Editing Agatha Christie's Poirot (section)

== Production ==
[[File:Filming Poirot in London-3740213028.jpg|thumb|Filming ''Poirot'' in London, from the episode "The Clocks" (Season 12, Episode 4)]]
[[Clive Exton]] in partnership with producer [[Brian Eastman]] adapted the pilot. Together, they wrote and produced the first eight series. Exton and Eastman left ''Poirot'' after 2001, when they began work on ''[[Rosemary & Thyme]]''. Michele Buck and [[Damien Timmer]], who both went on to form [[Mammoth Screen]], were behind the revamping of the series.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kanter |first=Jake |url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/in-depth/damien-timmer-and-michele-buck-mammoth-screen/5046522.article |title=Damien Timmer and Michele Buck, Mammoth Screen |work=BroadcastNow.co.uk |date=13 September 2012 |access-date=28 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104025232/http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/in-depth/damien-timmer-and-michele-buck-mammoth-screen/5046522.article |archive-date=4 January 2014}}</ref>

While Christie's novels are set contemporaneously with the time of writing (between the 1920s and 1970s), 1936 was chosen as the year in which to place the majority of ''Poirot'' episodes; references to events such as the [[Jarrow March]] were included to strengthen this chronology.<ref name="screenonline.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/976390/|title=BFI Screenonline: Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989–)|publisher=Screenonline.org.uk|access-date=2009-03-03}}</ref> With some exceptions, the series as a whole is set in roughly chronological order between 1935 and 1939, just prior to the [[World War II|Second World War]]. Numerous references in early episodes place the series primarily in 1935, progressing to 1936 by series four. Most references remain in 1936, moving slowly forward to 1937 by series eleven and 1938 by ''[[#Series 12 (2010–11)|Murder on the Orient Express]]''. ''[[#Series 13 (2013)|The Big Four]]'' is set explicitly in early 1939. The most notable exceptions to this chronology are ''[[#Series 3 (1990–91)|The Mysterious Affair at Styles]]'', which narrates Poirot's first case in 1917, and ''[[#Series 13 (2013)|Curtain: Poirot's Last Case]]'', which is set primarily in 1949. ''[[#Series 5 (1993)|The Chocolate Box]]'' shows Poirot in the early 1900s, though the framing narrative remains consistent with the series' usual timeframe.

The opening titles were designed by Pat Gavin, and feature [[Art Deco]]–[[Cubist]]–style iconography, partly inspired by [[Cassandre]], including images of [[Battersea Power Station]], biplanes, boats, and a train with Poirot's name formed by the wheels.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Perkins |first1=Will |title=Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) |url=https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/agatha-christies-poirot/ |website=Art of the Title |publisher=Art of the Title, LLC. |access-date=4 March 2025 |date=26 March 2013}}</ref>

The episodes aired from series 9 in 2003 featured a radical shift in tone from the previous series. The humour of the earlier series was downplayed, with each episode being presented as serious drama and saw the introduction of gritty elements not present in the Christie stories being adapted. Recurrent motifs in the additions included drug use, sex, abortion, homosexuality, and a tendency toward more visceral imagery. The visual style of later episodes was correspondingly different: particularly, an overall darker tone; austere modernist or [[Art Deco]] locations and decor that were widely used earlier in the series were largely dropped in favour of more elaborate settings (epitomised by the re-imagining of Poirot's home as a larger, more lavish apartment).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24914782 |work=BBC News |title=Goodbye to the splendid 1930s world of ''Poirot'' |date=15 November 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116130826/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24914782 |archive-date=16 November 2013}}</ref>

The series logo was redesigned (the full opening title sequence had not been used since series 6 in 1996), and the main theme motif, though used often, was usually featured subtly and in sombre arrangements; this has been described as a consequence of the novels adapted being darker and more psychologically driven.<ref name="Screenonline.org.uk" /> However, a more upbeat string arrangement of the theme music is used for the end credits of "[[Hallowe'en Party]]", "[[The Clocks]]" and "[[Dead Man's Folly]]". In flashback scenes, later episodes also made extensive use of [[fisheye lens]], distorted colours, and other visual effects.

