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Agatha Christie's Poirot - Episode Guide

Season 1

The Adventure of the Clapham Cook

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jan 8, 1989 (60 min)

The Adventure of the Clapham Cook

Poirot probes the disappearance of a wealthy woman's cook, and soon uncovers an elaborate plot to hide an ever darker crime.

Murder in the Mews

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Jan 15, 1989 (60 min)

Murder in the Mews

When 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.

The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Jan 22, 1989 (60 min)

The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly

Poirot tries to prevent the kidnapping of a country squire's son. While his plan fails, all is not what it seems.

Four and Twenty Blackbirds

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Jan 29, 1989 (60 min)

Four and Twenty Blackbirds

When a reclusive painter is found dead, Poirot finds the vital clue in the dead man's last meal.

The Third Floor Flat

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Feb 5, 1989

The Third Floor Flat

Poirot investigates a murder that hits close to home after the new occupant of a flat two floors below his is found shot.

Triangle at Rhodes

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Feb 12, 1989

Triangle at Rhodes

An enchanting beauty is fatally poisoned while Poirot holidays on the Greek island of Rhodes.

Problem at Sea

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Feb 19, 1989

Problem at Sea

Poirot's Mediterranean cruise is disrupted when an unlikeable passenger is found murdered in her stateroom.

The Incredible Theft

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Feb 26, 1989

The Incredible Theft

A wealthy industrialist's plan to snare a Nazi sympathizer goes awry when the secret plans for a new fighter plane inexplicably go missing.

The King of Clubs

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Mar 5, 1989

The King of Clubs

A deck with a missing card provides Poirot with the clue he needs to solve the murder of the tyrannical head of a movie studio.

The Dream

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Mar 19, 1989

The Dream

A 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.

Season 2

Peril at End House

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Jan 7, 1990

Peril at End House

While Poirot is staying at an exclusive Cornish resort, he meets a beautiful heiress whose life is in danger.

The Veiled Lady

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Jan 14, 1990

The Veiled Lady

Poirot 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.

The Lost Mine

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Jan 21, 1990

The Lost Mine

When a Chinese businessman with a map to a long lost silver mine is found dead in Chinatown, Poirot must find the map and killer.

The Cornish Mystery

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Jan 28, 1990

The Cornish Mystery

Alice 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.

The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Feb 4, 1990

The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim

Poirot wagers Chief Inspector Japp that he can solve the mystery of a missing banker without leaving his flat.

Double Sin

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Feb 11, 1990

Double Sin

A 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.

The Adventure of the Cheap Flat

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Feb 18, 1990

The Adventure of the Cheap Flat

When 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.

The Kidnapped Prime Minister

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Feb 25, 1990

The Kidnapped Prime Minister

When 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.

The Adventure of the Western Star

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Mar 4, 1990

The Adventure of the Western Star

After receiving threatening letters, an aristocrat is robbed of her famed diamond in front of Poirot's eyes.

Season 3

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Sep 16, 1990

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Hastings renews his friendship with Poirot and involves him in the mysterious poisoning of the mistress of a manor house married to a man twenty years her junior.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Jan 6, 1991

How Does Your Garden Grow?

At 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.

The Million Dollar Bond Robbery

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Jan 13, 1991

The Million Dollar Bond Robbery

Poirot is entrusted with transferring $1 million in Liberty Bonds to America on the Queen Mary, but the bonds are cleverly stolen anyway.

The Plymouth Express

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Jan 20, 1991

The Plymouth Express

A mining entrepreneur hires Poirot to solve the brutal murder of his daughter and the theft of her jewels aboard the express train to Plymouth.

Wasp's Nest

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Jan 27, 1991

Wasp's Nest

Poirot realizes that a murder is being plotted, and with the help of Hastings' latest hobby, he sets out to prevent it.

The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Feb 3, 1991

The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor

Poirot 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.

The Double Clue

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Feb 10, 1991

The Double Clue

Poirot helps Chief Inspector Japp try to find a jewel thief, but is sidetracked when a bewitching Russian countess arrives on the scene.

The Mystery of the Spanish Chest

Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Feb 17, 1991

The Mystery of the Spanish Chest

Poirot 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.

The Theft of the Royal Ruby

Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Feb 24, 1991

The Theft of the Royal Ruby

Poirot reluctantly agrees to help an Egyptian prince recover a valuable royal ruby that was brazenly stolen from him during the Christmas holidays.

