Cast / crewWriter: Agatha ChristieDavid Suchet: Hercule PoirotHugh Fraser: Captain HastingsPauline Moran: Miss Felicity LemonWriter (Dramatisation): Clive ExtonLeonard Preston: Mr Edwin GravesAnna Mazzotti: Margherita FabbriDavid Neal: Bruno VizziniVincenzo Ricotta: Mario AscianoProducer: Brian EastmanDirector: Brian Farnham Poirot, Agatha Christie’s S05E05 Adventure of the Italian Nobleman, The (1993) Poirot is drawn into London’s gangland underworld following the [...]
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot S05E05 The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman (1993) – 8/10 period murder mystery TV review
Posted by Mister Slimm on May 19, 2012
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot S05E04 The Case of the Missing Will (1993) – 7/10 period murder mystery drama TV review
Cast / crewWriter: Agatha ChristieDavid Suchet: Hercule PoirotHugh Fraser: Captain HastingsPhilip Jackson: Chief Inspector JappPauline Moran: Miss Felicity LemonWriter (Dramatisation): Douglas WatkinsonBeth Goddard: Violet WilsonProducer: Brian EastmanDirector: John BruceExecutive Producer: Nick Elliott Poirot, Agatha Christie’s S05E04 Case of the Missing Will, The (1993) The day before he is due to make a new will leaving [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on May 9, 2012
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot S03E04 Wasps’ Nest (1991) – 7/10 period murder mystery drama TV review
Cast / crewWriter: Agatha ChristieDavid Suchet: Hercule PoirotHugh Fraser: Captain HastingsPhilip Jackson: Chief Inspector JappPauline Moran: Miss LemonWriter (Dramatisation): David RenwickMartin Turner: John HarrisonMelanie Jessop: Molly DeanePeter Capaldi: Claude LangtonProducer: Brian EastmanDirector: Brian FarnhamExecutive Producer: Nick Elliott Poirot, Agatha Christie’s S03E04 Wasps’ Nest (1991) Buzzing, crawling creatures are low on Poirot’s list of favourites things [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on February 11, 2012
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot S04E03,04 Death in the Clouds (1992) – 6/10 period murder mystery TV review
Cast / crewWriter: Agatha ChristieDavid Suchet: Hercule PoirotPhilip Jackson: Chief Inspector JappWriter (Dramatisation): William HumbleSarah Woodward: Jane GreyShaun Scott: Norman GaleCathryn Harrison: Lady HorburyDirector: 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 [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on February 2, 2012
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot S01E10 The Dream (1989) – 8/10 period murder mystery TV review
Cast / crewWriter: Agatha ChristieDavid Suchet: Hercule PoirotHugh Fraser: Captain Arthur HastingsPhilip Jackson: Chief Inspector JappPauline Moran: Miss Felicity LemonWriter (Dramatisation): Clive ExtonDirector: Edward Bennett Poirot, Agatha Christie’s S01E10 Dream, The (1989) Benedict Farley, a wealthy businessman (he makes pies), requests the wisdom of Poirot with regard to disturbing dream he keeps having where he [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on January 27, 2012
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot Hallowe’en Party (2010) – 6/10 period murder mystery TV review
Cast / crewDavid Suchet: Hercule PoirotWriter (Original Novel): Agatha ChristieWriter (Screenplay): Mark GatissAmelia Bullmore: Judith ButlerPaola Dionisotti: Mrs GoodbodyDeborah Findlay: Rowena DrakeIan Hallard: Edmund DrakeGeorgia King: Frances DrakePhyllida Law: Mrs Llewellyn-SmytheJulian Rhind-Tutt: Michael GarfieldEric Sykes: Mr FullertonSophie Thompson: Mrs ReynoldsPaul Thornley: Inspector RaglanTimothy West: Reverend CottrellFenella Woolgar: Miss WhittakerZoë Wanamaker: Ariadne OliverProducer: Karen ThrussellDirector: Charles [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on December 7, 2011
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot Three Act Tragedy (2009) – 5/10 period murder mystery TV review
Cast / crewDavid Suchet: Hercule PoirotWriter (Original Novel): Agatha ChristieWriter (Screenplay): Nick DearJane Asher: Lady MaryKate Ashfield: Miss WillsSuzanne Bertish: Miss MilrayAnna Carteret: Mrs BabbingtonAnastasia Hille: Cynthia DacresArt Malik: Sir Bartholomew StrangeTony Maudsley: Supt CrossfieldKimberley Nixon: EggRonan Vibert: Captain DacresTom Wisdom: Oliver MandersMartin Shaw: Sir Charles CartwrightProducer: Karen ThrussellDirector: Ashley Pearce Poirot, Agatha Christie’s Three [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on December 7, 2011
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot S01E09 The King of Clubs (1989) – 6/10 period murder mystery TV review
Cast / crewWriter: Agatha ChristieDavid Suchet: Hercule PoirotHugh Fraser: Arthur HastingsPhilip Jackson: Chief Inspector JappWriter (Dramatisation): Michael BakerScript Consultant: Clive ExtonNiamh Cusack: Valerie SaintclairProducer: Brian EastmanDirector: Renny RyeExecutive Producer: Nick ElliottExecutive Producer: Linda Agran Poirot, Agatha Christie’s S01E09 King of Clubs, The (1989) A much-disliked movie producer is found dead by his leading lady, Valerie [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on November 22, 2011
