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Agatha Christie's Poirot: Season 1

10 episodes Premiered Jan 8, 1989 Updated Jul 18, 2026
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Season 1 Episodes

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S1·E1 Mytharc

The Adventure of the Clapham Cook

Jan 8, 1989 · 52 min

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 insulte

S1·E2 Core

Murder in the Mews

Jan 15, 1989 · 52 min

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

S1·E3 Core

The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly

Jan 22, 1989 · 52 min

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 childr

S1·E4 Core

Four and Twenty Blackbirds

Jan 29, 1989 · 52 min

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 estr

S1·E5 Core

The Third Floor Flat

Feb 5, 1989 · 50 min

A new tenant two floors below Poirot's flat asks to meet the woman living above her. Bored, Poirot joins Hastings at a murder-mystery play, only to find Patricia Matthews, her room

S1·E6 Core

Triangle at Rhodes

Feb 12, 1989 · 53 min

On holiday in Rhodes, Poirot observes glamorous divorcée Valentine flirting with a married man while vacationing with her fifth husband. The man's wife confides in Poirot as tensio

S1·E7 Core

Problem at Sea

Feb 19, 1989 · 53 min

Aboard a cruise, Poirot and Hastings observe controlling Mrs. Clapperton and her put-upon husband, a former music-hall performer. When most passengers go ashore, two young women co

S1·E8 Core

The Incredible Theft

Feb 26, 1989 · 51 min

Industrialist Lord Mayfield hosts an Air Marshal at his estate to review classified aircraft designs. Among the guests are an unscrupulous widow and an MP who's brought Poirot alon

S1·E9 Mytharc

The King of Clubs

Mar 12, 1989 · 48 min

Hastings and Poirot visit a film set where an overbearing studio boss bullies the cast and humiliates an aging actor he later fires. That night the boss is found dead at home from

S1·E10 Mytharc

The Dream

Mar 19, 1989 · 51 min

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,

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