[[File:Florin Court (2).jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Florin Court]] was used to represent Whitehaven Mansions.]]
Series 9–12 lack [[Hugh Fraser (actor)|Hugh Fraser]], [[Philip Jackson (actor)|Philip Jackson]] and [[Pauline Moran]], who had appeared in the previous series (excepting series 4, where Moran is absent). Series 10 (2006) introduced [[Zoë Wanamaker]] as the eccentric crime novelist [[Ariadne Oliver]] and [[David Yelland (actor)|David Yelland]] as Poirot's dependable valet, George — a character that had been introduced in the early ''Poirot'' novels but was left out of the early adaptations to develop the character of Miss Lemon. The introduction of Wanamaker and Yelland's characters and the absence of the other characters is generally consistent with the stories on which the scripts were based. Hugh Fraser and David Yelland<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0947379/|title=David Yelland|website=IMDb|access-date=28 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218160807/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0947379/|archive-date=18 February 2017}}</ref> returned for two episodes of the final series (''[[The Big Four (novel)|The Big Four]]'' and ''[[Curtain (novel)|Curtain]]''), with Philip Jackson and Pauline Moran<ref name="ITV Moran Returns 2013">{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/hugh-fraser-philip-jackson-and-pauline-moran-are-reunited-david-suchet-agatha |title=Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson and Pauline Moran are reunited with David Suchet for ''Agatha Christie's The Big Four'' |work=ITV Press Centre |date=18 February 2013 |access-date=29 May 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301112003/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/hugh-fraser-philip-jackson-and-pauline-moran-are-reunited-david-suchet-agatha |archive-date=1 March 2013}}</ref> returning for the adaptation of ''The Big Four''. Zoë Wanamaker also returned for the adaptations of ''[[Elephants Can Remember]]'' and ''Dead Man's Folly''.

Clive Exton adapted seven novels and fourteen short stories for the series, including "[[The A.B.C. Murders|The ABC Murders]]" and "[[The Murder of Roger Ackroyd]]",<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/clive-exton-462048.html |title=Clive Exton – Obituaries, News |work=The Independent |date=18 August 2007 |access-date=3 March 2009 |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091024063137/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/clive-exton-462048.html |archive-date=24 October 2009}}</ref> which received mixed reviews from critics.<ref name="Screenonline.org.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/976390 |title=BFI Screenonline: ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'' (1989–) |publisher=Screenonline.org.uk |access-date=3 March 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611075800/http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/976390/ |archive-date=11 June 2009}}</ref> [[Anthony Horowitz]] was another prolific writer for the series, adapting three novels and nine short stories,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anthonyhorowitz.com/work/television.html |title=Work: Television |publisher=Anthony Horowitz |access-date=3 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213145056/http://anthonyhorowitz.com/work/television.html |archive-date=13 February 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> while [[Nick Dear]] adapted six novels. Comedian and novelist [[Mark Gatiss]] wrote three episodes and also guest-starred in the series,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/Drama/classiccrime/poirot/Episodeguides/Catamongthepigeons/default.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126194415/http://www.itv.com/Drama/classiccrime/poirot/Episodeguides/Catamongthepigeons/default.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 January 2013 |title=Cat among the Pigeons |work=ITV.com |access-date=3 March 2009}}</ref> as have [[Peter Flannery]] and [[Kevin Elyot]]. [[Ian Hallard]], who co-wrote the screenplay for "The Big Four" with Mark Gatiss, appears in the episode and also in "Hallowe'en Party", which was scripted by Gatiss alone.

[[Florin Court]] in [[Charterhouse Square]], [[London]], was used as Poirot's London residence, Whitehaven Mansions.<ref>[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/976390/index.html "''Agatha Christie's Poirot'' (1989–)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923212533/http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/976390/index.html |date=23 September 2009 }}. ''Screenonline.org.uk''. Retrieved 19 June 2007.</ref> The final episode to be filmed was "Dead Man's Folly" in June 2013 on the [[Greenway Estate]] (which was Agatha Christie's home) broadcast on 30 October 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/greenway/visitor-information/article-1355807820842 |title=Poirot investigates his last mystery at Greenway |work=NationalTrust.org.uk |access-date=28 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629174354/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/greenway/visitor-information/article-1355807820842/ |archive-date=29 June 2014}}</ref> Most of the locations and buildings where the episodes were shot were given fictional names.<ref>{{cite web|title=On location with Poirot - End house |url=http://tvlocations.net/endhouse2.htm |website=www.tvlocations.net |publisher=TV Locations |access-date=27 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627110604/http://www.tvlocations.net/endhouse2.htm |archive-date=27 June 2017}}</ref>

