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Elephants Can Remember 25, 266, 272–3
Elizabeth II, Queen 116, 203, 278
Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 118, 203
Elliott, Nick 72, 127, 150, 179
Elyot, Kevin 3, 206, 207, 214, 271
Eve, Alice 224
Evil Under the Sun 193–5, 252
Executive Decision 175–6, 180–1
Exton, Clive 47, 53, 77, 91, 94, 128, 131, 132, 159, 160, 185, 186, 187, 189, 192–3
fans and fan mail 71, 124–6, 165, 173, 210–11, 268–9
Farnham, Brian 111–12
Farrell, Nicholas 223
Fassbender, Michael 225
Field, Sid 157–8, 165–6, 256
Findlay, Deborah 256
Finney, Albert 17, 18, 34, 106, 252
Five Little Pigs 206–7, 208, 209, 219–20
Flannery, Peter 244
The Flood 235–6
Florin Court, Charterhouse Square 60–1
Forman, Milos 183, 191
Forsyth, Brigit 47
Four and Twenty Blackbirds 59
Fox, Edward 213, 221
Fox, James 216
Fraser, Hugh 48–9, 50, 58, 271
see also Hastings, Captain
Freeman, Paul 246
Freud, Sigmund 3, 13
Funerals Are Fatal 224
Gateway Theatre, Chester 14
Gatiss, Mark 243, 246, 256, 275
George (manservant) 231, 233, 250–1
Get Carman 201
giant pandas 236–7
Gielgud, John 17
Glen, Iain 272
Gold, Jack 145
Gore-Langton, Robert 220
Gould, Elliott 223, 224
Granada International 221
Granada Television 204
Gray, Elspet 85
Great Expectations 268
Greenaway 136, 280, 281, 283–4, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289
Grieve, Andrew 86, 87, 111, 115, 128, 142, 161, 162, 163
Guinness, Alec 68, 109, 187
Gulf War, first 202
Gunning, Christopher 47, 95, 204
Gwynne, Haydn 244
Haigh, Kenneth 111
Hale, Peter 5, 287
Hall, Peter 156, 183, 184, 190
Hallard, Ian 275
Hallowe’en Party 256
Hamilton, Guy 194
Hannah, John 246
Harcourt, Stewart 253, 254, 259
Harding, Sarah 231
Hardwicke, Edward 212–13
Harry and the Hendersons 15, 42
Hart, Moss 229
Hastings, Captain 26, 27, 52, 127
The ABC Murders 129
The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly 58
The Adventure of the Clapham Cook 46, 47, 48
The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb 138
The Adventure of the Western Star 86
The Affair at the Victory Ball 118
The Big Four 275
The Cornish Mystery 84
Curtain 2, 4–5, 8, 9
Curtain: Poirot’s Final Case 271
The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim 87
Double Sin 85
Evil Under the Sun 194
How Does Your Garden Grow? 110
The Kidnapped Prime Minister 88
Lagonda car 49, 58
Lord Edgware Dies 189
The Lost Mine 83
The Million Dollar Bond Robbery 110–11
Murder in Mesopotamia 192
Murder on the Links 163, 164
The Mysterious Affair at Styles 92, 94, 95, 97, 99
The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge 119
Peril at End House 65, 77
The Third Floor Flat 61
The Underdog 139
The Veiled Lady 83
Wasps’ Nest 112
Hello! magazine 72
Henry VIII 253
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas 157, 159–60, 173
Hershey, Barbara 262
Hickory, Dickory, Dock 160–2, 173
Hicks, Anthony 39–40, 287
Hicks, Rosalind 39–40, 126–7, 204, 207, 222, 242, 259, 287
Hodge, Patricia 276
Hoggart, Paul 219–20
The Hollow 212–14, 216, 221, 231
Hollywood 175–6, 180–1, 202–3
Holm, Ian 18
Hopkins, John 42
Horowitz, Anthony 115, 118, 139, 144, 162, 163, 189, 194
Horsley, John 160
How Does Your Garden Grow? 110
Howard, Alan 65
Howse, Christopher 200
Hughes, Dusty 121
Humble, William 130, 157
Hutton, Tim 15
Imperial Hotel, Torquay 76, 136, 149–50
Imrie, Celia 233
