Editing Hercule Poirot (section)

=== Audio ===
==== BBC Radio ====


An adaptation of ''Murder in the Mews'' was broadcast on the [[BBC Light Programme]] in March 1955 starring [[Richard Bebb]] as Poirot; this program was thought lost, but was discovered in the BBC archives in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06ss65l |title=Murder in the Mews, Poirot – BBC Radio 4 Extra|website=BBC}}</ref>

From 1985 to 2007, Radio 4 produced a [[Hercule Poirot (radio series)|series of twenty-seven adaptations]] of Poirot novels and short stories, adapted by [[Michael Bakewell]] and directed by Enyd Williams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03js5pl/episodes/guide|title=BBC Radio 4 Extra – Poirot – Episode guide|work=BBC}}</ref> Twenty five starred [[John Moffatt (actor)|John Moffatt]] as Poirot; [[Maurice Denham]] and [[Peter Sallis]] played Poirot on [[BBC Radio 4]] in the first two adaptations, ''[[The Mystery of the Blue Train]]'' and ''[[Hercule Poirot's Christmas]]'' respectively.

==== Audible ====
In 2017, [[Audible (store)|Audible]] released an original audio adaptation of ''Murder on the Orient Express'' starring [[Tom Conti]] as Poirot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agathachristie.com/news/2017/audible-original-dramatisation-of-christies-classic-story |title=Audible Original dramatisation of Christie's classic story |date=10 October 2017 |publisher=Agatha Christie |access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> The cast included [[Jane Asher]] as Mrs. Hubbard, [[Jay Benedict]] as Monsieur Bouc, [[Ruta Gedmintas]] as Countess Andrenyi, [[Sophie Okonedo]] as Mary Debenham, [[Eddie Marsan]] as Ratchett, Walles Hamonde as Hector MacQueen, [[Paterson Joseph]] as Colonel Arbuthnot, [[Rula Lenska]] as Princess Dragimiroff and [[Art Malik]] as the Narrator.  According to the Publisher's Summary on Audible.com, "sound effects [were] recorded on the Orient Express itself."

Audible is scheduled to release [[The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Audible)|a dramatisation]] of ''[[The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Audible)|The Mysterious Affair at Styles]]'' in November 2024. The cast includes [[Peter Dinklage]] as Poirot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/digital/global/peter-dinklage-jessica-gunning-himesh-patel-audible-agatha-christie-mysterious-affair-at-styles-1236161466/|title=Peter Dinklage, Jessica Gunning, Himesh Patel and More to Star in Audible Adaptation of Agatha Christie's 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles' (EXCLUSIVE)|website=Variety|first=Ellise|last=Shafer|date=October 2, 2024|access-date=October 2, 2024}}</ref>

==== Others ====
In 1939, [[Orson Welles]] and the [[Mercury Theatre|Mercury Players]] dramatised ''Roger Ackroyd'' on CBS's ''[[The Campbell Playhouse (radio series)|Campbell Playhouse]]''.<ref name="Cox, Jim 2002, p. 18">{{cite book |last=Cox |first=Jim |title=Radio Crime Fighters |year= 2002  |page=18 |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |isbn=978-0-7864-1390-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://orsonwelles.indiana.edu/items/show/2002 |title=The Murder of Roger Ackroyd |website=Orson Welles on the Air, 1938–1946 |publisher=Indiana University Bloomington |access-date=29 July 2018 }}</ref>

On 6 October 1942, the [[Mutual Broadcasting System|Mutual]] radio series ''Murder Clinic'' broadcast "The Tragedy at Marsden Manor" starring [[Maurice Tarplin]] as Poirot.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Tragedy at Marsden Manor |url=https://archive.org/details/Murder_Clinic/Murder_Clinic-42-10-06_012_Tragedy_At_Marsden_Manor.mp3 |access-date=6 November 2021 |series=Murder Clinic |last= |first= |network=[[Mutual Broadcasting System]] |date=June 10, 1942 |season=1 |number=5}}</ref> At least two other Poirot stories were adapted for the series, but it is unknown who voiced him.

A [[Hercule Poirot (American radio series)|1945 radio series]] of at least 13 original half-hour episodes (none of which apparently adapt any Christie stories) transferred Poirot from London to New York and starred character actor [[Harold Huber]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.otrsite.com/logs/logh1033.htm |title=A list of episodes of the half-hour 1945 radio program |publisher=Otrsite.com |access-date=27 June 2010}}</ref> perhaps better known for his appearances as a police officer in various [[Charlie Chan]] films. On 22 February 1945, "speaking from London, [[Agatha Christie]] introduced the initial broadcast of the Poirot series via shortwave".<ref name="Cox, Jim 2002, p. 18"/>

In 2021, [[L.A. Theatre Works]] produced an adaptation of ''The Murder on the Links'', dramatised by [[Kate McAll]]. [[Alfred Molina]] starred as Poirot, with [[Simon Helberg]] as Hastings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://latw.org/title/murder-links |title=The Murder on the Links |website=latw.org |access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref>