Agatha Christie's Poirot: Season 5

1993 · 8 episodes · ★ 7.7

What Season 5 of Agatha Christie's Poirot

Hercule Poirot, played by David Suchet, investigates crimes in the mid-to-late 1930s. He is accompanied by Captain Hastings, his closest friend, and Felicity Lemon, a highly efficient secretary. Each episode adapts a story by Agatha Christie and presents a different puzzle: an Egyptian tomb, a chemical factory, a pearl theft at a luxury hotel. The characters hide secrets and maintain alibis that seem perfect. Poirot must unravel these lies before the culprit escapes. The series airs on ITV.

8episodes

Jan 17, 1993premiered

Mar 7, 1993Latest episode

7 hrtotal runtime

Season 5 Episodes

5x01 The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
Jan 17, 1993 · 52 min · ★ 7.7
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.
Directing: Peter Barber-Fleming · Writing: Clive Exton · Starring: Rolf Saxon, Olivier Pierre, Jon Strickland, Bill Bailey
5x02 The Underdog
Jan 24, 1993 · 53 min · ★ 7.3
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?
Directing: John Bruce · Writing: Bill Craig · Starring: Ann Bell, Adie Allen, Denis Lill, Jonny Phillips
5x03 The Yellow Iris
Jan 31, 1993 · 52 min · ★ 8.0
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.
Directing: Peter Barber-Fleming · Writing: Anthony Horowitz · Starring: David Troughton, Dorian Healy, Geraldine Somerville, Yolanda Vazquez
5x04 The Case of the Missing Will
Feb 7, 1993 · 53 min · ★ 7.7
Poirot has to execute the final wishes of an old friend who has been killed.
Directing: John Bruce · Writing: Douglas Watkinson · Starring: Rowena Cooper, Beth Goddard, Richard Durden, Mark Kingston
5x05 The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman
Feb 14, 1993 · 52 min · ★ 7.6
Poirot is drawn into the underworld of London's Little Italy when Captain Hastings looks for a new car, but instead finds murder.
Directing: Brian Farnham · Writing: Clive Exton · Starring: Leonard Preston, Anna Mazzotti, David Neal, Vincent Riotta
5x06 The Chocolate Box
Feb 21, 1993 · 52 min · ★ 7.8
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.
Directing: Ken Grieve · Writing: Douglas Watkinson · Starring: Rosalie Crutchley, Anna Chancellor, David de Keyser, Jonathan Hackett
5x07 Dead Man's Mirror
Feb 28, 1993 · 52 min · ★ 7.7
When Poirot investigates the mysterious death of a despised art dealer, he finds that he has more than enough suspects from whom to choose.
Directing: Brian Farnham · Writing: Anthony Horowitz · Starring: Iain Cuthbertson, Emma Fielding, Fiona Walker, Zena Walker
5x08 Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan Season Finale
Mar 7, 1993 · 51 min · ★ 7.7
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'.
Directing: Andrew Grieve · Writing: Anthony Horowitz · Starring: Trevor Cooper, Sorcha Cusack, Karl Johnson, Elizabeth Rider