The In-Laws 202–3
The Incredible Theft 63–4
International Emmy Award 239–40
International Film and Television Festival awards 106
ITV 17, 41, 47, 71, 72, 96, 103, 148, 173, 174, 182, 185, 204, 206, 219, 222, 240, 249, 252, 267, 269
Jackson, Mick 202
Jackson, Philip 50–1, 58, 160
see also Japp, Chief Inspector
James, Gemma 206
James, Geraldine 179–80, 224–5, 227
Japan 191, 192
Japp, Chief Inspector 52, 127
The Adventure of the Cheap Flat 85
The Adventure of the Clapham Cook 47, 51
The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly 58
The Big Four 275
The Chocolate Box 141
The Cornish Mystery 84
David Suchet plays 16, 189
The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim 87
Double Clue 113
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas 160
Hickory, Dickory, Dock 162
Lord Edgware Dies 189
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 185, 187
The Mysterious Affair at Styles 37, 100
The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge 119
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe 132
Peril at End House 77
The Veiled Lady 83
Jarrow march 162
Jennings, Alex 232
Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan 143–4
John Paul I, Pope 239
Jones, David 239
Jones, Toby 261
Kaufman, George S. 229
Keaton, Michael 202
Kent, James 243
The Kidnapped Prime Minister 86–9
King Lear 22–3
The King of Clubs 64–5
Kingsley, Ben 13
Kingston, Jeremy 158
The Kreutzer Sonata 13, 16
Kroll, Jack 147
La Bête Humaine 166–7
La Frenais, Ian 239
The Labours of Hercules 276–8
The Lady’s Not for Burning 14
Lake District 49, 164–5
Lang, Belinda 48
Langton, Simon 214
Lark Rise narrow boat 133, 135
The Last Confession 239, 240
Laughton, Charles 188
Lawrence, Josie 61
Laye, Evelyn 134
Le Prevost, Nicholas 233
Lean, David 213
The Lemesurier Inheritance 284
Lemon, Miss 51–2, 127
The Adventure of the Clapham Cook 47
The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb 138
The Big Four 275
Hickory, Dickory, Dock 60–1
The Labours of Hercules 276
Lord Edgware Dies 189
Peril at End House 79
The Third Floor Flat 61
The Underdog 139
Leroux, Gaston 163
Lesser, Anton 243
Lewin, David 68
Lewis, Damian 161
Lindbergh kidnapping case 260
Lithgow, John 15
‘little grey cells’ 11, 19, 52, 80, 89, 99, 225, 285
Live from Baghdad 202
Lloyd-Pack, Rog
er 223
locked room mysteries 143, 193, 261
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) 14, 136
London Weekend Television 50, 62, 63, 65, 69, 72, 73, 81–2, 83, 91, 95, 101, 108, 121, 127, 144, 148, 149, 151, 157, 159, 174, 182
Long Day’s Journey into Night 268, 269
Lord Edgware Dies 188–90, 231
Los Angeles 175–6
The Lost Mine 82, 83
The Lucona Affair 145, 148
Lumet, Sidney 52, 252
McAvoy, James 198
McDonagh, Philomena 225
Macdonald, Hettie 2, 3, 4, 5–6, 7, 8, 223, 270
McEnery, John 114–15
Macfadyen, Matthew 200
McGann, Paul 209
McGovern, Elizabeth 246, 251
Mackenzie, Compton 260–1
McKeon, Stephen 224
Macy, William H. 147, 155
Malahide, Patrick 122, 206
Mallowan, Max 188, 192, 215, 228, 245, 260, 280, 283
Mamet, David 146, 147, 153, 156
see also Oleanna
Man and Boy 231
Marché International des Films et des Programmes Pour la Télévision (MIP) 221, 273–4
Margolies, Dany 79
Markham, Kika 113, 277
Marshall, Andrew 110, 118
Martin, Philip 259, 261
Mason, James 195
Massey, Anna 253
Maxwell 237–8, 239, 240
Maxwell, Elizabeth 199, 238
