We have been waiting for this one for 10 years~the Albert Finney film performance was wonderful, but Suchet is the master, Agatha Christie must beam from heaven each time David Suchet films another novel or short story!
check your local listing for the air time tonight on PBS’ Masterpiece Mystery ~ it is airing on KAET in Metro Phoenix~
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 the Serbian mountains.
Oh I am sooo jealous they have seen this overseas a year ago!! ARRGLE! It will air this season in the US on PBS and is coming soon on DVD! Available for preorder now at AMZN- Poirot : The Movie Collection, Set 5, releases August 31.
Murder on the Orient Express — Onboard the Orient Express, an unsavory traveler (Toby Jones) requests Poirot’s protection; after the man is stabbed to death, Poirot searches for the killer on the now snowbound train. The star-studded cast includes Barbara Hershey, Hugh Bonneville, and Dame Eileen Atkins.
Third Girl — Poirot collaborates with crime novelist Ariadne Oliver (Zoë Wanamaker) to help a young heiress who thinks she may have committed a murder. When the woman’s childhood nanny is found dead, Poirot believes he has the victim–but he still has a long list of suspects. Peter Bowles and James Wilby guest star.
Appointment with Death–Hercule Poirot is visiting an archaeological dig in the Syrian Desert when the wife of Lord Boynton (Tim Curry) is murdered. Poirot carefully sorts through the woman’s many enemies to unearth the truth about her death. Also starring John Hannah and Elizabeth McGovern.
Edward Gorey’s theme is like Pavlov’s bell for fabulous television..
CoStarring Tim Curry, Elizabeth McGovern, John Hannah…Be warned I see comments that this diverges from the novel!!! (I love Piper Laurie and Lauren Bacall but that Ustinov version of this book needed a make over, YARM that I love okay I confess, I am glad to see Suchet take it on with ITV!!!)…
Alan Cumming, host of PBS’ MASTERPIECE Mystery!, once again takes us behind-the-scenes on the MASTERPIECE Mystery! set — with the added extra of an impromptu fashion show.
In May, the series kicks off with 3 episodes of the new series Wallander, starring Kenneth Branagh, followed by Six by Agatha and the triumphant return of the world-famous sleuths Hercule Poirot (June 21 and 28) and Miss Marple ((Sundays, July 5 – July 26), and new episodes of Inspector Lewis” (Sundays, August 30 September 20). For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/masterpiece.
Moderate in the Middle 