The Best of Agatha Christie's POIROT (short stories)
Having already ranked the feature-length episodes of Poirot, I figured it was time to make a list of my favourite short stories from seasons 1, 2, 3 and 5.
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- DirectorKen GrieveStarsDavid SuchetPhilip JacksonRosalie CrutchleyWhile in Belgium, Poirot relates to Chief Inspector Japp a case from his early days in the Belgian police force that nearly eluded the brilliance of his 'little grey cells.'
- DirectorBrian FarnhamStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonAn obnoxious man who outbid Poirot at an auction for an antique mirror is murdered after seeking Poirot's assistance to look into the dealings of his business associate.
- DirectorPeter Barber-FlemingStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPauline MoranA man celebrates the two-year anniversary of his wife's sudden death by cyanide while in Argentina - a death which Poirot himself had witnessed, but could not solve at the time.
- DirectorRenny RyeStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonPoirot 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.
- DirectorPeter Barber-FlemingStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPauline MoranShortly after opening an ancient Egyptian tomb, members of an English-American museum expedition start dropping off like flies. Can it truly be the Pharaoh's curse? Poirot travels to Egypt to unravel the mystery.
- DirectorEdward BennettStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonAlice Pengelley visits Poirot in London, telling him she thinks she is being poisoned by her husband. When Poirot arrives in Cornwall the next day to investigate Mrs. Pengelley's charges, he is too late, and finds her dead.
- DirectorAndrew GrieveStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonPoirot 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 murder.
- DirectorRichard SpenceStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonA young woman is delivering a set of antique Napoleon miniatures to an American collector when they are stolen from her suitcase. Captain Hastings, under Poirot's guidance, sets out to find the thief.
- DirectorBrian FarnhamStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonPoirot realizes that a murder is being plotted, and with the help of Hastings' latest hobby, he sets out to prevent it.
- DirectorRenny RyeStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonPoirot is taken ill during a weekend shooting party, which ends when the unpopular host is found murdered in his study.
- DirectorRenny RyeStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserMelissa GreenwoodPoirot's Mediterranean cruise is disrupted when an unlikeable passenger is found murdered in her stateroom.
- DirectorEdward BennettStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonA famous pie manufacturer tells Poirot that he has dreamt of his own suicide, then dies under the same circumstances he dreamt about the very next day.
- DirectorEdward BennettStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonPoirot becomes a criminal himself when he agrees to help a beautiful woman recover a letter written in her youth that is being used to blackmail her.
- DirectorAndrew GrieveStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonPoirot wagers Chief Inspector Japp that he can solve the mystery of a missing banker without leaving his flat.
- DirectorRenny RyeStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonPoirot and Hastings attend the Victory Ball, a popular costume party. During the festivities, one of the guests is found stabbed to death, and another succumbs to a drug overdose the next day.
- DirectorAndrew PiddingtonStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonPoirot helps Chief Inspector Japp try to find a jewel thief, but is sidetracked when a bewitching Russian countess arrives on the scene.
- DirectorAndrew GrieveStarsDavid SuchetFrederick TrevesStephanie ColePoirot reluctantly agrees to help an Egyptian prince recover a valuable royal ruby that was brazenly stolen from him during the Christmas holidays.
- DirectorBrian FarnhamStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonAt 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. When Poirot arrives the next day, the woman is dead, murdered with poison.
- DirectorRichard SpenceStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonWhen 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 recover them.
- DirectorJohn BruceStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonA 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 will has been stolen.
- 1989–201351mTV-147.5 (1.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorKen GrieveStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonWhile Poirot vacations in Brighton to boost his health, the beautiful pearl necklace of a theatre actress staying at his hotel is mysteriously stolen.
- DirectorRenny RyeStarsDavid SuchetFrances LowJon CartwrightAn enchanting beauty is fatally poisoned while Poirot holidays on the Greek island of Rhodes.
- DirectorAndrew GrieveStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPauline MoranPoirot is entrusted with transferring $1 million in Liberty Bonds to America on the Queen Mary, but the bonds are cleverly stolen anyway.
- DirectorAndrew GrieveStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonWhen the prime minister is kidnapped right before an important international arms summit, Poirot has just 32--and a quarter--hours to find the prime minister.
- DirectorEdward BennettStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonPoirot probes the disappearance of a wealthy woman's cook, and soon uncovers an elaborate plot to hide an ever darker crime.
- DirectorRenny RyeStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonA deck with a missing card provides Poirot with the clue he needs to solve the murder of the tyrannical head of a movie studio.
- DirectorBrian FarnhamStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonPoirot investigates the murder of an Italian count who was also the employer of Miss Lemon's new boyfriend. He soon learns that the victim was being targeted by a blackmailer.
- DirectorAndrew PiddingtonStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonA mining entrepreneur hires Poirot to solve the brutal murder of his daughter and the theft of her jewels aboard the express train to Plymouth.
- DirectorEdward BennettStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonWhen 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 someone else's.
- DirectorEdward BennettStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonPoirot investigates a murder that hits close to home after the new occupant of a flat two floors below his is found shot.
- DirectorJohn BruceStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPauline MoranPoirot investigates when the cruel CEO of a chemical company is bludgeoned to death in his home after the company's formula for a revolutionary new synthetic rubber is targeted by a thief.
- DirectorRenny RyeStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonPoirot tries to prevent the kidnapping of a country squire's son. While his plan fails, all is not what it seems.
- DirectorRichard SpenceStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonAfter receiving threatening letters, an aristocrat is robbed of her famed diamond in front of Poirot's eyes.
- DirectorEdward BennettStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonA wealthy industrialist's plan to snare a Nazi sympathizer goes awry when the secret plans for a new fighter plane inexplicably disappear.
- DirectorEdward BennettStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonWhen a Chinese businessman with a map to a long lost silver mine is found dead in Chinatown, Poirot must find the map and killer.
- DirectorRenny RyeStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonWhen a reclusive painter is found dead, Poirot finds the vital clue in the dead man's last meal.