Agatha Christie's Poirot: Season 2

What Season 2 of Agatha Christie's Poirot

Season 2 Episodes

1. 

   2x01 Peril at End House

   Jan 7, 1990 · 107 min · ★ 7.7

   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.....

   Directing: Renny Rye · Writing: Clive Exton · Starring: Polly Walker, Jeremy Young, Mary Cunningham, Paul Geoffrey

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   2x02 The Veiled Lady

   Jan 14, 1990 · 50 min · ★ 7.8

   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.

   Directed by: Edward Bennett · Written by: Clive Exton · Starring: Frances Barber, Terence Harvey, Carole Hayman, Tony Stephens

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   2x03 The Lost Mine

   Jan 21, 1990 · 53 min · ★ 7.2

   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.

   Directed by: Edward Bennett · Written by: Michael Baker, David Renwick · Starring: Anthony Bate, Colin Stinton, Barbara Barnes, James Saxon

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   2x04 The Cornish Mystery

   Jan 28, 1990 · 49 min · ★ 7.7

   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.

   Directed by: Edward Bennett · Written by: Clive Exton · Starring: Chloe Salaman, John Bowler, Jerome Willis, Amanda Walker

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   2x05 The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim

   Feb 4, 1990 · 53 min · ★ 7.9

   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.

   Directing: Andrew Grieve · Writing: David Renwick · Starring: Mel Martin, Kenneth Colley, Tony Mathews, Fiona McArthur

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   2x06 Double Sin

   Feb 11, 1990 · 52 min · ★ 7.7

   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.

   Directed by: Richard Spence · Written by: Clive Exton

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   2x07 The Adventure of the Cheap Flat

   Feb 18, 1990 · 52 min · ★ 7.4

   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.

   Directing: Richard Spence · Writing: Russell Murray · Starring: Samantha Bond, William Hootkins, John Michie, Jemma Churchill

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   2x08 The Kidnapped Prime Minister

   Feb 25, 1990 · 53 min · ★ 7.7

   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.

   Directed by: Andrew Grieve · Written by: Clive Exton

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   2x09 The Adventure of the Western Star Season Finale

   Mar 4, 1990 · 52 min · ★ 7.6

   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.

   Directed by: Richard Spence · Written by: Clive Exton · Starring: Bill Thomas, Caroline Goodall, Rosalind Bennett

Season 2 Cast

David SuchetHercule Poirot9 episodes

Pauline MoranMiss Lemon9 episodes

Hugh FraserCaptain Arthur Hastings9 episodes

Philip JacksonChief Inspector James Harold Japp9 episodes

Polly WalkerMagdala 'Nick' BuckleyEpisode 1

Jeremy YoungBert CroftEpisode 1

Mary CunninghamEllenEpisode 1

Paul GeoffreyJim LazarusEpisode 1

Alison SterlingFreddie RiceEpisode 1

Christopher BainesCharles VyseEpisode 1

Carol MacReadyMilly CroftEpisode 1

Elizabeth DownesMaggie BuckleyEpisode 1

Godfrey JamesInspectorEpisode 1

Frances BarberLady MillicentEpisode 1

Terence HarveyLavingtonEpisode 1

Carole HaymanMrs. GodberEpisode 1

Tony StephensSergeantEpisode 1

Lloyd McGuireMuseum GuardEpisode 1

Anthony BateLord PearsonEpisode 1

Colin StintonCharles LesterEpisode 1

Barbara BarnesMrs LesterEpisode 1

James SaxonReggie DyerEpisode 1

Vincent WongChinamanEpisode 1

Richard AlbrechtLobby ClerkEpisode 1

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