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Agatha Christie's Poirot
''Agatha Christie's Poirot'', or simply ''Poirot'' (), is a British mystery drama television programme that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2020. The ITV show is based on many of Agatha Christie's famous crime fiction series, which revolves around the fictional private investigator Hercule Poirot. David Suchet stars as the title character. Initially produced by LWT, the series was later produced by ITV Studios. The series also aired on VisionTV in Canada, and on PBS and A&E in the US. The programme ran for 13 series and 70 episodes in total. Each episode was adapted from a novel or short story by Christie that featured Poirot. In each episode Poirot is both the main detective in charge of the investigation of a crime (usually murder) and the protagonist at the centre of most of the episode's action. At the programme's conclusion, which finished with " Curtain: Poirot's Last Case", based on the 1975 novel of the same name, every major literary work by Christi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hercule Poirot
Hercule Poirot (, ) is a fictional Belgian detective created by the English writer Agatha Christie. Poirot is Christie's most famous and longest-running character, appearing in 33 novels, two plays (''Black Coffee (play), Black Coffee'' and ''Alibi (play), Alibi'') and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975. Poirot has been portrayed on radio, in film and on television by various actors, including Austin Trevor, John Moffatt (actor), John Moffatt, Albert Finney, Peter Ustinov, Ian Holm, Tony Randall, Alfred Molina, Orson Welles, David Suchet, Kenneth Branagh, Peter Dinklage and John Malkovich. Overview Influences Poirot's name was derived from two other fictional detectives of the time: Marie Belloc Lowndes's Hercules Popeau and Frank Howel Evans's Monsieur Poiret, a retired French police officer living in London. Evans's Jules Poiret "was small and rather heavyset, hardly more than five feet, but moved with his head held high. The most remarkable features of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Moran
Pauline Moran (born 26 August 1947) is an English actress, best known for her role as Miss Felicity Lemon in the British television series ''Agatha Christie's Poirot''. She trained at several schools, including the National Youth Theatre and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Although primarily a stage actress, Moran has appeared in films such as ''The Good Soldier'' (1981), '' The Woman in Black'' (1989), ''Byron'' (2003) and '' A Little Chaos'' (2014), as well as the 1983 television series '' The Cleopatras''. From 1965 to about 1970, she played bass guitar in the all-female band The She Trinity. She has also been a professional astrologer Astrology is a range of Divination, divinatory practices, recognized as pseudoscientific since the 18th century, that propose that information about human affairs and terrestrial events may be discerned by studying the apparent positions ... since 1987. Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moran, Paulin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filming Poirot In London-3740213028
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Richard Hope (actor)
Richard Hope (11 October 1953 in Kettering, England) is a British actor who gained recognition from ''Brideshead Revisited'' as the doltish junior officer, Hooper, under Jeremy Irons' charge. He is best known for playing Harris Pascoe in the UK TV drama '' Poldark''. His theatre career includes portraying Pierre Bezukhov in ''War and Peace'' at the Royal National Theatre and having starred as Levin in an adaptation of ''Anna Karenina'' by Helen Edmundson. In 2015, he played Hector in ''The History Boys''. In 2018–2019, he starred in the West End production '' The Woman in Black'' as Arthur Kipps. Career In 1978, Laurence Olivier gave Hope his first professional TV part in an episode of ''Laurence Olivier Presents'' named ''Saturday, Sunday, Monday'' by Eduardo De Filippo. Hope worked with Olivier again in 1981 when he appeared in the first and last episodes of ''Brideshead Revisited'', in which he played Lieutenant Hooper. Hope played Ford Prefect in the first stage productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orla Brady
Orla Brady (born 28 March 1961) is an Irish theatre, television, and film actress born in Dublin. Brady has since appeared in many feature films and major television series, and was named in the 2020 list of Ireland's best film actors, published by ''The Irish Times''. Early life and education Orla Brady was born in Dublin, the one of four children. At one time, her parents were the owners of an establishment called Oak Bar, in Temple Bar, Dublin. She lived in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland, from birth until the age of seven. She was educated at a convent of the Ursulines in Cabinteely, Dublin. Brady began training in performance in 1986, with a year in Paris; she studied at , and secured a place at Marcel Marceau's . As she spoke of the time in interview, "there was a lot of clowning around, buffoonery and fencing. It was then that my own style kind of blossomed." Career Brady began appearing regularly in television roles in the 1990's. Substantial television roles hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kika Markham
Erika S.L. "Kika" Markham (born 1940)''birth registered 4th quarter (Oct, Nov, Dec) 1940'' is an English actress. Early life Markham is a daughter of actor David Markham and writer Olive Dehn (1914–2007). She has three sisters, including Petra and Jehane Markham. Career Markham has had a long career in the cinema, television and theatre as an actress. Among her television appearances are roles in '' Edward & Mrs. Simpson'', ''The Life and Times of David Lloyd George'', ''A Very British Coup'', '' Van der Valk'', '' The Line of Beauty'', ''Minder'', '' Cracker'', ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'' ''( The Double Clue)'', '' Sherlock Holmes' Wisteria Lodge'' and ''Mr Selfridge''. Her films include '' Bunny Lake Is Missing'' (1965), '' Futtocks End'' (1970), François Truffaut's ''Two English Girls'' (1971), ''Operation Daybreak'' (1975), '' Noroît'' (1976), '' The Blood of Hussain'' (1980), ''High Tide'' (1980), '' Outland'' (1981, as Sean Connery's wife), '' The Innocent'' (1985), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felicity Lemon
