Poirot Hercule is a detective and owner of an extravagant mustache. The hero was invented by the unsurpassed Agatha Christie. Later, her works were filmed in many countries. The series Poirot is the best of its kind.
Creature
The Hercule Poirot series was produced by British television from 1989 to 2013. It is based on the books of Agatha Christie. The creator is Rosalind Hicks, the daughter of the author of detective works about the Belgian detective.
The adaptation of the books was entrusted to such screenwriters as Clive Exton, Anthony Horowitz and others. Not all the plots were liked by the creators of the series. Controversial was the scenario of Exton's novel "The Assassination of Roger Ackroyd."
The composer was Christopher Gunning. Music in twentieth-century episodes was more fun than at the beginning of the twenty-first century. In the last series, she became darker. With this, the creators of Poirot demonstrated the depressed mood of recent episodes.
Plot
The series tells the story of Hercule Poirot. A Belgian by birth, he lives in England. He once worked in the police of his country. And now his apartment serves him as an office. He is involved in the investigation and investigation of private individuals. He is assisted by teammate Arthur Hastings and secretary Felicity Lemon. In some episodes, James Jepp appears. The chief inspector of the English police from time to time asks his Belgian colleague for help.
Each business is carried out by Hercule to the end. In the last episode, the detective dies, but even after death, he was able to expose the criminal.
Main character
The image of Hercule Poirot was recreated by the British actor David Suchet. It is impossible to break away from his acting. In order to fully get used to the role, he studied the history of Belgium and hired a tutor to create an easy accent.
Hercule Poirot became Heracles of the twentieth century. So Agatha Christie herself wrote about him. The actor was able to embody both a hunter and a humanist in the image. The hero seeks truth in a non-standard way for his time. For work, he uses his "gray cells". In one of the series, he was even able to solve the crime without leaving his apartment.
When Poirot realizes who the criminal is, he gathers all the witnesses and exposes the guilty. At the moment of decoupling, the hero transforms, ceasing to be a good-natured foreigner. Instead, he becomes a cold-blooded guardian of the law with a steel look.
David Suchet was nominated for the role of the first producer of the series Brian Eastman. He could not have imagined another candidate. Eastman did not fail.
Seasons
Since 1989, thirteen seasons have been released. Each of them has its own number of episodes. There are seventy in total. The creators of the series planned to complete the project in the tenth season, but fans persuaded to extend it for another three chapters.
Throughout the seasons, Hercule Poirot has been investigating the killings. Events take place in different parts of the world:
- France.
- Egypt.
- Greece.
- Yugoslavia.
Most incidents occur in England. The creators were able to embody the images of the twenties of the last century. The scenery, clothes, hairstyles are believably recreated. Old cars complement the image of that era. Spectators can enjoy the scenery of England and other countries.
In addition to investigations, from season to season the personal life of the main characters of the series develops. For example, Hastings married, he had four children.
Top episodes
Throughout the history of the creation of the series, many fascinating episodes have appeared. How to choose the best? Hercule Poirot is good everywhere, but (in the subjective opinion) you should definitely watch these five episodes:
- “Counting” - according to the plot, the secretary of Miss Lemon asks Poirot for help. In the boarding house of her sister, various things began to disappear. Students living there point to other oddities. Poirot arrives at the guesthouse under the guise of a lecturer. At this time, a murder occurs.
- "Death in the clouds" - in the second series of the fourth season, the crime is committed in a flying plane. A rich Frenchwoman was killed under the nose of a detective who cannot stand flights.
- "The Riddle" - in the first episode of the second season, Poirot and Hastings are dating a girl, Miss Nick. She is engaged to Seaton, who soon disappears. The girl committed three assassination attempts. The fourth attempt ends with the murder of Maggie Buckley, Miss Nick's cousin. The results of the investigation will shock everyone!
- “The Death of Lord Edgvar” - in the second series of the seventh season, Poirot takes on a strange thing. Actress Jane Wilkinson asks him to persuade her husband to agree to a divorce. The detective finds out that Lord Edgvar is not against divorce. A day after meeting with Poirot, he is found dead. The wife has an iron alibi. Will the famous Belgian manage to unravel the case, which he considers the most unsuccessful in his career?
- “Clock” - in the first episode of the twelfth season, a man is killed in an elderly woman’s house. One girl is suspected of everything. The young lieutenant Colin Rays asks for help from the famous detective. Despite the lack of evidence, Poirot was able to unravel the criminal tangle.