=== Casting ===
Suchet was recommended for the part by Christie's family, who had seen him appear as Blott in the TV adaptation of Tom Sharpe's ''[[Blott on the Landscape]]''.<ref name="Telegraph.co.uk">{{cite news |last=Walton |first=James |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3560217/David-Suchet-Poirot.html |title=David Suchet: Poirot |work=Telegraph.co.uk |date=9 September 2008 |access-date=3 March 2009 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312015243/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3560217/David-Suchet-Poirot.html |archive-date=12 March 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> Suchet, a [[Method acting|method actor]], said that he prepared for the part by reading all the [[Hercule Poirot in literature|''Poirot'' novels]] and every short story, and copying out every piece of description about the character.<ref>Dillin, John (25 March 1992). [http://www.csmonitor.com/1992/0325/25141.html "The Actor Behind Popular Poirot"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930043956/http://www.csmonitor.com/1992/0325/25141.html |date=30 September 2007}}. ''[[The Christian Science Monitor]]''.</ref><ref>Dudley, Jane. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk18/feature_maxwell.shtml "Award-winning actor David Suchet plays Robert Maxwell in a gripping account of the dramatic final stage of the media tycoon's life"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814022453/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk18/feature_maxwell.shtml |date=14 August 2007}}. ''BBC.co.uk''.</ref><ref>Dudley, Jane (27 April 1997). [http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features?articleid=2738631 "Inside the mind of a media monster"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928171004/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features?articleid=2738631 |date=28 September 2007}}. ''[[Yorkshire Post]]''.</ref> Suchet told ''[[The Strand Magazine]]'': "What I did was, I had my file on one side of me and a pile of stories on the other side and day after day, week after week, I ploughed through most of Agatha Christie's novels about Hercule Poirot and wrote down characteristics until I had a file full of documentation of the character. And then it was my business not only to know what he was like, but to gradually become him. I had to become him before we started shooting".<ref>{{cite web |author=J.D. Hobbs |url=http://www.poirot.us/suchet.php |title=Suchet's Poirot |work=Poirot.us |access-date=3 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311043229/http://www.poirot.us/suchet.php |archive-date=11 March 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>

During the filming of the first series, Suchet almost left the production during an argument with a director, insisting that Poirot's odd mannerisms (in this case, putting a handkerchief down before sitting on a park bench) be featured;<ref>(29 October 2013). [https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/david-suchet-reveals-quit-poirot-2653419#ixzz2jH2nB3Lx "David Suchet reveals he almost quit ''Poirot'' during the first series after an argument over a hanky"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206200430/http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/david-suchet-reveals-quit-poirot-2653419 |date=6 December 2017}}. ''[[Daily Mirror|Mirror.co.uk]]''.</ref> he later said "there's no question [Poirot's] [[obsessive-compulsive]]".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/may/19/david-suchet-poirot-agatha-christie|title=Poirot and me |last=Barton |first=Laura |author-link=Laura Barton |date=2009-05-18 |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |access-date=2021-05-06 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> According to many critics and enthusiasts, Suchet's characterisation is considered to be the most accurate interpretation of all the actors who have played Poirot, and the closest to the character in the books.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/faces/david_suchet.shtml |title=Drama Faces – David Suchet |work=BBC.co.uk |access-date=3 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203175751/http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/faces/david_suchet.shtml |archive-date=3 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2013, Suchet revealed that Christie's daughter [[Rosalind Hicks]] had told him she was sure Christie would have approved of his performance.<ref>[http://presscentre.itvstatic.com/presscentre/sites/presscentre/files/Curtain%20Poirots%20Last%20Case.pdf "Curtain: Press Packet"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102031625/http://presscentre.itvstatic.com/presscentre/sites/presscentre/files/Curtain%20Poirots%20Last%20Case.pdf |date=2 November 2013}}. ''ITVStatic.com''.</ref>

