Philip Jackson

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Big Four

With the world on the brink of WWII, there is more political turmoil when it appears that the famous Peace Party is in fact a cover for the Big Four.

Role: Assistant Commissioner Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Evil under the Sun

After collapsing with heart problems, Hercule Poirot visits a seaside health farm on Burgh Island. While there, the flirtatious heiress Arlena Stewart is found strangled on a secluded beach.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies

Lady Edgware has a dilemma in that her husband has consistently refused to give her a divorce. She asks Hercule Poirot to visit the man and see if there is any possibility of convincing him. When Lord Edgware is found dead, there is no great surprise, but there are a good number of suspects.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Living quietly in the small village of King's Abbot, sleuth Hercule Poirot becomes involved in the murder of successful industrialist Roger Ackroyd. The number of potential killers is almost as great as the population of the village itself. As Poirot investigates he sees that there might be a connection to the suicide of a local woman, and the death the previous year of her husband.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Hickory Dickory Dock

A string of thefts at a student hostel run by Miss Lemon's sister ends in death and Poirot has a number of plots and sub-plots to untangle. A certain mouse is the only witness to a string of murders.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Hercule Poirot's Christmas

Poirot's Christmas is interrupted by Simeon Lee, who believes his life is threatened. Simeon is soon killed and his diamonds stolen.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan

Mrs. Opalsen's famous pearls are stolen and Poirot is happily on hand to investigate. A complex theft calls for a sophisticated solution. Unfortunately, Poirot is hindered everywhere he goes by being mistaken for 'Lucky Len'.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Dead Man's Mirror

When Poirot investigates the mysterious death of a despised art dealer, he finds that he has more than enough suspects from whom to choose.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Chocolate Box

Poirot returns to Belgium for the first time since the Great War. There he revisits a twenty-year-old murder mystery that was never officially solved.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman

Poirot is drawn into the underworld of London's Little Italy when Captain Hastings looks for a new car, but instead finds murder.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Case of the Missing Will

Poirot has to execute the final wishes of an old friend who has been killed.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Yellow Iris

Friends and family gather at a dinner party to mark the second anniversary of a woman's death. Meanwhile, Poirot is caught up in a coup d'etat and arrested as a spy, which prevents him from solving a murder at a French restaurant owned by an Italian in Buenos Aires.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Underdog

A wealthy industrialist is found dead in his study. Is his death related to a discovery made at his chemical factory? And is his wife all she seems?

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb

An archaeologist dies of a heart attack shortly after opening an ancient Egyptian tomb, but his widow thinks there is dirty work at the crossroads and calls Poirot.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

Poirot believes his dentist was murdered and Japp thinks it was a suicide.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Death in the Clouds

On an airplane, flying from Paris to London, one of the passengers is killed by a poison dart while Poirot sleeps.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The A.B.C. Murders

Beside the bodies of three murder victims lies a copy of the ABC Railway Guide.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge

Hercule Poirot accompanies his friend Captain Hastings on a weekend shooting party at the home of Harrington Pace, but he isn't having a very good time. He comes down with the flu and takes to his bed but when Pace is shot dead in his study, he rises to the occasion to assist Inspector Japp in solving the case.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Affair at the Victory Ball

Poirot attends the Victory Ball, a costume party where you are expected to dress as someone famous, as himself. However, when two members of a party of six dressed as characters from classical Italian comedy are subsequently found dead, Poirot finds himself working with Chief Inspector Japp to solve the case. The solution to the deaths of Viscount Cronshaw and Coco Courtney is to be found in determining the correct time of death and identifying an impostor at the ball. Poirot takes to the airwaves and reveals the identity of the killer on a live BBC radio broadcast.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Theft of the Royal Ruby

Poirot prepares to spend a quiet Christmas on his own with a box of chocolates, but he has to give up his plans when the British government asks for his urgent help. Prince Farouk, a young member of the Egyptian royal family visiting London, has lost a famous ruby, and this is deemed to be a matter of national security.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Mystery of the Spanish Chest

