Editing Agatha Christie's Poirot (section)

== Reception ==
=== Critical response ===
Agatha Christie's grandson Mathew Prichard commented: "Personally, I regret very much that she [Agatha Christie] never saw David Suchet. I think that visually he is much the most convincing and perhaps he manages to convey to the viewer just enough of the irritation that we always associate with the perfectionist, to be convincing!"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.agathachristie.com/story-explorer/characters/poirot |title=Agatha Christie: Characters: Poirot |work=Agatha Christie Limited |access-date=3 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227161003/http://www.agathachristie.com/story-explorer/characters/poirot |archive-date=27 February 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In 2008, the series was described by some critics as going "off piste",<ref name="Blogs.TheStage.co.uk">{{cite web|last=Wright |first=Mark |url=http://blogs.thestage.co.uk/tvtoday/2008/09/square-eyes-2628-september/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003173002/http://blogs.thestage.co.uk/tvtoday/2008/09/square-eyes-2628-september/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 October 2011 |title=Square Eyes 26–28 September |publisher=Blogs.TheStage.co.uk |date=26 September 2008 |access-date=3 March 2009}}</ref> though not negatively, from its old format. It was praised for its new writers, more lavish productions, and a greater emphasis on the darker psychology of the novels. Significantly, it was noted for "[[Five Little Pigs]]" (adapted by Kevin Elyot) bringing out a homosexual subtext of the novel.<ref name="Screenonline.org.uk"/> Nominations for twenty [[BAFTA]]s were received between 1989 and 1991 for series 1–3.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=poirot |title=BAFTA Awards Database |work=BAFTA.org |access-date=28 May 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20130529070546/http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=poirot |archive-date=29 May 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

=== Accolades ===
{{Anchor|Awards}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of awards and nominations for ''Agatha Christie's Poirot''
|-
!scope="col"| Award
!scope="col"| Date of ceremony
!scope="col"| Category
!scope="col"| Nominee(s)
!scope="col"| Result
|-
!scope="row"| [[British Academy Television Awards|British Academy Television Awards (1990)]]
| 1990
| [[British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Original Music|Best Original Television Music]]
| [[Christopher Gunning]]
| {{Won}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5"| [[British Academy Television Craft Awards|British Academy Television Craft Awards (1990)]]
| rowspan="5" | 1990
| rowspan="2" | [[British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| Linda Mattock {{small|(series 1, episodes 2, 4, 7–8, 10)}}
| {{Won}}
|-
| Sue Thomson {{small|(series 1, episodes 1, 3, 5–6, 9)}}
| {{Nom}}
|-
| [[British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Make-Up & Hair Design|Best Make-up]]
| Hilary Martin, Christine Cant and Roseann Samuel
| {{Won}}
|-
| [[British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Production Design|Best Design]]
| Rob Harris {{small|(series 1, episodes 1–2, 5, 8, 10)}}
| {{Nom}}
|-
| [[British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Titles & Graphic Identity|Best Graphics]]
| Pat Gavin
| {{Won}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[British Academy Television Awards|British Academy Television Awards (1991)]]
| rowspan="2" | 1991
| [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[David Suchet]]
| {{Nom}}
|-
| [[British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series|Best Drama Series or Serial]]
| [[Brian Eastman]]
| {{Nom}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[British Academy Television Craft Awards|British Academy Television Craft Awards (1991)]]
| rowspan="2" | 1991
| Best Costume Design
| Linda Mattock and Sharon Lewis
| {{Nom}}
|-
| [[British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Sound: Fiction|Best Film Sound]]
| Ken Weston, Rupert Scrivener and Sound Team
| {{Nom}}
|-
!scope="row"| [[Royal Television Society|RTS Television Awards (1991)]]
| 1991
| Best Tape or Film Editing – Drama
| Derek Bain
| {{Nom}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[British Academy Television Awards|British Academy Television Awards (1992)]]
| rowspan="2" | 1992
| Best Original Television Music
| [[Christopher Gunning]]
| {{Nom}}
|-
| [[British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series|Best Drama Series or Serial]]
| [[Brian Eastman]]
| {{Nom}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="3"| [[British Academy Television Craft Awards|British Academy Television Craft Awards (1992)]]
| rowspan="3" | 1992
| rowspan="2" | Best Costume Design
| Robin Fraser-Paye {{small|(series 3, episodes 1, 4–5, 9–10)}}
| {{Nom}}
|-
| Elizabeth Waller {{small|(series 3, episodes 2–3, 6–8)}}
| {{Nom}}
|-
| Best Make-up
| Janis Gould {{small|(series 3, episodes 2–3, 6–8)}}
| {{Nom}}
|-
!scope="row"| [[Edgar Award|Edgar Awards (1992)]]
| 1992
| Best Episode in a TV Series
| "[[The Lost Mine]]"
| {{Won}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php |title=The Edgar Awards Database |publisher=Mystery Writers of America |work=TheEdgars.com |access-date=26 May 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811172243/http://www.theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php |archive-date=11 August 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[Satellite Awards 2010|Satellite Award (2010)]]
| 2010
| [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film]]
| David Suchet
| {{Nom}}
|-
!scope="row"| [[Producers Guild of America Awards 2010|PGA Awards (2010)]]
| 2011
| Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
| "[[Murder on the Orient Express#Agatha Christie's Poirot: "Murder on the Orient Express" (2010)|Murder on the Orient Express]]"
| {{Nom}}
|-
!scope="row"| [[67th Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards (2015)]]
| 2015
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie|Outstanding Television Movie]]
| "[[Curtain (novel)|Curtain: Poirot's Last Case]]"
| {{Nom}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/20/entertainment/emmy-awards-2015-winners-list-feat/ |title=Emmy Awards 2015: The complete winners list |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=20 September 2015 |access-date=21 September 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922162617/http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/20/entertainment/emmy-awards-2015-winners-list-feat/ |archive-date=22 September 2015 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|}