Maxwell, Robert 198–9, 200, 237–8
Measure for Measure 253
The Merchant of Venice 13
Miles, Sarah 213, 221
Miller, Arthur 267
The Million Dollar Bond Robbery 110–11
Mirren, Helen 22
Miss Marple stories 187, 206
Moggach, Deborah 179
Mollien, Elsa 272
Molloy, Dearbhla 182
Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh 69–70
Moore, David 209
Moran, Pauline 51–2
see also Lemon, Miss
Morley, Robert 128
Morrissey, David 261–2
Morse, Inspector 22, 65, 192
Morton, Michael 187
Mosley, Oswald 131
Moss Bros 14–15
Mostel, Zero 128
Mountbatten, Lord Louis 187
The Mousetrap 160, 188, 240
Mrs McGinty’s Dead 240, 241–2, 245, 249, 250
Murder by the Book 18
Murder for Christmas 159
Murder in Mesopotamia 192–3, 195
Murder in Mind: Teacher 198
Murder in Retrospect 207
Murder in the Calais Coach 260
Murder in the Cathedral 246
Murder in the Mews 58–9, 143
Murder in Three Acts 254
Murder Most Foul 241
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 185–8, 189
Murder on the Links 162–4, 173
Murder on the Orient Express 17, 34, 233, 252, 254, 258–63, 265, 266
Murphy, Cillian 200
The Mysterious Affair at Styles 12, 20, 27, 37, 73, 91–2, 93, 94–101, 127, 141, 265
The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge 119
The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest 114
The Mystery of the Blue Train 5, 222–4, 270
The Mystery of the Spanish Chest 114–15
narrow boat holidays 133, 135
National Youth Theatre 13
NCS: Manhunt 197–8, 206, 225
Neele, Nancy 223
Nero, Franco 145
Nichols, Mike 176
Nixon, Kimberley 255
Nunn, Trevor 106, 107
O’Connor, John J. 146
O’Connor, Sean 5, 42–4, 52–3, 118, 208, 227, 240, 272, 286
The Offence 42
Oleanna 146–9, 150–1, 153–6, 158, 172, 173, 174, 242
Oliver, Ariadne 228–9, 240–1, 244, 256, 272, 278–9, 286
Olivier, Laurence 36, 157, 213
Once in a Lifetime 107, 229, 235
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe 131–3
O’Neill, Eugene 268
Oppenheimer 213
Orient Express 188, 193, 260
see also Murder on the Orient Express
Othello 13
padding 34–5, 208
Palmer, Charlie 253, 256
Palmer, Geoffrey 253
Paltrow, Gwyneth 180, 181
Pasco, Richard 107
Paterson, Peter 200, 219, 220
Pavlow, Muriel 164
Pearce, Ashley 241, 245
Pearson, Mrs 26
Penn, Sean 15
Penry-Jones, Rupert 209
A Perfect Murder 180, 181
Peril at End House 72, 73, 75–7, 79–80, 81, 103, 126, 127
period sets and props 52, 61, 63–4, 81, 91–2, 127, 130, 162
Perry, Fred 131
Perry, Jimmy 157
Philips, Sian 242
Phillips, Maurice 227
Pidgeon, Rebecca 147
Pinter, Harold 146–7, 148–9, 150, 151, 153
Pirie, David 210
The Plymouth Express 111
Poirot, Hercule
appearance 28, 99
baldness 38
Catholicism 232, 255, 262, 263
clothes 32, 33, 35, 45–6
death 1–9, 11
early life and career 26, 92, 141–2
effect on women viewers 104, 124–5
habits and character 23–4, 25, 33
ability to laugh at himself 48, 52
dislike of air and sea travel 24, 75–6, 88, 110, 130
dislike of dental treatment 132
dislike of the countryside 58, 187
eccentricity 78, 99
egotism and vanity 81, 99
excellent listener 78
fears about retirement 82
humanity 48, 50, 52, 70, 78, 79, 81, 86, 104, 126, 186
loneliness, inherent 163, 216, 225, 285
love of disguises 82
money worries 82
moral compass and dilemmas 232, 246, 255, 257–8, 259, 261, 262–3, 285, 288
order and method, love of 24, 27–8, 32, 38, 60, 77, 81, 97, 104
passion for cooking 86
