Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989)


Agatha Christie: Poirot
Release Date08 January 1989
GenreDrama, Mystery, Crime, Thriller
CountryUK
Filming LocationsCharterhouse Square, Clerkenwell, London, England, UK
LanguageEnglish, French
Sound MixMono, Stereo
ColorColor
Film TypeSeries
Film ClassDetective Film, Whodunit
ThemesStar Detectives, Murder Investigations
TonesCerebral, Ironic
TagsBelgium, Captain [military], Companion, Cruise, Detective, Employment, Espionage, Extramarital Affair, Friendship, Greece, Groom [bridegroom], Holiday, Inspection, Investigation, Island, Kill, Murder, Mustache, Private Detective, Problems, Scotland Yard, Sea, Secretary, Solution

Agatha Christie's Poirot is a British television drama that has aired on ITV since 1989. It stars David Suchet as Agatha Christie's fictional detective Hercule Poirot. It was originally made by LWT and is now made by ITV Studios. In the United States, it airs as Poirot.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Hercule Poirot

Captain Hastings

Chief Inspector Japp

Miss Lemon

David Yelland
George

Richard Bebb
Newsreader

George Little
Dicker

Ariadne Oliver

Tony Red Richards
Hotel Guest 

Laurence Richardson
Golfer 

Phillip Manikum
Sergeant

Jona Jones
Police Constable

Donald Fraser

Barbara Barnes
Louise Leidner 

John Carson
Richard Abernethie

Spence

Richard Durden
Dr. Pritchard

Mary Cavendish

Sister Agnieszka

Andrew Hall 

Carol MacReady
Milly Croft 

John Cording
Div. Insp. Jameson

Simon Molloy
District Judge 

Miss Burgess 

Pip Torrens
Jeremy Cloade

Philip Anthony
Doctor

Tim Stern
Alf Renny 

Geoffrey Beevers
Mr Tolliver 

Catherine Russell
Katrina Reiger 

Arthur Cox
Dr. Hawker

Lady Carrington

Haydn Gwynne
Coco Courtney

Richard Lintern
Guy Carpenter 

Jane How
Lady Veronica 

Lady Millicent Castle-Vaughan

Miranda Forbes
Landlady

Fenella Woolgar
Ellis

Ben Bazell
Sergeant Beddoes

Pat Gorman
Desk Sergeant

Director

Edward Bennett

Andrew Grieve

Renny Rye

Brian Farnham

Richard Spence

Ross Devenish

Andrew Piddington

Peter Barber-Fleming

John Bruce

Ken Grieve

Andy Wilson

Ashley Pearce

Clive Exton

Anthony Horowitz

Douglas Watkinson

Nick Dear

Guy Andrews

Russell Murray

Michael Baker

David Renwick

Andrew Marshall

Kevin Elyot

Producer

Nick Elliott
executive producer

Brian Eastman
producer

Phil Clymer
executive producer: Chorion PLC / executive producer: Chorion 

Delia Fine
executive producer: A&E Television Networks / executive producer 

Michele Buck
executive producer

associate producer

Damien Timmer
executive producer

Linda Agran
executive producer

associate producer

Emilio Nunez
supervising producer: A&E Television Networks / supervising producer