Hercule Poirot (, ) is a fictional Belgian detective created by the English writer Agatha Christie. Poirot is Christie's most famous and longest-running character, appearing in 33 novels, two plays ('' Black Coffee'' and ''Alibi'') and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975. Poirot has been portrayed on radio, in film and on television by various actors, including Austin Trevor, John Moffatt, Albert Finney, Peter Ustinov, Ian Holm, Tony Randall, Alfred Molina, Orson Welles, David Suchet, Kenneth Branagh, Peter Dinklage and John Malkovich. Overview Influences Poirot's name was derived from two other fictional detectives of the time: Marie Belloc Lowndes's Hercules Popeau and Frank Howel Evans's Monsieur Poiret, a retired French police officer living in London. Evans's Jules Poiret "was small and rather heavyset, hardly more than five feet, but moved with his head held high. The most remarkable features of his head were the stiff military moustache. His appare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Agatha Christie's Poirot Episodes
The following is a list of episodes for the British crime drama ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'', starring David Suchet Sir David Courtney Suchet ( ; born 2 May 1946) is an English actor. He is known for his work on stage and in television. He portrayed Edward Teller in the television serial '' Oppenheimer'' (1980) and received the RTS and BPG awards for his pe ... as Poirot, which aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. Overall, 70 episodes were made 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''). Series overview The “Titles” below link to Wikipedia articles descri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatie Edney
Beatrice Edney (born 23 October 1962) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Heather MacLeod in '' Highlander'' (1986), and Prudie Paynter in '' Poldark'' (2015–2019). Career Born in London, she is the daughter of actress Sylvia Syms and her husband Alan Edney. Her brother is Benjamin Edney and her cousin was musician Nick Webb. Edney first came to audiences' attention as Heather MacLeod in the 1986 film '' Highlander'', the first entry in the ''Highlander'' series. She returned to the role again in the 2000 film '' Highlander: Endgame''. In 1989, Edney starred as Maud in the television production of ''Uncle Silas'' with Peter O'Toole, shown as ''The Dark Angel'' in America. In 1990, she appeared in the Bruce Beresford film '' Mister Johnson'', alongside Pierce Brosnan and Edward Woodward. Her many television appearances include a leading role in the 1986 series ''Lost Empires'', based on the novel by J. B. Priestley, in which she acted alongside Colin Firth. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Farrell
Nicholas C. Frost (born 1955), known professionally as Nicholas Farrell, is an English stage, film and television actor. Early life Farrell was born in Brentwood, Essex. He was educated at Fryerns Grammar and Technical School in Basildon, Essex, He furthered his education studying acting at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Life and career Farrell's early screen career included the role of Aubrey Montague in the 1981 film ''Chariots of Fire''. In 1983, he starred as Edmund Bertram in a television adaptation of the Jane Austen novel, ''Mansfield Park''. In 1984, he appeared in '' Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes'', and '' The Jewel in the Crown''. Since then, his film and television work has included several screen adaptations of Shakespeare's works, including Kenneth Branagh's 1996 ''Hamlet'', in which he played Horatio, a role he had played previously with Branagh for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has also appeared in film adaptations of ''Twelfth Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoë Wanamaker
Zoë Wanamaker (born 13 May 1949) is an American-born British actress who has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Wanamaker was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2001 by Queen Elizabeth II. She has received numerous accolades including a Laurence Olivier Award and nominations for three BAFTA Awards, and four Tony Awards. A nine-time Olivier Award nominee, she won for '' Once in a Lifetime'' (1979) and '' Electra'' (1998). She has also received four Tony Award nominations for her work on Broadway; for '' Piaf'' (1981), '' Loot'' (1986), ''Electra'' (1999), and '' Awake and Sing!'' (2006). She has acted in the films '' Wilde'' (1997), '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (2001), and '' My Week with Marilyn'' (2011). She was twice nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, for '' Prime Suspect'' (1991) and '' Love Hurts'' (1992–1994). She portrayed Susan Harper in the sitcom '' My Fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariadne Oliver
Ariadne Oliver is a fictional character in the novels of Agatha Christie. She (like Christie) is a crime fiction novelist, the creator of the fictional Finnish detective Sven Hjerson, and a friend of Hercule Poirot. Profile Mrs Oliver often assists Poirot in his cases through her knowledge of the criminal mind. She often claims to be endowed with particular "feminine intuition", but it usually leads her astray. She is particularly fond of apples, which becomes a plot point in the novel '' Hallowe'en Party''. In the books, Oliver's most famous works are those featuring her Finnish detective Sven Hjerson. Since she knows nothing of Finland, Oliver frequently laments Hjerson's existence. In many of her appearances, Oliver – and her feelings toward Hjerson – reflect Agatha Christie's own frustrations as an author, particularly with the Belgian Hercule Poirot (an example of self-insertion). The self-caricature has also been used to discuss Christie's own follies in her earlier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
