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Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV·1989–2013·4 seasons, 37 episodes·ITV1·Drama, Crime, Mystery·1h 2m·8.2

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Whether he's on holiday abroad, taking a countryside break or simply going about his business near his central London home, Poirot finds himself exercising his "little grey cells" by helping police investigate crimes and murders, whether they ask for his help or not.

He's often accompanied by his trusty sidekick Captain Hastings, and their paths cross Scotland Yard's Inspector Japp who has a grudging respect for the meticulous, if eccentric, private detective.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Agatha Christie's Poirot S01E05The Third Floor FlatS01E05 · 7.4Poirot investigates a murder that hits close to home after the new occupant of a flat two floors below his is found shot.
  2. 02Agatha Christie's Poirot S03E05The Tragedy at Marsdon ManorS03E05 · 7.3Poirot is drawn into a case where a man is found dead on the grounds of his estate, apparently frightened to death by the spirits that haunt it.
  3. 03Agatha Christie's Poirot S02E01Peril at End HouseS02E01 · 7.2While Poirot is staying at an exclusive Cornish resort, he meets a beautiful heiress whose life is in danger.

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Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes1989Aired 6.9Season avg
  1. S01E01Agatha Christie's Poirot S01E01The Adventure of the Clapham CookJanuary 8, 1989 6.8Poirot probes the disappearance of a wealthy woman's cook, and soon uncovers an elaborate plot to hide an ever darker crime.
  2. S01E02Agatha Christie's Poirot S01E02Murder in the MewsJanuary 15, 1989 6.9When a woman is found shot in her flat after Bonfire Night, Poirot is enlisted to decipher whether the victim died by her own hand, or by so
  3. S01E03Agatha Christie's Poirot S01E03The Adventure of Johnnie WaverlyJanuary 22, 1989 7.0Poirot tries to prevent the kidnapping of a country squire's son. While his plan fails, all is not what it seems.
  4. S01E04Agatha Christie's Poirot S01E04Four and Twenty BlackbirdsJanuary 29, 1989 6.2When a reclusive painter is found dead, Poirot finds the vital clue in the dead man's last meal.
  5. S01E05Agatha Christie's Poirot S01E05Season's bestThe Third Floor FlatFebruary 5, 1989 7.4Poirot investigates a murder that hits close to home after the new occupant of a flat two floors below his is found shot.
  6. S01E06Agatha Christie's Poirot S01E06Triangle at RhodesFebruary 12, 1989 7.1An enchanting beauty is fatally poisoned while Poirot holidays on the Greek island of Rhodes.
  7. S01E07Agatha Christie's Poirot S01E07Problem at SeaFebruary 19, 1989 6.6Poirot's Mediterranean cruise is disrupted when an unlikeable passenger is found murdered in her stateroom.
  8. S01E08Agatha Christie's Poirot S01E08The Incredible TheftFebruary 26, 1989 7.0A wealthy industrialist's plan to snare a Nazi sympathizer goes awry when the secret plans for a new fighter plane inexplicably go missing.
  9. S01E09Agatha Christie's Poirot S01E09The King of ClubsMarch 5, 1989 6.9A deck with a missing card provides Poirot with the clue he needs to solve the murder of the tyrannical head of a movie studio.
  10. S01E10Agatha Christie's Poirot S01E10The DreamMarch 19, 1989 7.1A famous pie manufacturer tells Poirot that he has dreamt of his own suicide, then dies under the same circumstances he dreamt about the ver