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot 2.05 The Cornish Mystery (1990) – 7/10 period murder mystery TV review
Cast / crew Writer: Agatha Christie David Suchet: Hercule Poirot Hugh Fraser: Captain Hastings Philip Jackson: Chief Inspector Japp Pauline Moran: Miss Lemon Writer (Dramatisation): Clive Exton Chloe Salaman: Fred Stanton John Bowler: Jacob Radnor Producer: Brian Eastman Director: Edward Bennett Executive Producer: Nick Elliott Poirot, Agatha Christie’s 2.05 Cornish Mystery, The (1990) Mrs. Alice [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on November 1, 2011
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot 3.05 The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor (1991) – 6/10 period murder mystery TV review
Cast / crew Writer: Agatha Christie David Suchet: Hercule Poirot Hugh Fraser: Captain Hastings Philip Jackson: Chief Inspector Japp Writer (Dramatisation): David Renwick Ian McCulloch: Jonathan Maltravers Geraldine Alexander: Susan Maltravers Producer: Brian Eastman Director: Renny Rye Executive Producer: Nick Elliott Poirot, Agatha Christie’s 3.05 Tragedy at Marsdon Manor, The (1991) Poirot is called by [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on October 24, 2011
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot S05E03 Yellow Iris (1993) – 7/10 period murder mystery TV review
Cast / crewWriter: Agatha ChristieDavid Suchet: Hercule PoirotHugh Fraser: Captain HastingsPauline Moran: Miss LemonWriter (Dramatisation): Anthony HorowitzDavid Troughton: Barton RussellDorian Healy: Anthony ChapellGeraldine Somerville: Pauline WetherbyYolanda Vasquez: LolaRobin McCaffrey: Iris Russell Poirot, Agatha Christie’s S05E03 Yellow Iris (1993) Poirot is perturbed when a restaurant called Le Jardin de Cygnes opens in London on the same [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on October 13, 2011
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Agatha Christie’s Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (2004) – 5/10 crime mystery anime review
Cast / crew Kaoru Yachigusa: Miss Marple Kotaro Satomi: Hercule Poirot Writer (Original Story) The Adventure of the Cheap Flat: Agatha Christie Great Detectives Poirot and Marple, Agatha Christie’s (2004) Maybelle is the great niece of Jane Marple, a resident of St. Mary Mead with a reputation for solving mysteries, especially criminal ones. Maybelle also [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on September 30, 2011
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Agatha Christie’s Murder at the Gallop (1963) – 6/10 murder mystery movie review
Cast / crew Executive Producer: Lawrence P. Bachmann Margaret Rutherford: Miss Marple Robert Morley: Hector Enderby Flora Robson: Miss Milchrest Charles Tingwell: Inspector Craddock Katya Douglas: Rosamund Shane Writer (Screenplay): James P. Cavanagh Writer (Original Novel) After the Funeral: Agatha Christie Producer: George H. Brown Director: George Pollock Murder at the Gallop, Agatha Christie’s (1963) [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on August 5, 2011
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Agatha Christie’s Murder She Said (1961) – 7/10 murder mystery movie review
Cast / crew Margaret Rutherford: Miss Marple Arthur Kennedy: Quimper Muriel Pavlow: Emma James Robertson Justice: Ackenthorpe Writer (Original Novel) 4:50 from Paddington: Agatha Christie Thorley Walters: Cedric Charles Tingwell: Craddock Writer (Adaptation): David Osborn Writer (Screenplay): David Pursall Writer (Screenplay): Jack Seddon Producer: George H. Brown Director: George Pollock Murder She Said, Agatha Christie’s [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on August 5, 2011
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The Janson Directive (2002, Conspiracy Thriller) – 7/10 book review
Cast / crew Writer: Robert Ludlum Janson Directive, The (2002) Paul Janson, a former Con-Ops legend and current high-level private security advisor, is requested by his former employers to retrieve munificent billionaire Peter Novak from the clutches of a Middle-Eastern country who plan to publicly execute him. Though reluctant to have anything to do with [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on May 27, 2010
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State of Fear (2004, Conspiracy Techno-Thriller Book) – 7/10 review
Writer: Michael Crichton State of Fear (2004) A wealthy environmental investor is killed when his Ferrari plunges off a cliff. With his funding up in the air, his lawyer finds himself at the centre of a ideological storm wherein his understanding of global warming will be irrevocably challenged. 7/10 Interesting global warming-themed thriller whose thought-provoking [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on September 7, 2009
