Outside of a Dog: Christie, Agatha: Death on the Nile (radio play)

Skwid

Skwid wrote on September 2, 2005 at 1:10 PM:

If you haven't seen David Suchet in the BBC Television adaptations of Poirot, you're missing out. He is Poirot, as far as I'm concerned. They air regularly on the Biography channel (usually on Sundays).

They made Death on the Nile as a TV movie, recently, and it's quite well done. Check it out.

Kate

Kate wrote on September 2, 2005 at 5:29 PM:

Skwid: I’ll probably pass on TV Poirot, just because I have much more free audio time (1 hr daily commute in the car) than free TV time, but if I’m ever channel-surfing I’ll keep it in mind.

David Tate

David Tate wrote on September 15, 2005 at 11:06 PM:

I have to second the Suchet recommendation. He is so consummately fussy, so perfectly fastidious. It borders on cognitive dissonance to try to compare his take on Poirot with (say) Peter Ustinov’s. A large part of it is visual (although his vocal mannerisms are perfect), so you might try to spring the time free to watch one or two of the episodes. The mysteries are pretty banal—I prefer Miss Marple for plots, and prefer other authors to Christie—but the character is priceless.