Published on
21/05/2026 - 12:39 GMT+2
When the phrase “the greatest detective in the world” is quoted from “The Mystery of the Blue Train”, discerning viewers will look back to ITV’s 13 series of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, starring David Suchet as the title character.
Over the course of 70 episodes, which ran from 1989 to 2013, the show helmers adapted every major literary work by Christie featuring Poirot, from novel to short story.
Several actors have played the Belgian gentleman sleuth over the years, from Peter Ustinov to Kenneth Branagh, but few can deny that the definitive portrayal was Suchet’s.
