaper editor () Robert Jourdeuil (2 / 15 episodes)
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Natacha Lindinger
Natacha Lindinger (born 20 February 1970) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than sixty films since 1991.
Selected filmography Film
Television
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1970 births
Living people
French film actresses
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as medical examiner Dr Euphrasie Maillol (4 episodes)
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Éric Beauchamp as police "cop" () Martin (16 episodes)
* Bubulle as Marlène's goldfish Bubulle (27 episodes)
Episodes
Series Three: 1970s France (announced 2019, to begin in 2021)
A third series, with a new cast and set in France in the 1970s, was announced in 2019.
The first and third episodes will be adaptations of, respectively, ''
Endless Night'' and ''
The Hollow
''The Hollow'' is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the United States by Dodd, Mead & Co. in 1946 and in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club in November of the same year. The US edition ...
''. The second and fourth episodes, as well as the fifth and sixth episodes planned for 2022, will all be original stories but, according to the producer, in the “spirit of Agatha Christie.”
Notes
*A distinct four-part mini-series, "", adapted from ''Hercule Poirot's Christmas'', was released in 2006. Although Larosière and Lampion are the main characters (played by the same actors), this mini-series is not a prequel or sequel to the later series.
*Laurence drives a
Facel Vega
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To intensify its World War II war effort, French subcontracting company for military aeronautics Bronzavia created a s ...
Facellia FA red Bordeaux coupe.
Complete cast
See also
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List of French television series
This is a list of television programs that have been produced by France. It includes series made by France alone as well as those produced in collaboration with various other countries. Almost all are in the French language; exceptions to this rule ...
References
External links
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Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie' on "The Home of Agatha Christie"
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2009 French television series debuts
2000s French television series
2010s French television series
French crime television series
French-language television shows
Television shows based on works by Agatha Christie