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The Worst Episodes of Agatha Christie's Poirot

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The Worst Episodes of Agatha Christie's Poirot

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...
  1. Background image for The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly
    6.9/10(2.2k 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. Background image for The King of Clubs
    7.0/10(1.9k 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. Background image for The Incredible Theft
    7.1/10(1.9k 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Murder in Mesopotamia
    7.1/10(23 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Background image for Four and Twenty Blackbirds
    7.2/10(2.1k votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Background image for The Adventure of the Cheap Flat
    7.2/10(18 votes)

    #6 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Double Clue
    7.2/10(20 votes)

    #7 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Cards on the Table
    7.2/10(18 votes)

    #8 - Cards on the Table

    S10:E2

    Hercule Poirot finds himself investigating the murder of his dinner host, Mr. Shaitana, who was stabbed in the heart while his guests played bridge.

    Director:Sarah Harding
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for The Big Four
    7.2/10(20 votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. Background image for Problem at Sea
    7.3/10(2.1k votes)

    #10 - 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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  12. Background image for The Lost Mine
    7.3/10(17 votes)

    #11 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for The Underdog
    7.3/10(1.5k votes)

    #12 - 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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  14. Background image for The Mystery of the Blue Train
    7.3/10(24 votes)

    #13 - The Mystery of the Blue Train

    S10:E1

    After traveling on the Blue Train from Calais to Nice, Hercule Poirot is pressed into service to help solve the murder of heiress Ruth Kettering who is found savagely beaten in her compartment.

    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Taken at the Flood
    7.3/10(19 votes)

    #14 - 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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  16. Background image for Murder in the Mews
    7.4/10(2.4k votes)

    #15 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Triangle at Rhodes
    7.4/10(2.3k votes)

    #16 - 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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  18. Background image for The Plymouth Express
    7.4/10(18 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for The Affair at the Victory Ball
    7.4/10(17 votes)

    #18 - 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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  20. Background image for The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman
    7.4/10(1.5k votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. Background image for The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
    7.4/10(22 votes)

    #20 - 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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  22. Background image for Appointment with Death
    7.4/10(21 votes)

    #21 - Appointment with Death

    S11:E4

    On holiday in Jerusalem, Poirot hears about an archaeological expedition to Syria led by the eccentric Lord Boynton and his son Leonard, who believe they are on the track of the head of St John the Baptist. Drawn to visit the dig, Poirot meets Boynton's dominating, fabulously rich, American-born second wife. However, events are overtaken by the discovery of Lady Boynton's dead body and revelations about her fortune.

    Director:Ashley Pearce
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
    7.5/10(1.5k votes)

    #22 - 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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  24. Background image for The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
    7.6/10(2.8k votes)

    #23 - The Adventure of the Clapham Cook

    S1:E1

    A Mrs Ernestine Todd, from Clapham, asks Poirot to help her find her cook, Eliza, who has disappeared. Poirot, who aims to accept only really significant cases, is at first insulted by such a trivial request. However, after he sees the contents of the missing cook's trunk, he decides the case could prove to be worthy of his talents.

    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for The Third Floor Flat
    7.6/10(2.2k votes)

    #24 - The Third Floor Flat

    S1:E5

    Poirot discovers a murder in his own block of flats, and goes on the trail of boisterous neighbours and strange nocturnal noises in the lift shaft.

    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for The Cornish Mystery
    7.6/10(17 votes)

    #25 - 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.

    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 2228 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".