Poirot

Four feature-length cases. In The Mystery of the Blue Train, an American heiress is killed on the luxury train to the Riviera, and a famous ruby vanishes. In Cards on the Table, the eccentric Mr. Shaitana invites four sleuths, Poirot and novelist Ariadne Oliver among them, plus four people he believes got away with murder; midway through bridge, he's stabbed. In After the Funeral, the family of a freshly buried millionaire hears his sister say he was murdered, and the next day she's killed. In Taken at the Flood, a millionaire's young widow inherits everything, and a stranger turns up claiming her first husband is alive.

1. Behind the scenesEnter Ariadne Oliver

   Zoë Wanamaker debuts this series as Ariadne Oliver, the crime novelist who works as a playful stand-in for Christie herself.

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2. Behind the scenesGeorge, at last

   Poirot's valet George was in the early books but left out of the early adaptations. David Yelland takes the part from here on.

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3. CameoMichael Fassbender at the funeral

   Michael Fassbender, just before breaking out with 300 and Shame, is in 2006's After the Funeral.

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