25/11/2009
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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.
In this latest adaptation Suchet is joined by Tim Curry, John Hannah, Mark Gatiss, Cheryl Campbell, Elizabeth McGovern, Christina Cole, Paul Freeman, Beth Goddard, Angela Pleasence, Emma Cunniffe, Tom Riley, Christian McKay and Zoe Boyle.
Appointment With Death was filmed in Casablanca and El Jadida in Morocco, as well as the UK. This is the first time Poirot has been filmed outside of Britain since The Mystery of the Blue Train was filmed on the French Riviera in 2005.
Syria, 1937: Hercule Poirot is one of several people present at an archaeological dig to find the skull of John the Baptist, led by the exuberant Lord Boynton (Curry) and his loyal son Leonard (Gatiss), the enterprise having been financed by Boynton's rich, rude and over-bearing American wife (Campbell).
Only his Lordship has any love for his wife, so when she is found stabbed to death one blisteringly hot afternoon, Poirot has more than his fair share of suspects to interrogate...
Appointment With Death is directed by Ashley Pearce (Afterlife, The Vice), adapted by Guy Andrews (Lost In Austen, Prime Suspect) and the series producer is Karen Thrussell.
The Poirot stories are co-produced by ITV Productions and Agatha Christie Ltd, a Chorion company, and US network WGBH. Michele Buck and Damien Timmer, of Mammoth Screen, Phil Clymer of Chorion, and Rebecca Eaton of WGBH, are executive producers of Poirot, with David Suchet as associate producer.
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