politeness 50
relations with women 52, 60, 62, 70, 114, 141–2, 225
religious convictions 50, 232–3, 246, 255
theatricality 59–60, 226, 227
last case see Curtain
‘little grey cells’ 11, 19, 52, 80, 89, 99, 225, 285
moustache 24, 33–4, 208
outsider status 32, 90
public affection for 70, 71, 101, 169–72, 173, 210, 211, 212, 237, 250, 269
smile 35
‘twinkle’ 38, 115
voice 26, 28, 31–2
walk 35–7, 98
Poirot Investigates 83, 88, 119, 138, 140, 141
Poirot’s Casebook 18
Poirot’s Early Cases 110
poisonings 84, 93, 96, 100, 101, 110, 140, 207
Porter, Nyree Dawn 15
Poster, Kim 183, 184–5
Powell, Aude 146, 148, 150, 151
Prichard, Mathew 207, 287, 289
Problem at Sea 62–3
production
budgets 50, 83, 207, 266
critical reception 68, 69–70, 103–4, 105, 106, 148, 173, 219–20, 221, 250
period sets and props 52, 61, 63–4, 81, 91–2, 127, 130, 162
viewing figures 73, 105, 173, 174
The Professionals 255
The Protectors 15, 63
Quick, Diana 209
Quill, Greg 106
Randall, Tony 128
Rashomon 57
Rathbone, Basil 48
Redgrave, Vanessa 145
Reed, Dan 244
Reeves, Saskia 166
Regalian Properties 61
Regan, Vincent 272
The Regatta Mystery
114, 139
Renwick, David 87
‘repertory actor syndrome’ 81
Rhind-Tutt, Julia 256
Rhys, Paul 242
Rich, Frank 147
Richard II 137
Richardson, Joely 65
Richardson, Maurice 253, 271, 278
Ridley, Arnold 80
Rigg, Diana 176, 178
Rodin, Auguste 131
Rohmer, Sax 275
Rooper, Jemima 244–5, 250, 267
Rossakoff, Countess 62, 113–14, 193, 275, 277
Royal Shakespeare Company 13, 15, 106–7, 123, 137, 176, 181, 213, 229
Russell, Kurt 175
Rutherford, Margaret 241
Rye, Renny 57–8, 77, 112
Sad Cypress 209–10, 214, 219, 220
Saturday, Sunday, Monday 182
Saunders, Peter 240
Sayers, Dorothy L. 261
Scofield, Paul 22–3, 107, 183
Seagal, Steven 175
The Second Gong 143
The Secret Agent 121–2, 127, 146
Seesaw 179–80, 225
Separation 43, 71, 107, 166
sexual politics 154
Shaffer, Anthony 194
Shaffer, Peter 183, 184, 190, 195
see also Amadeus
Sharpe, Tom 15
Shaw, Martin 255
Sheen, Michael 184, 190, 191
Sherlock Holmes stories 22, 27, 48, 51, 78, 113, 119, 275
Sissons, Andrew 5
Smith, Maggie 195
Snubby the terrier 164–5
Song for Europe 15
Soul, David 216
Spacey, Kevin 251
Spencer, Charles 156, 178, 184
Stephens, Toby 206, 209
Stirling, Rachael 206
Storm, Jonathan 106
Suchet, David
acting awards and nominations 178, 191, 239–40, 267
ambition to play in every Poirot story 191, 222, 284
associate producer role 207–9
becoming Poirot 29, 31–8, 60, 185–6, 284
CBE award 203
character actor 20–2, 29, 68, 82, 108
clock collector 230–1
collapses during filming 137–8
compiles dossier of Poirot’s characteristics 23–4, 25, 33
determination to play Poirot as written by Agatha Christie 53–4, 70, 261, 263, 266
at drama school 14, 136
early career 14, 15
Elmdene, Pinner home 39, 41, 73, 240
family background 15–16, 199, 217
films first Poirot story 44–6
films last Poirot story 278–90
in Hollywood 175–6, 180–1, 202–3
humanising Poirot 77, 78, 81, 86, 99
learning lines 52–4, 59, 227
love of sport 104–5
lunches at Buckingham Palace 116–17
and mother’s death 135–7, 144
OBE award 202, 203
offered Poirot role 15–19
outsider status 32, 90
parallels between Poirot and 27–8, 32, 38, 60, 75, 81, 82, 89, 90, 104, 231
photographic hobby 143, 246
plays Inspector Japp 16, 189
protective of Poirot 32, 54, 55, 98, 208
RSC actor 15, 106–9, 123, 137
schoolboy actor 13