In 2007, Suchet spoke of his desire to film the remaining stories in the canon and hoped to achieve this before his 65th birthday in May 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/Drama/classiccrime/poirot/Castinterviews/DavidSuchetinterview/default.html |title=Meet the man behind the character |work=ITV.com |date=18 June 2007 |access-date=26 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619193207/http://www.itv.com/Drama/classiccrime/poirot/Castinterviews/DavidSuchetinterview/default.html |archive-date=19 June 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy}}</ref> Despite speculation of cancellation early in 2011, the remaining books were ultimately adapted into a thirteenth series,<ref>{{cite web |author=Morgan Jeffrey |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a350724/poirot-to-return-for-final-series-on-itv.html |title=''Poirot'' to return for final series on ITV |work=Digital Spy |date=14 November 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116032957/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a350724/poirot-to-return-for-final-series-on-itv.html |archive-date=16 November 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> adapted in 2013 into 5 episodes, from which "Curtain" aired last on 13 November. A 2013 television special, ''Being Poirot'', centred on Suchet's characterisation and his emotional final episode.

=== Development ===
=== Actors ===
[[File:David Suchet.jpg|alt=middle aged white man, clean shaven and bald|thumb|David Suchet]]

Alongside recurring characters, the early series featured actors who later achieved greater fame, including [[Sean Pertwee]] ("[[Poirot's Early Cases#"The King of Clubs"|The King of Clubs]]", 1989; "Dead Man's Folly", 2013), [[Joely Richardson]] ("[[Poirot Investigates#The Dream|The Dream]]", 1989), [[Polly Walker]] ("[[Peril at End House]]", 1990), [[Samantha Bond]] ("[[Poirot Investigates#The Adventure of the Cheap Flat|The Adventure of the Cheap Flat]]", 1990), [[Christopher Eccleston]] ("[[One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (novel)|One, Two, Buckle My Shoe]]", 1992), [[Hermione Norris]] ("[[Poirot Investigates#The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan|Jewel Robbery at The Grand Metropolitan]]", 1993), [[Damian Lewis]] ("[[Hickory Dickory Dock (novel)|Hickory Dickory Dock]]", 1995), [[Jamie Bamber]] ("The Murder of Roger Ackroyd", 2000), [[Russell Tovey]] ("[[Evil Under the Sun]]", 2001), [[Kelly Reilly]] ("[[Sad Cypress]]", 2003),  [[Aidan Gillen]] ("[[Five Little Pigs]]", 2003), [[Emily Blunt]] ("[[Death on the Nile]]", 2004), [[Alice Eve]] ("[[The Mystery of the Blue Train]]", 2005), [[Michael Fassbender]] ("[[After the Funeral]]", 2006), [[Ruth Gemmell]] ("[[Mrs McGinty's Dead]]", 2008), [[Toby Jones]] and [[Jessica Chastain]] ("[[Murder on the Orient Express]]", 2010), and [[Tom Ellis (actor)|Tom Ellis]] ("[[Dead Man's Folly]]", 2013).

Four [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominees have appeared in the series: [[Sarah Miles]], [[Barbara Hershey]], [[Elizabeth McGovern]] and [[Elliott Gould]]. [[Peter Capaldi]], Jessica Chastain, Michael Fassbender, [[Lesley Manville]], [[Vanessa Kirby]] and [[Emily Blunt]] went on to receive Academy Award nominations after appearing on the show (with Chastain winning the Best Actress award in 2022 for ''[[The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021 film)|The Eyes of Tammy Faye]]''). Several members of British thespian families appeared in episodes throughout the course of the series. [[James Fox]] appeared as Colonel Race in "Death on the Nile", and his older brother [[Edward Fox (actor)|Edward Fox]] appeared as Gudgeon in "[[The Hollow]]".<ref name="ITV.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/Drama/classiccrime/poirot/Abouttheshow/default.html |title=''Agatha Christie's Poirot'' |work=ITV.com |date=13 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928174352/http://www.itv.com/Drama/classiccrime/poirot/Abouttheshow/default.html |archive-date=28 September 2008}}</ref>

