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Hercule Poirot timeline
when each title takes placeFinney and Ustinov on the big screen
December 1935, Istanbul to London
Murder on the Orient ExpressAlbert Finney and an all-star cast stuck on a snowbound train
1930s, in Egypt
Death on the NilePeter Ustinov's first Poirot, on a cruise down the Nile
1930s, on an Adriatic island
Evil Under the SunAn Adriatic island hotel and an actress nobody can stand
1930s, in Palestine
Appointment with DeathUstinov's last turn as Poirot, between Jerusalem and the desert
David Suchet on ITV
London, 1930s
Poirot · S1Ten short cases introduce David Suchet's Poirot and his circle
1930s
Poirot · S2Opens with Peril at End House, then eight short stories
1917 at Styles; the rest in the 1930s
Poirot · S3Poirot's first English case, plus ten short stories
1936
Poirot · S4Three feature-length novels: The ABC Murders, Death in the Clouds and One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
1930s; The Chocolate Box goes back to the early 1900s
Poirot · S5Eight short stories, from Egypt to a box of chocolates in Brussels
1930s
Poirot · S6Four feature-length cases, starting with a bloody Christmas
1930s
Poirot · S7The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and Lord Edgware Dies
1930s
Poirot · S8A luxury beach and a dig in Iraq
1930s
Poirot · S9The show turns darker, with Five Little Pigs and Death on the Nile
1930s
Poirot · S10Novelist Ariadne Oliver arrives, and Poirot gets a valet
1937
Poirot · S11A dead charwoman, a girls' school and a young woman who thinks she killed someone
1937 to 1938
Poirot · S12Includes Suchet's take on Murder on the Orient Express
1938 to 1949
Poirot · S13The final season: five feature-length cases and Suchet's farewell
Kenneth Branagh's films
1934
Murder on the Orient ExpressKenneth Branagh directs and plays Poirot on crime's most famous train
1937, with a 1914 prologue
Death on the NileAn Egyptian honeymoon and the origin of Poirot's moustache
Venice, 1947
A Haunting in VeniceA retired Poirot attends a Halloween séance
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