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is a French (comedic police crime drama) television programme consisting of two series based loosely on
Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 â€“ 12 January 1976) was an English people, English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving ...
's works of detective fiction, first broadcast on
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on 9 January
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. 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 (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medi ...
) and Lampion ( Marius Colucci). Series Two is set in the mid-1950s through early 1960s with Commissaire Swan Laurence (
Samuel Labarthe Samuel Labarthe (born 16 May 1962) is a French-Swiss actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1985. Theater Filmography Awards and nominations References External links * 1962 births Living people French male ...
), journalist Alice Avril ( Blandine Bellavoir), and Laurence's secretary, Marlène Leroy ( Élodie Frenck). Series One streams with English subtitles in the United States on
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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 (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medi ...
as Commissaire Jean Larosière (11 episodes) * Marius Colucci as Inspecteur Émile Lampion (11 episodes)


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as police officer () Ménard (9 episodes) * Olivier Carré as medical examiner () Dr Verdure (5 episodes)


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Series Two: mid-1950s to 1960s France (2013–2020)


Overview

The action has moved to mid-1950s to 1960s
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, 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.


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Samuel Labarthe Samuel Labarthe (born 16 May 1962) is a French-Swiss actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1985. Theater Filmography Awards and nominations References External links * 1962 births Living people French male ...
as Commissaire Swan Laurence (27 episodes) * Blandine Bellavoir as journalist and feminist Alice Avril (27 episodes) * Élodie Frenck as Laurence's
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-esque police secretary Marlène Leroy (27 episodes)


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* Dominique Thomas as Ernest Tricard (27 episodes) * Marie Berto as secretary then police officer Arlette Carmouille (5 episodes) * Cyril Gueï as medical examiner () Dr Timothée Glissant (13 episodes) * Christophe Piret / François Godart as newspaper editor () Robert Jourdeuil (2 / 15 episodes) *
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as medical examiner Dr Euphrasie Maillol (4 episodes) * Éric Beauchamp as police "cop" () Martin (16 episodes) * Bubulle as Marlène's goldfish Bubulle (27 episodes). Bubulle is a series of fishes kept in the office by Marléne. When each fish expires, Laurence, knowing Marléne's attachment, secretly replaces it with a new fish. In episode 26, Laurence remarks "Bubulle 4".


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Series Three: 1970s France

A third series, with a new cast and set in France in the 1970s, was announced in 2019. The first and third episodes are adaptations of, respectively, '' Endless Night'' and ''
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''. Other episodes are original stories; according to the producer, they are in the "spirit of Agatha Christie".


Overview

The third series is set in the 1970s, again in
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, France. Commissaire Annie Gréco is aided by police inspector Max Beretta and psychologist Rose Bellecour.


Cast and characters


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* Émilie Gavois-Kahn as Commissaire Annie Gréco * Arthur Dupont as Inspector Maxime "Max" Beretta * Chloé Chaudoye as psychologist Rose Bellecour


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* Saverio Maligno as Inspector Râteau * Alexandre Russo as Inspector Cassard * Quentin Baillot as ''Commissaire divisionnaire'' Servan Legoff * Benoît Moret as medical examiner (''médecin légiste'') Jacques Blum * Nicolas Lumbreras as Bob, a hippie hotel owner * Christèle Tual as Barbara Bellecour, Rose's mother *
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as Arnaud Bellecour, Rose's father


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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. However, in this earlier miniseries, Larosière knows who his father is and actually meets him in the story, but in "Un meurtre en sommeil" (Sleeping Murder), Episode 10 of Season 1 of "", Larosière says he does this know who his father is and is going to seek out his identity. *Laurence drives a
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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 ...


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