Trevor Hopkins
producer

Matthew Hamilton
line producer

Karen Thrussell
producer / series producer

Dominic Fulford
associate producer

Sarah Wilson
executive producer

Kris Slava
supervising producer: A&E Television Networks / supervising producer 

Leila Kirkpatrick
line producer

Margaret Mitchell
producer

Helga Dowie
line producer

Rebecca Eaton
executive producer: WGBH Boston / executive producer: WGBH

Peter Hider
associate producer

Simon Crawford Collins
associate producer

Original Music

Christopher Gunning

Stephen McKeon

Cinematographer

Ivan Strasburg

Norman G. Langley

Peter Jessop

Peter Bartlett

Vernon Layton

Martin Fuhrer

Jason Lehel

Simon Kossoff

Alan Almond

Editor

Derek Bain

Frank Webb

Andrew McClelland

Chris Wimble

Jon Costelloe

Paul Hudson

Paul Garrick

Max Lemon

Jamie McCoan

Casting Director

Rebecca Howard

Lucy Abercrombie

Kate Day

Maureen Duff

Anne Henderson

Gail Stevens

Production Designer

Rob Harris

Mike Oxley

Jeff Tessler

Tim Hutchinson

Michael Pickwoad

Rob Hinds

Art Director

Peter Wenham

Caroline Smith

Mark Raggett

Denise Bail

Pilar Foy

Miranda Cull

John Demetri

Paul Gilpin

Chris Hardinge

Katie Buckley

Paul Booth

Nigel Evans

Henry Jaworski

Malcolm Stone

Nic Pallace

Paul Spriggs

Set Decorator

Carlotta Barrow

Chrysoula Sofitsi

Desmond Crowe

Mark Rimmell

Costume Designer

Linda Mattock

Sheena Napier

Barbara Kronig

Robin Fraser-Paye

Andrea Galer

Elizabeth Waller

Charlotte Holdich

Sue Thomson

Sue Thompson

Sharon Lewis

Makeup Department

Patricia Kirkman
makeup artist

Kate Bower
makeup artist

Hilary Martin
makeup supervisor

Janis Gould
makeup supervisor

Sian Turner
makeup artist / makeup artist: David Suchet

Roseann Samuel
makeup supervisor / makeup artist

Christine Cant
makeup supervisor

Suzan Broad
make-up / makeup artist 

Sarah Grundy
makeup artist

Kate Hodgson
makeup artist

Christine Greenwood
makeup designer

Susan Parkinson
makeup artist

Eva Marieges Moore
makeup artist: David Suchet / makeup artist: Mr Suchet

Alison Elliott
hair designer / makeup artist 

Carol Cooper
makeup designer

Rupert Simon
makeup artist

Kate Roberts
makeup artist

Lucy Hutchinson
makeup artist

Penny Bell
makeup artist

Pam Meager
make-up / makeup artist

Teresa Kelly
makeup artist

Karen Cohen
makeup artist

Carmel Jackson
makeup artist

Julie Kendrick
makeup artist / hair stylist

Marc Pilcher
makeup artist

Jan Sewell
hair designer / makeup designer

Production Manager

Martin Bond
production manager / production supervisor

Donald Toms
production supervisor

Ray Helm
post-production supervisor

Kieron Phipps
production manager

David Fitzgerald
production supervisor

Guy Tannahill
production manager

Kate Stannard
post-production supervisor

Derek Bain
post-production supervisor

Jeremy Johns
unit manager

Alasdair Whitelaw
post-production supervisor

Fiona McGuire
executive in charge of production

Susie Pugh-Tasios
production manager: Greece

Nick Girvan
unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Simon Hinkly
first assistant director / assistant director

Adam Goodman
assistant director / second assistant director

Edward Brett
first assistant director / assistant director

Gilly Raddings
assistant director / third assistant director

Sean Clayton
second assistant director / third assistant director

Dominic Fysh
assistant director

Geoff Dibben
additional assistant director: dailies

Gareth Tandy
assistant director / first assistant director

Terry Madden
assistant director

Gerry Toomey
assistant director

John Duthie
second assistant director / third assistant director

Jessica Hurles-Laws
third assistant director

Guy Travers
assistant director

Becky Harris
assistant director

Peter Bennett
assistant director

Tim Lewis
assistant director

Marios Hamboulides
third assistant director / assistant director

Danny Pruett
second assistant director

Emily Perowne
trainee assistant director

Paul Judges
first assistant director

Andy Kelk
third assistant director

Aristidis Nikoloudis
first assistant director: Greece

Nick Laws
assistant director

Martin Harrison
first assistant director

Trevor Puckle
second assistant director

Chris Hider
third assistant director

Roger Simons
first assistant director

David Crabtree
first assistant director

Rachael Haston
third assistant director

Danielle Somerfield
third assistant director

Art Department

Mickey Lennon
property master

Les Peach
construction manager

Ludmilla Barras
production buyer

David Bordewey
production buyer / property buyer

Peter MacFarlan
production buyer

Tony Gibbs
dressing props

Paul Mitchell
stand-by props

Jim Grindley
property master / set dresser

Gus Wookey
construction manager

Carlotta Barrow
set dresser

Judy Ducker
production buyer / property buyer

Alan Booth
construction manager

Mike Syson
dressing props

Paul Gilpin
supervising art director

Andrew Lavin
stand-by art director

Chrysoula Sofitsi
set dresser

Mike Smith
production buyer

Barry Arnold
stand-by props

Tom Lowen
stand-by construction

Emma Godwin
assistant production buyer

David Lewis
production buyer

Joanne Ridler
stand-by art director

Craig Price
prop storeman

Tim Bonstow
production buyer

Richard MacMillan
stand-by props

Naomi Moore
assistant production buyer

Bob Eames
stand-by construction

Dougie Lankston
dressing prop/storeman / dressing props 

Stuart Wilson
art stand-by / carpenter

Chrissa Daponte
design assistant: Greece

Pavlos Xenakis
production buyer: Greece

Dave Channon
construction / construction coordinator

Tina Jones
set dresser

Katie Lee
buyer / props buyer

Marshall Aver
buyer

Steve Bohan
construction

Mike Killman
property master

Rob MacPherson
stand-by props

Mike Fowlie
prop master

Kenneth Hambling
construction manager

Richard Barratt
stand-by props

Sound Department

Rupert Scrivener
dubbing / dubbing mixer

John Downer
supervising sound editor / dubbing

Ken Weston
sound recordist / sound supervisor

Sarah Morton
dialogue editor / dubbing 

Sandy MacRae
sound recordist

Alan Killick
dubbing

Peter Lennard
dubbing / dubbing mixer

Martin Trevis
boom operator

Mike Murr
dubbing / dialogue editor 

Paul Botham
boom operator

Nigel Squibbs
assistant dubbing mixer / sound re-recording mixer

Colin Codner
sound assistant / boom operator

Mike Reardon
boom operator / sound maintenance

Ashley Reynolds
boom operator / sound maintenance engineer

Andrew Sissons
sound recordist

Billy Mahoney
dubbing mixer

Anne Parsons
dubbing / dialogue editor

Tony Bell
boom operator / sound assistant

Richard Finney
sound assistant

Peter Glossop
sound recordist

Brigitte Arnold
dialogue editor / dubbing

Colin Chapman
dubbing editor

Graham Harris
dubbing editor

Rudi Buckle
boom operator / sound recordist

Jeff Hawkins
sound recordist

Matthew Desorgher
sound assistant

Ian Tapp
dubbing mixer / sound re-recording mixer

Oliver Tarney
sound editor / sound effects editor

Tony Jackson
sound recordist

Filipa Principe
foley editor

Simon Epstein
foley editor / foley mixer & editor

Tim Worth
boom operator / sound assistant

Adam Powell
foley editor

Orin Beaton
sound assistant

Ian Coles
boom operator / sound assistant

Peter Bond
sound editor

Charlotte Gray
sound trainee

Robert Alsop
sound trainee

Lionel Strutt
adr mixer

Special Effects

Graham Longhurst
special effects / special effects coordinator

Visual Effects

Alan Church
visual affects titles / visual effects 

Simon Giles
visual effects / visual effects supervision 

Jonathan Hills
visual effects / digital visual effects

Stunts

Ray Donn
stunt double: David Suchet

Nick Gillard
stunt arranger / stunts 

Tom Lucy
stunt coordinator / stuntman

Andy Bradford
stunts

Valentino Musetti
stuntman / stunts

Colin Skeaping
stunts

Simon Crane
stuntman / stunts

Bill Weston
stuntman / stunts

Roy Alon
stuntman / stunts

Chrissy Monk
stuntman / stunts

David Cronnelly
stunts

Paul Weston
stunts

Sy Hollands
stunts

Jason White
stunts

Nick Wilkinson
stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

John Etherington
grip

Steve Alcorn
camera operator

Ray Cooper
clapper loader / focus puller 

Hugh Fairs
focus puller

Jamie Harcourt
camera operator

Mark Strasburg
clapper loader

Derek Rymer
gaffer

Danny Shelmerdine
focus puller

Vince Goddard
gaffer

John Humphrey
gaffer

Pat Coles
gaffer

Joe Spence
gaffer

David Hedges
focus puller / clapper loader

Dermot Hickey
focus puller

Ashley Bond
clapper loader

Peter Butler
grip

Dean Thompson
clapper loader / clapper/loader

Phil Penfold
best boy / gaffer

Paul Donachie
camera operator

Ben Gibb
clapper loader

Richard Philpott
focus puller

Jeremy Gee
camera operator

Frank Baber
gaffer

Jim Boorer
grip

Michael Green
focus puller

Mike Miller
camera operator

Larry S. Prinz
gaffer / lighting gaffer

Andrew Banwell
focus puller

Peter Harris
best boy / electrician

Brian Smith
gaffer

Roger Pearce
camera operator

Warren Ewen
gaffer

Martin Gooch
camera trainee

Ricky Hall
grip

Lorraine Luke
camera loader

Ian Buckley
grip

Chris Samworth
camera loader

Kenny Sykes
gaffer

Jason Wrenn
focus puller

Rab Harling
clapper loader

Andy Bell
electrician

Dan Fontaine
lighting gaffer

Matt Poynter
focus puller

Erin Stevens
second focus puller / clapper loader

John Walker
best boy

Martin Foley
camera operator

Ian Coffey
focus puller

Woody Gregson
clapper loader

Nathan Mann
focus puller

Thomas Maslen
camera grip

Gavin Walters
gaffer

Casting Department

Rebecca Howard
casting

Claire Saunders
casting assistant

Lucy Abercrombie
casting assistant / casting

Kate Day
casting / casting assistant

Anne Henderson
casting

Susie Parriss
casting

Julia Duff
casting

Julie Harkin
casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Vernon White
wardrobe assistant / wardrobe master 

