Agatha Christie's Poirot S04E03,04 Death in the Clouds (1992) - 6/10 period murder mystery TV review

Cast / crew Writer: Agatha Christie David Suchet: Hercule Poirot Philip Jackson: Chief Inspector Japp Writer (Dramatisation): William Humble Sarah Woodward: Jane Grey Shaun Scott: Norman Gale Cathryn Harrison: Lady Horbury Director: Stephen Whittaker

Poirot, Agatha Christie’s S04E0304 Death in the Clouds (1992) Poirot’s professional pride is somewhat deflated when a murder is committed just a few feet from him. His excuse: he was flying on a plane and he was sleeping. Even when awake, however, his only real clue from the scene seems to be a wasp buzzing around the cabin. 6/10 "Well, well. Seems you can’t even fly on an aeroplane now without someone getting murdered." This is fine and reasonably crisp for a two-parter but the significance of the wasp is never made clear, the two coffee spoons isn’t revealed until much later than it should and the whole murder mystery aspect feels very thin indeed with almost no gathering of information taking place. Surprising, then, that it holds together as well as it does. This Poirot, Agatha Christie’s episode contains extreme and extremely graphic murder and dismemberment of a wasp (yay!), poisoning violence. Classified PG by BBFC. Parental Guidance. Links Agatha Christie Screened by Slimm

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