Poirot is called in to help a woman who lives in fear of her husband, and he is invited to a dinner party which goes horribly wrong.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Double Clue

Japp (who is really worried that failure could cost him his job) seeks Poirot's help in investigating a series of jewel thefts, and two remarkable things happen. Poirot falls in love (with the beautiful and clever Countess Vera Rossakoff) and he also meets a criminal intellect which he finds worthy of him. As the countess is his main suspect, Poirot spends most of his time with her - which for once leaves Hastings and Miss Lemon to do most of the actual detective work. In the end, this case may have to be put down as the one that got away.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor

Poirot is summoned to Marsdon by the owner of a country inn there to solve a murder. But the inn-keeper is a would-be thriller writer, and to Poirot's dismay the murder turns out to be fictional. Thankfully, though, there is soon a real (if seemingly supernatural) murder at the big house. Things get even more interesting when a young wife claims that a tree in her garden is haunted by a laughing ghost, and there are also signs of black magic from East Africa. Poirot lays a clever ambush to smoke out the killer,confident that he or she will turn out to be human.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Wasps' Nest

Poirot visits a garden fete, where a wasps' nest adds to the tension. He meets the son of an old friend who has his girl-friend, a fashion model, with him, and Poirot soon suspects that they are both in danger. He has to solve a mystery which includes cyanide, failing brakes and mixed-up love lives. Meanwhile, Hastings has a new hobby which Poirot finds helpful in cracking the case.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Plymouth Express

An Australian shipping tycoon wants Poirot to check out his daughter's suitors. Then the young lady takes a trip on the Plymouth Express, and Poirot finds himself investigating a jewel theft on the train.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Million Dollar Bond Robbery

The London and Scottish Bank is sending a huge shipment of Liberty Bonds to New York on the liner Queen Mary. Poirot, who suffers terribly from sea-sickness, is asked to see the bonds safely across the Atlantic.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - How Does Your Garden Grow?

Suggestions of a Communist conspiracy cast suspicion on a murdered woman's Russian servant. Meanwhile, Poirot has a rose named after him, and a ceremony at the Chelsea Flower Show makes him the centre of attention. Hastings receives a packet of seeds and develops hay fever.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Recovering from the horrors of World War I, British Army officer Arthur Hastings hopes to find peace and quiet at a country manor in the English countryside. But when the matriarch dies during the night from strychnine poisoning, Hastings enlists the help of an old friend staying nearby with other war refugees to help solve the murder: former Belgian police detective Hercule Poirot.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Adventure of the Western Star

Marie Marvelle, a Belgian film star, receives threatening letters from a chinaman which demand her famous diamond, the Western Star. Marie visits her old friend Hercule Poirot in London, seeking his help, and Poirot tackles the case with relish.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Kidnapped Prime Minister

Poirot is called in when the British Prime Minister and his secretary are kidnapped in France on their way to a League of Nations conference - and he is given just a day and a half to solve the case.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Adventure of the Cheap Flat

A glamorous nightclub singer turned spy has stolen the US Navy's plans for a new submarine, and an FBI agent called Burt is in London to catch her. Burt dismisses Poirot as a gumshoe, and Poirot is likewise not impressed by the self-important G-man. Poirot is drawn into the case when it appears that the submarine plans will fall into the hands of the Fascist government in Italy unless they are recovered. When Poirot meets a young couple who've got an amazing bargain on a prime apartment, he sees a connection with the spy case.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Double Sin

Poirot tells a surprised Hastings he's decided to retire and suggests they take a holiday in the Lake District. On the way, Hastings befriends a young woman who is missing a collection of valuable miniatures. The case involves a famous writer and a beautiful woman in a sports car, and to the relief of Hastings Poirot's thoughts of retirement soon seem far away.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim

Matthew Davenheim, a rich banker, disappears on a walk from his country house to the village post office, and Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard is put onto the case. Poirot, who has developed an interest in conjuring tricks, bets Japp five pounds that he can solve the mystery without leaving his apartment.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Cornish Mystery