Nigel Egerton
wardrobe assistant / wardrobe

John Scott
wardrobe assistant / wardrobe 

Michael Price
assistant costume designer

Kirsten Wing
wardrobe assistant / wardrobe

Jason Gill
costume assistant / costume 

Philip O'Connor
dresser: David Suchet / dresser: Mr Suchet

Lisa Johnson
wardrobe mistress

Gabrielle Spanswick
costume supervisor / costumer

Jill Avery
wardrobe mistress

Tony Otero
wardrobe assistant / wardrobe master

Neil Sweetmore
wardrobe master

Tim Guthrie
wardrobe

Dianne Murphy
wardrobe

Sarah Touaibi
assistant costume / costume assistant 

Chrissie Wrench
wardrobe

Charlotte Mitchell
costume / costumer

Marion Dring
wardrobe assistant

Adrian Simmons
wardrobe master / wardrobe assistant

Tamar Zaig
assistant costume designer

Hazel Shrieves
wardrobe mistress

Gilly Hebden
assistant costume designer

Lezli Everitt
wardrobe

Steven Kirkby
wardrobe

Del Colley
wardrobe

Mandy Harper
wardrobe

Pat Williamson
wardrobe

Nadine Powell
assistant costume designer

Leonie Barker
wardrobe mistress

Editorial Department

Chris Beeton
colourist / telecine colorist 

Simon Giblin
on-line editor

Andrew McClelland
assistant editor / first assistant editor

Justin Eely
on-line editor

Christian Wheeler
assistant editor

Anya Dillon
assistant editor

Adam Harvey
assistant editor

Amar Ingreji
assistant editor

Peter Christelis
first assistant editor

Derek Bain
supervising editor

Nigel Parkes
first assistant editor

Catherine Creed
assistant editor

Joanna Garrard
assistant editor

Adam Masters
assistant editor

Cherry Brewer
post-production coordinator

Bruce Everett
post-production

Tony Tromp
assistant editor

Hermione Byrt
assistant editor

Music Department

Mark Tucker
assistant music scoring engineer

David Snell
conductor

Neil Richardson
composer: additional music / dance band arrangement 

Fiachra Trench
composer: incidental music

Christopher Gunning
composer: theme music

Richard Hewson
composer: incidental music

Richard Newson
composer: incidental music

Transportation Department

Sean O'Connor
driver: David Suchet

David Grose
transportation captain

Other Crew

Pat Gavin
titles / title designer

John Beharrell
accounts / production accountant 

Nigel Gostelow
location manager / locations

Monica Rogers
production coordinator

Penelope Forrester
accounts / production accountant 

Scott Rowlatt
locations / location manager 

Sheila Wilson
script supervisor / continuity 

Sam Donovan
script supervisor / continuity 

Elton Farla
unit medic / medic 

Mike Littlejohn
production accountant

Patrick Smith
picture publicist / publicist

Clive Exton
script consultant

Maggie Lewty
script supervisor

Leila Kirkpatrick
production coordinator

Penelope Beharrell
accounts / accountant 

Gina Nocero
senior publicist: A&E / senior publicist: A & E

Richard Dobson
location manager / locations

Paul Shersby
locations / location manager

Jeremy Oldfield
location manager / locations

Peter A. Tullo
location manager

Tom Stourton
location manager

Sam Baker
assistant coordinator / production coordinator

Philip Morris
location manager

Jeremy Johns
location manager

Marissa Cowell
script supervisor

Caroline O'Reilly
script supervisor

Emily Chittell
production assistant

Lawrence Stevens
floor runner

Derek Wax
script executive

Paula Jack
dialect coach / dialect coach: Jaime Murray 

Gail Kennett
production executive

Sheila Price
production accountant

Beth Willis
script editor

Julie Burnell
production executive

Faiza Hosenie
production coordinator

Hannah Ireland
production secretary

Luke Morrison
press officer / publicist

Caroline Russell
production accountant

Joanna Sanders
assistant production accountant

Dennis Firminger
location manager

Josie Fulford
script supervisor

Patsy De Lord
coordinator / production coordinator

Pauline Hume
title designer

Nuala Alen-Buckley
production accountant

Diane Chittell
production coordinator

Simon Giles
title designer / titles

Phoebe Masters
assistant coordinator

Karen Thrussell
script editor

Thom Green
production runner

Rebecca Sutton
production coordinator

Ben Newman
script editor

Pat Arvaniti
production accountant: Greece

Jeff Bruce
assistant accountant

Nikos Doukas
location manager: Greece

Barbara Jenkins
continuity / production assistant

Jan Lovell
production coordinator

Janet Mullins
continuity / production assistant

Julie Belthoise
locations / locations: French Crew

Julia Richards
script supervisor

Sue Clegg
script supervisor

Joel Holmes
location manager / locations

Jeffrey Broom
accountant / production accountant

Jennifer Lambert
unit nurse

Dawn Mortimer
coordinator / production coordinator

Tracey Nicholls
production secretary / secretary

Kora McNulty-Klimov
coordinator / production coordinator

Mariette Masters
publicist

Natalie Cheary
publicist

Peter Hale
stand-in: David Suchet

Peter Mares
publicist

Rebecca Maybury
assistant accountant

Emily Perowne
floor runner

Simon Blakey
assistant script supervisor / production secretary

Sue Hills
script supervisor

Robin Pim
location manager

Chris White
location manager

Mark Albela
location manager

Daren Thomas
location runner

Production Company

Carnival Films
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London Weekend Television (LWT)
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Picture Partnership Productions
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Distributor

Independent Television (ITV)

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Mystery!

A&E Television Networks
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Canvas

Dutch FilmWorks (DFW)
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Eén

France 3 (FR 3)

France Regions 3 (FR3)

Memphis Belle
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Polyband

Télé Monté Carlo (TMC)

Viasat3

Special Effects

Computer Film Company, The (CFC)

Miscellaneous

British Concert Winds, The
brass band

Casting Collective
extras casting

Coach House Studios
Avid Unity suite

Grip House
grip equipment

Mayflower Studios
adr facilities

Samuelson Lighting
lighting equipment and generators

Twickenham Film Studios
studios






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