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The 1950s · Meadowbank school, 1950s

Cat Among the Pigeons

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A revolution in a faraway kingdom leaves jewels hidden at an English girls' school

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Quick recap

During a revolution in the kingdom of Ramat, Prince Ali Yusuf hands precious jewels to his pilot friend Bob Rawlinson, who hides them in his niece's tennis racquet. She attends Meadowbank, an elite English girls' school. That term, games mistress Miss Springer is shot dead in the sports pavilion. Another teacher dies, and a pupil who is a princess is kidnapped. Schoolgirl Julia Upjohn finds the jewels and takes them to Poirot. He comes to the school and reveals the killer is secretary Ann Shapland, a professional spy after the jewels. Julia gets a reward, and the school survives.

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What changed on screen

  1. Behind the scenesPoirot shows up late

    Poirot doesn't enter until well past the halfway mark. Until then we follow the school's girls and teachers.

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  2. ChangePoirot from the start

    The 2008 ITV episode puts Poirot at the school from the beginning, as a guest at a ceremony, instead of bringing him in after the crimes.

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