The Affair at the Victory Ball

Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Mar 3, 1991

The Affair at the Victory Ball

Poirot 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.

The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge

Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Mar 10, 1991

The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge

Poirot is taken ill during a weekend shooting party, which ends when the unpopular host is found murdered in his study.

Season 4

The ABC Murders

Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Jan 5, 1992

The ABC Murders

Poirot receives taunting letters from a serial killer who appears to choose his victims and crime scenes alphabetically.

Death in the Clouds

Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Jan 12, 1992

Death in the Clouds

While Poirot sleeps on an airplane flight from Paris to London, a notorious French moneylender is murdered with a poisoned dart.

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Jan 19, 1992

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

After Poirot pays a routine visit to his dentist, the doctor apparently shoots himself to death a short time later. Chief Inspector Japp appropriately recruits the detective as both witness and consultant.

Season 5

The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb

Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Jan 17, 1993

The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb

Shortly 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.

The Underdog

Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Jan 24, 1993

The Underdog

Poirot 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.

The Yellow Iris

Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Jan 31, 1993

The Yellow Iris

A 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.

The Case of the Missing Will

Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Feb 7, 1993

The Case of the Missing Will

A 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.

The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman

Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Feb 14, 1993

The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman

Poirot 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.

The Chocolate Box

Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Feb 21, 1993

The Chocolate Box

While 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.'

Dead Man's Mirror

Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Feb 28, 1993

Dead Man's Mirror

An 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.

Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan

Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Mar 7, 1993

Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan

While Poirot vacations in Brighton to boost his health, the beautiful pearl necklace of a theatre actress staying at his hotel is mysteriously stolen.

Season 6

Hercule Poirot's Christmas

Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Jan 1, 1995

Hercule Poirot's Christmas

The tyrannical patriarch of a dysfunctional but wealthy family summons his adult children for a Christmas reunion, but prior to the holiday his throat is slashed apparently by one of them.

Hickory Dickory Dock

Episode: 6x02 | Airdate: Feb 12, 1995

Hickory Dickory Dock

Miss Lemon persuades Poirot to investigate a series of apparently minor thefts in a university hostel, but simple kleptomania soon turns to baffling homicide.

Murder on the Links

Episode: 6x03 | Airdate: Feb 11, 1996

Murder on the Links

While Poirot and Hastings are holidaying in France, a businessman tells Poirot that his life is in danger. The next day he is found stabbed to death on a nearby golf course.

Dumb Witness

Episode: 6x04 | Airdate: Mar 16, 1997

Dumb Witness

An elderly woman confides to Poirot that she fears one of her relatives is trying to kill her for her money. He persuades her to disinherit her heirs, but she is murdered anyway.

Season 7

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Episode: 7x01 | Airdate: Jan 2, 2000

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Poirot comes out of retirement when his industrialist friend is brutally murdered a short while after a local widow who was suspected of killing her husband commits suicide.

Lord Edgware Dies

Episode: 7x02 | Airdate: Feb 19, 2000

Lord Edgware Dies

A beautiful actress becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her tyrannical husband - except that she has a cast-iron alibi for the night of the crime.

Season 8

Evil Under the Sun

Episode: 8x01 | Airdate: Apr 20, 2001

Evil Under the Sun

Poirot's rehabilitative health retreat on an island resort becomes an even more stimulating mental exercise when a flirtatious film star is found strangled on a nearby beach.

Murder in Mesopotamia

Episode: 8x02 | Airdate: Jul 8, 2001

Murder in Mesopotamia

While Poirot is on holiday in Iraq, the wife of the head scientist at an archaeological dig confides to him that she is the target of threatening letters.

Season 9

Five Little Pigs

Episode: 9x01 | Airdate: Dec 14, 2003

Five Little Pigs

Lucy Crale enlists Poirot to investigate the 14-year-old murder in which her mother was hanged for poisoning her artist father.

Sad Cypress

Episode: 9x02 | Airdate: Dec 26, 2003

Sad Cypress

Elinor Carlisle seems to be the obvious murderer of her ailing aunt and the beautiful romantic rival who broke up her engagement, but Poirot uncovers darker motives.

Death on the Nile

Episode: 9x03 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2004

Death on the Nile

A wealthy British heiress honeymooning on a Nile cruise ship is stalked by a former friend, whose boyfriend she had stolen before making him her new husband.

The Hollow

Episode: 9x04 | Airdate: Apr 26, 2004

The Hollow

Poirot stumbles on the murder scene of philandering Dr Christow in a country house as his wife standing next to him with a revolver in her hand.