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Decoding the Heavens (2008, Archaeology Epic Book) – 7/10 review
Author: Jo Marchant Decoding the Heavens (2008) "In 1900 a group of sponge divers blown off course in the Meditteranean discovered an Ancient Greek shipwreck dating from around 70 BC. Lying unnoticed for months amongst their hard-won haul was what appeared to be a formless lump of corroded rock. It turned out to be the [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on September 6, 2009
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The Teeth of the Tiger (2003, Book) – 7/10 review
Writer: Tom Clancy Teeth of the Tiger, The (2003) 7/10 A little less in the way of how-to-build-your-own submarine / nuclear bomb / capitalist economy (delete as appropriate) and more in the way of preparation for and execution of field work makes this entertaining skilful book simpler than some of Clancy’s other country-juggling Jack Ryan [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on July 4, 2009
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot S03E09 The Plymouth Express (1991) – 7/10 period murder mystery TV review
Cast / crewWriter: Agatha ChristieDavid Suchet: Hercule PoirotHugh Fraser: Captain HastingsPhilip Jackson: Chief Inspector JappPauline Moran: Miss LemonWriter (Dramatisation): Rod BeachamScript Consultant: Clive ExtonJohn Stone: HallidayKenneth Haigh: McKenzieJulian Wadham: Rupert CarringtonAlfredo Michelson: Comte de la RochefourMarion Bailey: Jane MasonShelagh McLeod: Florence CarringtonProducer: Brian EastmanDirector: Andrew PiddingtonExecutive Producer: Nick Elliott Poirot, Agatha Christie’s S03E09 Plymouth Express, [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on March 18, 2009
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot 11.03 The Third Girl (2008, TV) –6/10 review
Cast / crewDavid Suchet: Hercule PoirotWriter (Original Novel): Agatha ChristieWriter (Screenplay): Peter FlanneryPeter Bowles: Sir Roderick HorsfieldClemency Burton-Hill: Claudia Reece-HollandHaydn Gwynne: Miss BattersbyLucy Liemann: SoniaTom Mison: David BarkerCaroline O’Neill: Nanny Lavinia SeagramJemima Rooper: Norma RestarickMatilda Sturridge: Frances CaryTim Stern: Alf RennyJohn Warnaby: Inspector NelsonJames Wilby: Andrew RestarickDavid Yelland: GeorgeZoë Wanamaker: Ariadne OliverProducer: Karen ThrussellDirector: Dan [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on October 11, 2008
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A Question of Blood (2003, Book) – 7/10
Writer: Ian Rankin Question of Blood (2003) Three dead, including the ex-military gunman, and one injured is the horrific toll at a shooting at a private school. Rebus is requested to assist the investigation due to his own military and personal background but he’s having trouble with a pair of badly burned hands. He says [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on August 14, 2008
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The Cardinal of the Kremlin (1988, Book) – 6/10
Writer: Tom Clancy Cardinal of the Kremlin, The (1988) CIA’s top-placed source in the Kremlin, codenamed CARDINAL, informs America of a successful test firing of a new Star Wars anti-ballistic laser system. The CIA realise that the Russians are ahead of their own efforts in the field and attempt to use CARDINAL to help them [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on July 30, 2008
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Watchman (1988, Book) – 6/10
Writer: Ian Rankin Watchman (1988) MI5 Surveillance man Miles Flint, in yet another excuse not to go home after work, joins a watchman team trailing a suspected assassin. When the assassin gives them the slip and fulfils his contract against an Israeli guns supplier, Miles’ experience, and a knowing smile from the assassin, tells him [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on July 29, 2008
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Red Rabbit (2002, Book) – 7/10
Red Rabbit (2002) A thirty-two-year-old Jack Ryan joins the CIA full-time and is sent to England to work as an analyst. Meanwhile, Pope John Paul II’s proposed actions have lead to concern for the future of the Soviet Union and the Politburo will employ the KGB to take whatever means necessary to stop the Union [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on June 28, 2008
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Hard Frost mini book review – 9/10
Buy from Amazon.co.uk ★★★★★ ★★★★ Highly entertaining with a memorably cunning misdirection in the main child kidnapping case but the other cases swirling around are also infused with imagination and character. Jack Frost’s mind operates only on crime and his groin but his crudeness is skilfully balanced with his persistence and humanity. This book formed [...]
Posted by Mister Slimm on July 30, 2007
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