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode9Episodes1990Aired 7.0Season avg
  1. S02E01Agatha Christie's Poirot S02E01Season's bestPeril at End HouseJanuary 7, 1990 7.2While Poirot is staying at an exclusive Cornish resort, he meets a beautiful heiress whose life is in danger.
  2. S02E02Agatha Christie's Poirot S02E02The Veiled LadyJanuary 14, 1990 7.0Poirot becomes a criminal himself when he agrees to help a beautiful woman recover a letter written in her youth that is being used to black
  3. S02E03Agatha Christie's Poirot S02E03The Lost MineJanuary 21, 1990 6.8When a Chinese businessman with a map to a long lost silver mine is found dead in Chinatown, Poirot must find the map and killer.
  4. S02E04Agatha Christie's Poirot S02E04The Cornish MysteryJanuary 28, 1990 7.2Alice Pengelley visits Poirot in London, telling him she thinks she is being poisoned by her husband. When Poirot arrives in Cornwall the ne
  5. S02E05Agatha Christie's Poirot S02E05The Disappearance of Mr. DavenheimFebruary 4, 1990 6.8Poirot wagers Chief Inspector Japp that he can solve the mystery of a missing banker without leaving his flat.
  6. S02E06Agatha Christie's Poirot S02E06Double SinFebruary 11, 1990 6.7A young woman is delivering a set of antique Napoleon miniatures to an American collector when they are stolen from her suitcase. Captain Ha
  7. S02E07Agatha Christie's Poirot S02E07The Adventure of the Cheap FlatFebruary 18, 1990 7.1When U.S. Navy plans for a new submarine are stolen and the thief tracked to London, the FBI sends an agent to work with Inspector Japp to r
  8. S02E08Agatha Christie's Poirot S02E08The Kidnapped Prime MinisterFebruary 25, 1990 7.0When the prime minister is kidnapped right before an important international arms summit, Poirot has just 32--and a quarter--hours to find t
  9. S02E09Agatha Christie's Poirot S02E09The Adventure of the Western StarMarch 4, 1990 7.0After receiving threatening letters, an aristocrat is robbed of her famed diamond in front of Poirot's eyes.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes1991Aired 7.0Season avg
  1. S03E01Agatha Christie's Poirot S03E01How Does Your Garden Grow?January 6, 1991 6.9At a flower show, an older woman in a wheelchair approaches Poirot, gives him an empty seed packet, and asks him to visit her the next day.
  2. S03E02Agatha Christie's Poirot S03E02The Million Dollar Bond RobberyJanuary 13, 1991 6.8Poirot is entrusted with transferring $1 million in Liberty Bonds to America on the Queen Mary, but the bonds are cleverly stolen anyway.
  3. S03E03Agatha Christie's Poirot S03E03The Plymouth ExpressJanuary 20, 1991 6.4A mining entrepreneur hires Poirot to solve the brutal murder of his daughter and the theft of her jewels aboard the express train to Plymou
  4. S03E04Agatha Christie's Poirot S03E04Wasp's NestJanuary 27, 1991 7.0Poirot realizes that a murder is being plotted, and with the help of Hastings' latest hobby, he sets out to prevent it.
  5. S03E05Agatha Christie's Poirot S03E05Season's bestThe Tragedy at Marsdon ManorFebruary 3, 1991 7.3Poirot is drawn into a case where a man is found dead on the grounds of his estate, apparently frightened to death by the spirits that haunt
  6. S03E06Agatha Christie's Poirot S03E06The Double ClueFebruary 10, 1991 7.2Poirot helps Chief Inspector Japp try to find a jewel thief, but is sidetracked when a bewitching Russian countess arrives on the scene.
  7. S03E07Agatha Christie's Poirot S03E07The Mystery of the Spanish ChestFebruary 17, 1991 6.8Poirot is asked to protect a woman from her violent husband, but events take a turn when the husband soon becomes the victim of a gruesome m
  8. S03E08Agatha Christie's Poirot S03E08The Theft of the Royal RubyFebruary 24, 1991 7.0Poirot reluctantly agrees to help an Egyptian prince recover a valuable royal ruby that was brazenly stolen from him during the Christmas ho
  9. S03E09Agatha Christie's Poirot S03E09The Affair at the Victory BallMarch 3, 1991 7.2Poirot and Hastings attend the Victory Ball, a popular costume party. During the festivities, one of the guests is found stabbed to death, a
  10. S03E10Agatha Christie's Poirot S03E10The Mystery of Hunter's LodgeMarch 10, 1991 6.9Poirot is taken ill during a weekend shooting party, which ends when the unpopular host is found murdered in his study.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season04Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode8Episodes1993Aired 6.7Season avg
  1. S04E01Agatha Christie's Poirot S04E01Season's bestThe Adventure of the Egyptian TombJanuary 17, 1993 7.1Shortly after opening an ancient Egyptian tomb, members of an English-American museum expedition start dropping off like flies. Can it truly
  2. S04E02Agatha Christie's Poirot S04E02The UnderdogJanuary 24, 1993 6.5Poirot investigates when the cruel CEO of a chemical company is bludgeoned to death in his home after the company's formula for a revolution
  3. S04E03Agatha Christie's Poirot S04E03The Yellow IrisJanuary 31, 1993 6.9A man celebrates the two-year anniversary of his wife's sudden death by cyanide while in Argentina - a death which Poirot himself had witnes
  4. S04E04Agatha Christie's Poirot S04E04The Case of the Missing WillFebruary 7, 1993 6.6A terminally ill man asks Poirot to be executor of his new will but is murdered before he can write it, and it is later discovered the old w
  5. S04E05Agatha Christie's Poirot S04E05The Adventure of the Italian NoblemanFebruary 14, 1993 6.5Poirot investigates the murder of an Italian count who was also the employer of Miss Lemon's new boyfriend. He soon learns that the victim w
  6. S04E06Agatha Christie's Poirot S04E06The Chocolate BoxFebruary 21, 1993 7.0While in Belgium, Poirot relates to Chief Inspector Japp a case from his early days in the Belgian police force that nearly eluded the brill
  7. S04E07Agatha Christie's Poirot S04E07Dead Man's MirrorFebruary 28, 1993 6.9An obnoxious man who outbid Poirot at an auction for an antique mirror is murdered after seeking Poirot's assistance to look into the dealin
  8. S04E08Agatha Christie's Poirot S04E08Jewel Robbery at the Grand MetropolitanMarch 7, 1993 6.4While Poirot vacations in Brighton to boost his health, the beautiful pearl necklace of a theatre actress staying at his hotel is mysterious

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

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