Three of the Cusack sisters each appeared in an episode: [[Niamh Cusack]] in "The King of Clubs", [[Sorcha Cusack]] in "Jewel Robbery at The Grand Metropolitan", and [[Sinéad Cusack]] in "Dead Man's Folly". [[Phyllida Law]] and her daughter [[Sophie Thompson]] appeared in "Hallowe'en Party". [[David Yelland (actor)|David Yelland]] appeared as Charles Laverton West in "[[Murder in the Mews]]" and as George for the remainder of the series from Series 10 onward, and his daughter [[Hannah Yelland]] appeared as Geraldine Marsh in "[[Lord Edgware Dies]]".

==== Multiple roles ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+Actors performing in multiple roles in ''Poirot'' episodes
|-
!scope="col"| Actor
!scope="col"| Character
!scope="col"| Episode
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Nicholas Farrell]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0268297 |title=Nicholas Farrell |work=IMDb |access-date=3 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203185601/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0268297 |archive-date=3 February 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| Donald Fraser
| "[[The A.B.C. Murders|The ABC Murders]]" {{small|(1992)}}
|-
| Major Richard Knighton
| "[[The Mystery of the Blue Train]]" {{small|(2006)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Pip Torrens]]
| Major Rich
| "[[The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding#The Mystery of the Spanish Chest|The Mystery of the Spanish Chest]]" {{small|(1991)}}
|-
| Jeremy Cloade
| "[[Taken at the Flood]]" {{small|(2006)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Haydn Gwynne]]
| Coco Courtney
| "[[Poirot's Early Cases#"The Affair at the Victory Ball"|The Affair at the Victory Ball]]" {{small|(1991)}}
|-
| Miss Battersby
| "[[Third Girl]]" {{small|(2008)}}
|- 
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Geoffrey Beevers]]
| Mr Tolliver
| "[[Poirot's Early Cases#"Problem at Sea"|Problem at Sea]]" {{small|(1989)}}
|-
| Seddon
| "[[Sad Cypress]]" {{small|(2003)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Simon Shepherd]]
| David Hall
| "[[Poirot Investigates#The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan|Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan]]" {{small|(1993)}}
|-
| Dr. Rendell
| "[[Mrs McGinty's Dead]]" {{small|(2008)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Richard Lintern]]
| John Lake
| "[[Murder in the Mews#Dead Man's Mirror|Dead Man's Mirror]]" {{small|(1993)}}
|-
| Guy Carpenter
| "[[Mrs McGinty's Dead]]" {{small|(2008)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Richard Durden]]
| Dr Pritchard
| "[[Poirot Investigates#The Case of the Missing Will|The Case of the Missing Will]]" {{small|(1993)}}
|-
| Pebmarsh
| "[[Taken at the Flood]]" {{small|(2006)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[John Carson (actor)|John Carson]]
| Sir George Carrington
| "[[Murder in the Mews#The Incredible Theft|The Incredible Theft]]" {{small|(1989)}}
|-
| Richard Abernethie
| "[[After the Funeral]]" {{small|(2006)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Carol MacReady]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534315 |title=Carol MacReady |work=IMDb |access-date=3 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131202841/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534315 |archive-date=31 January 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| Mildred Croft
| "[[Peril at End House]]" {{small|(1990)}}
|-
| Miss Johnson
| "[[Cat Among the Pigeons]]" {{small|(2008)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| Miranda Forbes
| Landlady
| "[[Poirot's Early Cases#Double Sin|Double Sin]]" {{small|(1990)}}
|-
| Mrs Turton 
| "[[The ABC Murders]]" {{small|(1992)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Pat Gorman]]
| Desk Sergeant
| "[[The A.B.C. Murders|The ABC Murders]]" {{small|(1992)}}
|-
| London Man
| "[[Poirot Investigates#The Case of the Missing Will|The Case of the Missing Will]]" {{small|(1993)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Beth Goddard]]
| Violet Wilson
