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From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 1 Episode 3 - The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly
    6.9/10(2317 votes)

    #1 - The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly

    S1:E3

    Country squire Marcus Waverly calls on Poirot for help in dealing with kidnap threats against his son. Hastings is appalled by the thought of someone going around kidnapping children and it becomes a race against time to find the identity of the mystery letter writer.

    Director:Renny Rye
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 1 Episode 9 - The King of Clubs
    7.0/10(2002 votes)

    #2 - The King of Clubs

    S1:E9

    Lovely young actress Valerie St Clair, engaged to marry Prince Paul of Maurania, is the only witness to the murder of Henry Reedburn, a shady and overbearing producer. Prince Paul appeals to Poirot to save Valerie from police suspicion, and the great detective finds he has a conundrum to ponder on, 'When is a murder not a murder?'

    Director:Renny Rye
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 1 Episode 8 - The Incredible Theft
    7.1/10(1987 votes)

    #3 - The Incredible Theft

    S1:E8

    Lord Mayfield, an aircraft manufacturer, tries to trap a spy at his country house, but his plan goes terribly wrong. Lady Mayfield sends for Poirot, who tells a few home truths.

    Director:Edward Bennett
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 1 Episode 4 - Four and Twenty Blackbirds
    7.2/10(2200 votes)

    #4 - Four and Twenty Blackbirds

    S1:E4

    At a London restaurant where he often eats, Poirot notices that another regular customer has diverted from his usual meal. As old Anthony Gascoigne lies dying in Brighton, his estranged twin brother, Henry, falls to his death. A tragic accident, or murder? Poirot begins to see connections and decides the answer to the mystery lies in a blackberry pie.

    Director:Renny Rye
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 2 Episode 9 - The Adventure of the Western Star
    7.2/10(1679 votes)

    #5 - The Adventure of the Western Star

    S2:E9

    Marie Marvelle, a Belgian film star, receives threatening letters from a chinaman which demand her famous diamond, the Western Star. Marie visits her old friend Hercule Poirot in London, seeking his help, and Poirot tackles the case with relish.

    Director:Richard Spence
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 13 Episode 2 - The Big Four
    7.2/10(2288 votes)

    #6 - The Big Four

    S13:E2

    With the world on the brink of WWII, there is more political turmoil when it appears that the famous Peace Party is in fact a cover for the Big Four.

    Director:Peter Lydon
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 1 Episode 7 - Problem at Sea
    7.3/10(2140 votes)

    #7 - Problem at Sea

    S1:E7

    Poirot and Hastings are on board a ship steaming towards Alexandria. Poirot recovers from his usual sea-sickness to take an interest in some fellow passengers, especially the Clappertons. On arrival at Alexandria, Mrs Clapperton is found murdered in her cabin.

    Director:Renny Rye
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 2 Episode 3 - The Lost Mine
    7.3/10(1842 votes)

    #8 - The Lost Mine

    S2:E3

    Hastings and Poirot are playing Monopoly when they are interrupted by Lord Pearson, the elegant Chairman of the London and Shanghai Bank. The banker asks them to investigate the disappearance of a Mr Ling - a highly-valued customer who before he went missing had arranged to sell Lord Pearson a map showing the location of a long-lost silver mine. Ling is found murdered, a young stockbroker is implicated, and Poirot has to untangle a complicated plot.

    Director:Edward Bennett
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 3 Episode 7 - The Double Clue
    7.3/10(1716 votes)

    #9 - The Double Clue

    S3:E7

    Japp (who is really worried that failure could cost him his job) seeks Poirot's help in investigating a series of jewel thefts, and two remarkable things happen. Poirot falls in love (with the beautiful and clever Countess Vera Rossakoff) and he also meets a criminal intellect which he finds worthy of him. As the countess is his main suspect, Poirot spends most of his time with her - which for once leaves Hastings and Miss Lemon to do most of the actual detective work. In the end, this case may have to be put down as the one that got away.

    Director:Andrew Piddington
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 5 Episode 2 - The Underdog
    7.3/10(1570 votes)

    #10 - The Underdog

    S5:E2

    A wealthy industrialist is found dead in his study. Is his death related to a discovery made at his chemical factory? And is his wife all she seems?

    Director:John Bruce
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 7 Episode 1 - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
    7.3/10(2794 votes)

    #11 - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

    S7:E1

    Living quietly in the small village of King's Abbot, sleuth Hercule Poirot becomes involved in the murder of successful industrialist Roger Ackroyd. The number of potential killers is almost as great as the population of the village itself. As Poirot investigates he sees that there might be a connection to the suicide of a local woman, and the death the previous year of her husband.

    Director:Andrew Grieve
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 1 Episode 2 - Murder in the Mews
    7.4/10(2480 votes)

    #12 - Murder in the Mews

    S1:E2

    Within hours of the Bonfire Night fireworks beginning Poirot finds himself investigating a violent death in Hastings' mews garage.

    Director:Edward Bennett
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 1 Episode 6 - Triangle at Rhodes
    7.4/10(2358 votes)

    #13 - Triangle at Rhodes

    S1:E6

    Poirot is on holiday at the Palace Hotel, Rhodes, when an Englishwoman, Mrs Valentine Chantry, is poisoned. Poirot unravels several complicated relationships between those staying at the Palace Hotel.

