‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ Seasons 7-8 (2000-02) are a joyful – if darker – return
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): The show returns from a four-year hiatus with a last go-around of the ensemble format and one of the series’ best episodes.
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‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ Season 6 (1994-95) adds Christmas cheer
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): Which isn’t to say everyone is jolly in the Lee household for “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas,” but we wouldn’t have it any other way.
‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ takes step backward in Season 5 (1993)
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): The writers adapt the final eight Poirot short stories, and take wild swings, before shifting focus to the novels.
‘Poirot’ skillfully adapts three novels in Season 4 (1992)
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): The show momentarily sets aside short stories to tackle “The ABC Murders,” “Death in the Clouds” and “One, Two, Buckle My Shoe.”
Suchet’s ‘Poirot’ gets classier in Season 3 (1990-91)
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): Along with 10 short-story adaptations, this lavish season features an outstanding translation of Christie’s debut novel.
‘Poirot’ Season 2 (1990) finds groove with Christie-Exton mash-ups
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): David Suchet’s Poirot further branches into his own thing, and – while it’s not for die-hard purists — he finds an audience.
‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ Season 1 (1989) launches an icon
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): Although other actors had played the brilliant Belgian detective, most people picture David Suchet when they think of Poirot.