What channel is PBS?

I get mine from Direct TV (satellite) channel 15. I think Comcast Cable uses channel 2 and the new DTV is probably 15 as well.

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Some years ago the Biography Channel ran the Hercule Poirot series starring David Suchet and I captured as many as possible on DVDs. When I read the books, my mind's eye pictures him in that role. He has the walk (Poirot had a distinctive walk because of an old war injury) and he has perfected the vanity, he is the Poirot.

This is an episode I haven't seen. It seems that it was first aired in the UK in September of 2008.

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I find myself increasingly annoyed by BBC productions which muffle and slur speech to the point of incomprehensibility. The image has taken over completely and directors show contempt for the word, I feel.

The slick (post-modern?) editing of film in complex mysteries is a disaster. In the case of "Cat Among the Pigeons" the Christie's novel is far-fetched enough, but in its linear presentation, it remains interesting. In the Masterpiece TV production, the swift takes and rapid-fire shifts insure that the viewer has difficulty learning much of anything about individual characters. The great mystery is what is going on! An intricate plot requires fairly straight narrative, I believe. In the TV version, Poirot tries to explain what has happened in an excessively long diatribe. Rather than clever or slick, I find these techniques produce unnecessary obfuscation and prevent appreciation of the plot and the characters. I wonder if anyone else agrees.

as Suchet was for Poirot...

And, so, so far fetched. Only one car came to collect a young lady from the school. I lost count of the teachers who got murdered, but the school would have been cleared in real life after one murder.

Anyway, silly and entertaining.

Anyway, silly and entertaining.

Yes, but that is the charm of Agatha Christie, it's bubblegum for the mind.

I must admit this one was a disappointment. The episodes released in the late 1980s to mid 1990s were more appealing. Peril at End House, Death on the Nile, and Hercule Poirot's Christmas come to mind.

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Did anyone get the impression that Jane Marple was an unnecessary character in this version of the story? After all, there was the retired policeman, who seemed too young to be retired.
The Marple character comes off as a nosy woman who asks rude questions, very unlike Christie's Miss Marple. By the way Miss Marple does not appear in the novel, which is long on romance and short on detective work. Motives, characters, and incidents have also been changed.
When a writer scripts a novel for an hour and a half TV play, characters might be eliminated, not added, and the plot simplified, I think. That's what Christie did when she reworked her novels for the stage.
Joan Hickson, I believe, gave the most accurate, the best representation of Jane Marple.

Margaret Rutherford was my favorite Miss Marple although Agatha Christie herself was a little disappointed with her. I only saw bits and pieces of Murder is Easy. It's still on the hard drive but I'm not sure I'll bother to save it to a DVD.

I prefer the Hercule Poirot mysteries but my enthusiasm for these recent endeavors has been sort of tepid.

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David Sushet (Hercule Poirot) is the BEST actor for this role. Too bad he is finishing his legacy as Poirot this year with the final books (films).
i have all the collections and cant get enough of Poirot, whenever I feel tired from work or life in general i pop the dvd's and i go to another world with Poirot, very very very relaxing.

Again, I feel sad that Poirot' legacy has come to an end.

I read at the beginning of Curtain that, judging by Poirot's age in the Mysterious Affair at Styles, he dies at the age of 124.

Sorry for the spoiler but yes, even Poirot was mortal. I won't tell the other surprise.

David Suchet appeared recently as Jaggers in the 2011 production of Great Expectations on Masterpiece.

Loved the Poirot series.