    Director:Renny Rye
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 2 Episode 2 - The Veiled Lady
    7.4/10(1968 votes)

    #14 - The Veiled Lady

    S2:E2

    Poirot calls to see the veiled lady of the title (Lady Millicent Castle-Vaughn) at her London hotel. Lady Millicent is about to be married, but a mean blackmailer called Lavington has got hold of a love letter she wrote years before to another man. Lavington wants twenty thousand pounds, and Poirot makes up his mind to recover the letter himself, even if it means impersonating a Swiss locksmith.

    Director:Edward Bennett
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 2 Episode 7 - The Adventure of the Cheap Flat
    7.4/10(1782 votes)

    #15 - The Adventure of the Cheap Flat

    S2:E7

    A glamorous nightclub singer turned spy has stolen the US Navy's plans for a new submarine, and an FBI agent called Burt is in London to catch her. Burt dismisses Poirot as a gumshoe, and Poirot is likewise not impressed by the self-important G-man. Poirot is drawn into the case when it appears that the submarine plans will fall into the hands of the Fascist government in Italy unless they are recovered. When Poirot meets a young couple who've got an amazing bargain on a prime apartment, he sees a connection with the spy case.

    Director:Richard Spence
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 2 Episode 8 - The Kidnapped Prime Minister
    7.4/10(1753 votes)

    #16 - The Kidnapped Prime Minister

    S2:E8

    Poirot is called in when the British Prime Minister and his secretary are kidnapped in France on their way to a League of Nations conference - and he is given just a day and a half to solve the case.

    Director:Andrew Grieve
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 3 Episode 4 - The Plymouth Express
    7.4/10(1681 votes)

    #17 - The Plymouth Express

    S3:E4

    An Australian shipping tycoon wants Poirot to check out his daughter's suitors. Then the young lady takes a trip on the Plymouth Express, and Poirot finds himself investigating a jewel theft on the train.

    Director:Andrew Piddington
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 5 Episode 5 - The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman
    7.4/10(1565 votes)

    #18 - The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman

    S5:E5

    Poirot is drawn into the underworld of London's Little Italy when Captain Hastings looks for a new car, but instead finds murder.

    Director:Brian Farnham
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 8 Episode 2 - Murder in Mesopotamia
    7.4/10(2606 votes)

    #19 - Murder in Mesopotamia

    S8:E2

    While accompanying his friend Hastings to a dig in Iraq, Hercule Poirot becomes involved in the murder of an archaeologist's wife.

    Director:Tom Clegg
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 10 Episode 4 - Taken at the Flood
    7.4/10(2308 votes)

    #20 - Taken at the Flood

    S10:E4

    Hercule Poirot finds himself trying to solve the mystery of the Cloade family

    Director:Andy Wilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 2 Episode 4 - The Cornish Mystery
    7.5/10(1896 votes)

    #21 - The Cornish Mystery

    S2:E4

    Poirot travels to Cornwall, summoned by a Mrs Pengelley, who suspects her dentist husband is poisoning her because he's fallen in love with his young assistant. Unhappily, Poirot finds Mrs Pengelley dead on his arrival, so he sets out to catch her killer.

    Director:Edward Bennett
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 2 Episode 6 - Double Sin
    7.5/10(1843 votes)

    #22 - Double Sin

    S2:E6

    Poirot tells a surprised Hastings he's decided to retire and suggests they take a holiday in the Lake District. On the way, Hastings befriends a young woman who is missing a collection of valuable miniatures. The case involves a famous writer and a beautiful woman in a sports car, and to the relief of Hastings Poirot's thoughts of retirement soon seem far away.

    Director:Richard Spence
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 3 Episode 10 - The Affair at the Victory Ball
    7.5/10(1650 votes)

    #23 - The Affair at the Victory Ball

    S3:E10

    Poirot attends the Victory Ball, a costume party where you are expected to dress as someone famous, as himself. However, when two members of a party of six dressed as characters from classical Italian comedy are subsequently found dead, Poirot finds himself working with Chief Inspector Japp to solve the case. The solution to the deaths of Viscount Cronshaw and Coco Courtney is to be found in determining the correct time of death and identifying an impostor at the ball. Poirot takes to the airwaves and reveals the identity of the killer on a live BBC radio broadcast.

    Director:Renny Rye
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 3 Episode 11 - The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge
    7.5/10(1627 votes)

    #24 - The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge

    S3:E11

    Hercule Poirot accompanies his friend Captain Hastings on a weekend shooting party at the home of Harrington Pace, but he isn't having a very good time. He comes down with the flu and takes to his bed but when Pace is shot dead in his study, he rises to the occasion to assist Inspector Japp in solving the case.

    Director:Renny Rye
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 5 Episode 8 - Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
    7.5/10(1583 votes)

    #25 - Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan

    S5:E8

    Mrs. Opalsen's famous pearls are stolen and Poirot is happily on hand to investigate. A complex theft calls for a sophisticated solution. Unfortunately, Poirot is hindered everywhere he goes by being mistaken for 'Lucky Len'.

    Director:Andrew Grieve
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly" is the worst rated episode of "Agatha Christie's Poirot". It scored 6.9/10 based on 2317 votes. Directed by Renny Rye and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/22/1989. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The King of Clubs".