| "[[Poirot Investigates#The Case of the Missing Will|The Case of the Missing Will]]" {{small|(1993)}}
|-
| Sister Agnieszka
| "[[Appointment with Death]]" {{small|(2008 [DVD release], 2009 [aired])}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Lucy Liemann]]
| Miss Burgess
| "[[Cards on the Table]]" {{small|(2005)}}
|-
| Sonia
| "[[Third Girl]]" {{small|(2008)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[David Yelland (actor)|David Yelland]]
| Charles Laverton West
| "[[Murder in the Mews]]" {{small|(1989)}}
|-
| George
| "[[Taken at the Flood]]" {{small|(2006)}}<br>"[[Mrs McGinty's Dead]]" {{small|(2008)}}<br>"[[Third Girl]]" {{small|(2008)}}<br>"[[Three Act Tragedy]]" {{small|(2010)}}<br>"[[Hallowe'en Party]]" {{small|(2010)}}<br>"[[The Big Four (novel)|The Big Four]]" {{small|(2013)}}<br>"[[Curtain: Poirot's Last Case]]" {{small|(2013)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Fenella Woolgar]]
| Ellis
| "[[Lord Edgware Dies]]" {{small|(2000)}}
|-
| Elizabeth Whittaker
| "[[Hallowe'en Party]]" {{small|(2010)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Beatie Edney]]
| Mary Cavendish
| "[[The Mysterious Affair at Styles]]" {{small|(1990)}}
|-
| Beryl Hemmings
| "[[The Clocks]]" {{small|(2011)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Frances Barber]]
| Lady Millicent Castle-Vaughan
| "[[Poirot's Early Cases#"The Veiled Lady"|The Veiled Lady]]" {{small|(1990)}}
|-
| Merlina Rival
| "[[The Clocks]]" {{small|(2011)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Sean Pertwee]]
| Ronnie Oglander
| "[[Poirot's Early Cases#"The King of Clubs"|The King of Clubs]]" {{small|(1989)}}
|-
| Sir George Stubbs
| "[[Dead Man's Folly]]" {{small|(2013)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Danny Webb (actor)|Danny Webb]]
| Porter
| "[[Poirot's Early Cases#"The Adventure of the Clapham Cook"|The Adventure of the Clapham Cook]]" {{small|(1989)}}
|-
| Superintendent Bill Garroway
| "[[Elephants Can Remember]]" {{small|(2013)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Ian Hallard]]
| Edmund Drake
| "[[Hallowe'en Party]]" {{small|(2010)}}
|-
| Mercutio
| "[[The Big Four (novel)|The Big Four]]" {{small|(2013)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Phyllida Law]]
| Lady Isabel Carrington
| "[[The Incredible Theft]]" {{small|(1989)}}
|-
| Mrs Louise Llewellyn-Smythe
| "[[Hallowe'en Party]]" {{small|(2010)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Jane How]]
| Lady at Ball
| "[[The Mystery of the Blue Train]]" {{small|(2005)}}
|-
| Lady Veronica
| "[[Cat Among the Pigeons]]" {{small|(2008)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Patrick Ryecart]]
| Charles Arundel
| "[[Dumb Witness]]" {{small|(1996)}}
|-
| Sir Anthony Morgan
| "[[The Labours of Hercules]]" {{small|(2013)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Barbara Barnes]]
| Mrs Lester
| "[[The Lost Mine]]" {{small|(1990)}}
|-
| Louise Leidner
| "[[Murder in Mesopotamia]]" {{small|(2002)}}
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!scope="row" rowspan="2"| Tim Stern<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827866 |title=Tim Stern (I) |work=IMDb |access-date=21 March 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115223340/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827866/ |archive-date=15 January 2015 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| Bellboy
| "[[Poirot Investigates#The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan|Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan]]" {{small|(1993)}}
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| Alf Renny
| "[[Third Girl]]" {{small|(2008)}}
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!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Catherine Russell (British actress)|Catherine Russell]]
| Katrina Reiger
| "[[Poirot's Early Cases#"How Does Your Garden Grow?"|How Does Your Garden Grow?]]" {{small|(1991)}}
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| Pamela Horsfall
| "[[Mrs McGinty's Dead]]" {{small|(2008)}}
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