Season 10

The Mystery of the Blue Train

Episode: 10x01 | Airdate: Jan 1, 2006

The Mystery of the Blue Train

Poirot investigates the brutal murder of an American heiress and the theft of a fabulous ruby on the Blue Train between Calais and Nice.

Cards on the Table

Episode: 10x02 | Airdate: Mar 19, 2006

Cards on the Table

The enigmatic, sinister Mr. Shaitana, one of London's richest men, invites 8 guests, 4 of them possible murderers and 4 'detectives' to his opulent apartment.

After the Funeral

Episode: 10x03 | Airdate: Mar 26, 2006

After the Funeral

When a man disinherits his sole beneficiary and bequeaths his wealth to others just prior to his death, Poirot is called in to investigate.

Taken at the Flood

Episode: 10x04 | Airdate: Apr 2, 2006

Taken at the Flood

A young widow is left in sole possession of her late husband's fortune, and her brother refuses to share it with her in-laws - so they enlist Poirot to try to prove that the widow's missing first husband might not be dead after all.

Season 11

Mrs. McGinty's Dead

Episode: 11x01 | Airdate: Sep 1, 2008

Mrs. McGinty's Dead

A pair of photographs are the only clues that Poirot has to solve the murder of a village charwoman, and to prove the innocence of the victim's lodger.

Cat Among the Pigeons

Episode: 11x02 | Airdate: Sep 8, 2008

Cat Among the Pigeons

A foreign revolution, a kidnapped princess, and a trove of priceless rubies are linked to a prestigious girls' school, where staff members are brutally murdered.

Third Girl

Episode: 11x03 | Airdate: Sep 15, 2008

Third Girl

After a seemingly neurotic young heiress tells Ariadne Oliver and Poirot that she thinks she may have killed someone, her ex-nanny is found with her wrists slashed.

Appointment with Death

Episode: 11x04 | Airdate: Sep 22, 2008

Appointment with Death

Syria 1937. While accompanying her husband on an archaeological dig, the abusive and overbearing Lady Boynton is found stabbed to death.

Season 12

Three Act Tragedy

Episode: 12x01 | Airdate: Jan 3, 2010

Three Act Tragedy

When a vicar chokes to death on a cocktail while attending a party held by actor Sir Charles Cartwright, Poirot initially dismisses the idea of murder but reconsiders when another guest dies in the same manner.

Hallowe'en Party

Episode: 12x02 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2010

Hallowe'en Party

During a village's Hallowe'en party, a young girl boasts of having witnessed a murder from years before. No one believes her tale until her body is found later on in the evening, drowned in the apple-bobbing bucket.

Murder on the Orient Express

Episode: 12x03 | Airdate: Dec 25, 2010

Murder on the Orient Express

Poirot investigates the murder of a shady American businessman stabbed in his compartment on the Orient Express when it is blocked by a blizzard in Croatia.

The Clocks

Episode: 12x04 | Airdate: Dec 26, 2011

The Clocks

Four clocks surround an unidentified corpse in a blind woman's house, and a young typist is summoned to the crime scene. However, Poirot is convinced that the complicated setup is merely hiding a simpler solution.

Season 13

Elephants Can Remember

Episode: 13x01 | Airdate: Jun 9, 2013

Elephants Can Remember

Ariadne Oliver becomes an amateur sleuth when her goddaughter tasks her to find out the truth behind her parents' mysterious deaths.

The Big Four

Episode: 13x02 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2013

The Big Four

As the threat of world war looms large, Poirot seeks the help of friends both old and new when he is pitted against a dangerous group of dissidents responsible for a series of violent murders.

Dead Man's Folly

Episode: 13x03 | Airdate: Oct 30, 2013

Dead Man's Folly

Mrs. Oliver is asked to devise a murder hunt for a Devon fête, but her sense of foreboding summons Poirot to the scene. Her fears are realized when the girl playing murder victim winds up truly murdered.

The Labours of Hercules

Episode: 13x04 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2013

The Labours of Hercules

Poirot's pursuit of an infamous art thief leads him to a snowbound hotel in the Swiss Alps, where he is met with a plethora of mysteries and the reappearance of a familiar face from the past.

Curtain

Episode: 13x05 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2013

Curtain

An ailing Poirot returns to Styles with Hastings nearly three decades after solving their first mystery there in order to prevent a serial killer from claiming more victims.

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