Clive Exton

‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ Seasons 7-8 (2000-02) are a joyful – if darker – return

In 2000, “Agatha Christie’s Poirot” Season 7 (ITV, A&E) hit the air after a four-year hiatus with a slight change in attitude. It tiptoes toward

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‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ Season 6 (1994-95) adds Christmas cheer

The four novels adapted for “Agatha Christie’s Poirot” Season 6 (1994-95, ITV) aren’t on anyone’s list of the very elite, but the cast and crew

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‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ takes step backward in Season 5 (1993)

Heading into Season 5 (1993, ITV), the writers of “Agatha Christie’s Poirot” had eight more short stories to adapt (not counting the linked stories from

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‘Poirot’ skillfully adapts three novels in Season 4 (1992)

After three seasons of adapting short stories (with the exceptions of Season 2’s “Peril at End House” and Season 3’s “The Mysterious Affair at Styles”),

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Suchet’s ‘Poirot’ gets classier in Season 3 (1990-91)

“Agatha Christie’s Poirot” became a well-oiled machine in Season 2, and it classes things up further in Season 3 (1990-91, ITV). While retaining its vibe

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‘Poirot’ Season 2 (1990) finds groove with Christie-Exton mash-ups

Even more so than in Season 1, “Agatha Christie’s Poirot” Season 2 (1990, ITV) locks in as a cozy mystery TV series. The experience of

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‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ Season 1 (1989) launches an icon

It took 13 years after Agatha Christie’s death until we got the definitive version of Hercule Poirot on screen, with David Suchet starring in the

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