Maurice Denham, Peter Sallis & John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot on BBC Radio.
Hercule Poirot on BBC Radio
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First Upload July 31 2001

Created by Agatha Christie 
Maurice DenhamPeter SallisJohn Moffatt
After an initial production with Maurice Denham and a subsequent one with Peter Sallis all other stories feature John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot, were dramatised by Michael Bakewell and directed by Enyd Williams, except The Mystery of the Blue Train directed by David Johnston.
Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
The Mystery of the Blue Train
Hercule Poirot's Christmas
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Murder On the Links
Lord Edgware Dies
Sad Cypress
Hallowe'en Party
Murder On the Orient Express
After the 6 part The Mystery of the Blue Train, the series consists of either 5 x 30 minute serials or single 90 minute plays, as noted.
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The Mystery of the Blue Train


Broadcast in 6 parts. (Weekly)
29 December 1985 - 2 February 1986

  A millionaire strikes a deal on the seedier side of Paris. A priceless cache of rubies is destined for his beloved daughter Rachel. Days later - Rachel is dead. The suspects line up and only master sleuth Hercule Poirot can discover the truth.

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Maurice Denhamfeaturing Janet Maw (Katherine Grey), Robert Beatty (Rufus Van Aldin), Avril Clark (Ruth Kettering), Anthony Smee (Derek Kettering), Michael Deacon (Major Knighton), Gwen Cherrell (Lady Tamplin), Moir Leslie (Lenox), Peter Woodthorpe (Dr Harrison) & Judy Buxton (Mirelle).

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Hercule Poirot's Christmas
Peter Sallis
Broadcast - Murder for Christmas
24 December 1986

  Christmas Eve. Tyrannical millionaire Simeon Lee is found lying in a pool of blood with his throat cut, in a room locked from the inside. It seems an impossible case, but luckily for Superintendent Sugden, the Chief Constable has his old friend Hercule Poirot staying with him.

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featuring Edward de Suza (Supt. Sugden), Manning Wilson (Col. Johnson), Cyril Luckham (Simeon Lee) & Derek Guyler (Tressilian- the butler).

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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Broadcast - Crime At Christmas
24 December 1987

  Mrs Farrars died on Thursday September 16th, one year after the death of her husband. Village rumour has accused her of poisoning him, but no one is sure until a letter to the man she loved is discovered - a letter Roger Ackroyd never finishes reading, for he is next in the chain of death. The killer remains unsuspected until the retired resident of The Larches is called in - Hercule Poirot

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featuring John Woodvine (Doctor Sheppard), Laurence Payne (Roger Ackroyd), Diana Olsson (Carolin Sheppard), Eva Suart (Miss Russell), Peter Gilmore (Raymond), Zelah Clarke (Flora), Simon Cuff (Inspector Davis) & Derek Guyler (Parker- the butler).

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Murder On the Links
Broadcast
15th September 1990
I believe this to be the first broadcast, if anyone knows otherwise please let me know. It  wasn't 15/09/89 though!

When Hercule Poirot arrives in France following an urgent appeal for help, he finds he is too late. His client, a mysterious millionaire, has been stabbed to death and his body flung carelessly into an open grave. Poirot knows all is not as it seems and as he starts to unravel this baffling murder he discovers that the clue to the killer's identity lies in a crime committed over twenty years before ...

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featuring Jeremy Clyde (Captain Hastings), Madeline Smith (Dulcie Duveen) & Geoffrey Whitehead (Inspector Bex).

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Lord Edgware Dies

Broadcast in 5 parts. (Weekly)
18 March 1992 - 15 April 1992

   No sooner had Lady Edgware announced to Poirot that she just had to get rid of her husband, than his lordship was found dead in the library, stabbed in the neck. The case seemed cut and dried.

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featuring Simon Williams (Captain Hastings), Nicola Pagett (Jane Wilkinson/Lady Edgware), Norman Jones (Inspector Japp) James Greene (Lord Edgware), Paula Jacobs (Ellis), Bret Usher (Bryan Martin), Adjoa Andoh (Jenny Driver) Joanna Myers (Geraldine Marsh), Charles Millham (Ronald Marsh).
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Sad Cypress
Broadcast in 5 parts. (Weekly)
14 May 1992 - 11 June 1992

   After inheriting a large sum of money from her Aunt, Elinor Carlisle is accused of the murder Mary Gerrard a rival in love. Is she really the heartless, calculating murderess she appears? Are the 2 deaths related? Only Hercule Poirot stands between Elinor and the gallows.

featuring Emma Fielding (Elinor Carlisle), David McAlister (Dr Lord), Charles Simpson (Roddy Welman) & Susannah Corbett (Mary Gerrard)

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Hallowe'en Party
Broadcast - Saturday Night Theatre
30 October 1993

  When a child is found drowned at a Hallowe'en party, after she had boasted of once seeing a murder committed, famous crime novellist Ariadne Oliver decides to call apon the services of her old friend, Hercule Poirot.

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featuring Stephanie Cole (Ariadne Oliver), Alexandra Bastedo (Judith Butler), Sian Jenkins (Rowena Drake) & Gareth Armstrong (Michael Garfield).
 

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Murder On the Orient Express

Broadcast in 5 parts. (Daily)
28 December 1993 - 1 January 1994

  An international cast of suspects in perhaps Agatha Christie's most famous story. A passenger is murdered (stabbed 12 times) on board the Orient Express train as it journeys through the snowy European landscape. Hercule Poirot must wade through the clues and red herrings to unravel this baffling case.

featuring André Maranne (Bouc), Joss Ackland (Ratchett), Sylvia Sims (Mrs Hubbard), Francesca Annis (Miss Debenham), Siân Phillips (Princess Dragomiroff), Peter Polycarpou (Dr Constantine), Frank Windsor (Pierre Michel) & Desmond Llewelyn (Masterman).

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