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David Suchet returns to his most famous role in Appointment With Death, which sees the celebrated sleuth tackle a murder under the North African sun.
Beneath the unforgiving sun of the Syrian Desert, the eccentric English archaeologist Lord Greville Boynton (Tim Curry) and his son Leonard (Mark Gatiss) are seeking the final resting place of the skull of John the Baptist.
On the verge of this incredible discovery they are joined by Lord Boynton’s second wife, the dominating, fabulously wealthy American Lady Boynton (Cheryl Campbell), shadowed as ever by their adopted children – devastatingly handsome Raymond, put-upon Carol and their troubled younger sister Jinny.
Holidaying in Syria, the world famous detective Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) is irresistibly drawn to the excavation, but this is soon over-shadowed when Lady Boynton is found murdered under the roasting sun and her financial empire is completely wiped out...
Commissioned to find her killer by his old friend Colonel Carbury (Paul Freeman), Poirot soon realises there is no shortage of candidates. Besides her much maligned family, the dig has attracted an unusual group of travellers. These include the witty psychiatrist Dr Gerard (John Hannah), the laconic Jefferson Cope (Christian McKay), the beautiful and resourceful Dr Sarah King (Christina Cole) and the unconventional travel writer Dame Celia Westholme (Elizabeth McGovern).
As Poirot’s little grey cells begin to make sense of the case, the mystery suddenly deepens. Jinny (Zoe Boyle) and Sister Agnieszka (Beth Goddard), a Polish nun on pilgrimage, are attacked in the night and the Boynton family Nanny (Angela Pleasence) suffers a devastating breakdown.
Each of the suspects has a motive for killing the despised Lady Boynton, but only the little Belgian detective knows which of them arranged her Appointment with Death.
Last edited: Tuesday, 1 December 2009