Poirot travels to Cornwall, summoned by a Mrs Pengelley, who suspects her dentist husband is poisoning her because he's fallen in love with his young assistant. Unhappily, Poirot finds Mrs Pengelley dead on his arrival, so he sets out to catch her killer.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Lost Mine

Hastings and Poirot are playing Monopoly when they are interrupted by Lord Pearson, the elegant Chairman of the London and Shanghai Bank. The banker asks them to investigate the disappearance of a Mr Ling - a highly-valued customer who before he went missing had arranged to sell Lord Pearson a map showing the location of a long-lost silver mine. Ling is found murdered, a young stockbroker is implicated, and Poirot has to untangle a complicated plot.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Veiled Lady

Poirot calls to see the veiled lady of the title (Lady Millicent Castle-Vaughn) at her London hotel. Lady Millicent is about to be married, but a mean blackmailer called Lavington has got hold of a love letter she wrote years before to another man. Lavington wants twenty thousand pounds, and Poirot makes up his mind to recover the letter himself, even if it means impersonating a Swiss locksmith.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Peril at End House

Poirot and Hastings take a holiday in Cornwall, looking for peace and quiet. They meet Miss Nick Buckley, who lives near their hotel at End House, and she tells Poirot she has had three near-fatal accidents in a few weeks. He then finds a bullet hole in her hat, returns with her to End House and is drawn into a complex murder investigation.....

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Dream

Millionaire business man Benedict Farley, a well known eccentric, consults Poirot about bad dreams he has been having. Mr. Farley has dreamed repeatedly of killing himself. Sadly, he does not follow Poirot's advice. When Farley is found dead, Poirot fails to believe that it is suicide and suspects a murder plot relying on hypnosis.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The King of Clubs

Lovely young actress Valerie St Clair, engaged to marry Prince Paul of Maurania, is the only witness to the murder of Henry Reedburn, a shady and overbearing producer. Prince Paul appeals to Poirot to save Valerie from police suspicion, and the great detective finds he has a conundrum to ponder on, 'When is a murder not a murder?'

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Incredible Theft

Lord Mayfield, an aircraft manufacturer, tries to trap a spy at his country house, but his plan goes terribly wrong. Lady Mayfield sends for Poirot, who tells a few home truths.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Problem at Sea

Poirot and Hastings are on board a ship steaming towards Alexandria. Poirot recovers from his usual sea-sickness to take an interest in some fellow passengers, especially the Clappertons. On arrival at Alexandria, Mrs Clapperton is found murdered in her cabin.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Triangle at Rhodes

Poirot is on holiday at the Palace Hotel, Rhodes, when an Englishwoman, Mrs Valentine Chantry, is poisoned. Poirot unravels several complicated relationships between those staying at the Palace Hotel.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Third Floor Flat

Poirot discovers a murder in his own block of flats, and goes on the trail of boisterous neighbours and strange nocturnal noises in the lift shaft.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Four and Twenty Blackbirds

At a London restaurant where he often eats, Poirot notices that another regular customer has diverted from his usual meal. As old Anthony Gascoigne lies dying in Brighton, his estranged twin brother, Henry, falls to his death. A tragic accident, or murder? Poirot begins to see connections and decides the answer to the mystery lies in a blackberry pie.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly

Country squire Marcus Waverly calls on Poirot for help in dealing with kidnap threats against his son. Hastings is appalled by the thought of someone going around kidnapping children and it becomes a race against time to find the identity of the mystery letter writer.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Murder in the Mews

Within hours of the Bonfire Night fireworks beginning Poirot finds himself investigating a violent death in Hastings' mews garage.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp

Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Adventure of the Clapham Cook

A Mrs Ernestine Todd, from Clapham, asks Poirot to help her find her cook, Eliza, who has disappeared. Poirot, who aims to accept only really significant cases, is at first insulted by such a trivial request. However, after he sees the contents of the missing cook's trunk, he decides the case could prove to be worthy of his talents.

Role: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp