Mrs Mcginty's Dead [Hercule Poirot]

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01Death Sentence2006030320120130 (BBC7)
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A senior Police Officer is not convinced of the guilt of a young man sentenced to hang for the savage murder of an elderly woman.

So he seeks the help of his old friend and colleague, a certain celebrated but rather bored Belgian detective - Hercule Poirot.

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.

From the novel published in 1952 and dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell.

Maureen Summerhayes - Molly Gaisford

Major Summerhayes - Ian Masters

Maud Williams - Beth Chalmers

Mrs Burch - Connie Walker

Mrs Sweetiman - Jillie Meers

Mr Scuttle - Geoffrey Beevers

James Bentley - Tom George

With a man due to hang, Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot probes a savage murder.

Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.

With a man due to hang, Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot probes a savage murder. Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars John Moffatt.

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The Belgian sleuth is convinced that the brutal murder of an elderly woman is connected to a lurid article in a Sunday newspaper...

Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Ariadne Oliver - Julia MacKenzie

Mrs Wetherby - Rosalind Knight

Deirdre Henderson - Teresa Gallagher

Mrs Upward - Jill Balcon

Robin Upward - Nick Waring

Eve Carpenter - Angela Sims

Guy Carpenter - Dominic Colchester

Dr Rendell - Gerard McDermott

Poirot believes a woman's brutal murder is linked to a lurid newspaper article.

Poirot believes a woman's brutal murder is linked to a lurid newspaper article. Stars John Moffatt and Julia McKenzie.

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In the respectable village of Broadhinny, the Belgian sleuth has established several possible suspects of appropriate ages, as the murderer of the elderly woman...

Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Ariadne Oliver - Julia MacKenzie

Mrs Upward - Jill Balcon

Robin Upward - Nick Waring

Eve Carpenter - Angela Sims

Deirdre Henderson - Teresa Gallagher

Maureen Summerhayes - Molly Gaisford

Mrs Rendell - Susannah Corbett

Mrs Sweetiman - Jillie Meers

In the respectable village of Broadhinny, Hercule Poirot has several murder suspects.

In the respectable village of Broadhinny, Hercule Poirot has several murder suspects. Stars John Moffatt and Julia McKenzie.

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The Belgian sleuth is very excited because someone has tried to kill him - so he knows he's on the right track.

However, there is somebody else for whose life he particularly fears...

Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Ariadne Oliver - Julia MacKenzie

Robin Upward - Nick Waring

Mrs Upward - Jill Balcon

Mrs Rendell - Susannah Corbett

Deirdre Henderson - Teresa Gallagher

Maud Williams - Beth Chalmers

Maureen Summerhayes - Molly Gaisford

Michael - Kim Wall

Events take a dramatic turn and the range of suspects narrows down.

Events take a dramatic turn in Broadhinny and the range of suspects narrows down. Stars John Moffatt and Julia McKenzie.

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The chaos of Long Meadows provides Hercule Poirot with his final clue to unveiling the pitiless murderer.

But there's also another surprise in store for the Belgian detective...

Conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring John Moffatt.

Ariadne Oliver - Julia MacKenzie

Robin Upward - Nick Waring

Maud Williams - Beth Chalmers

Maureen Summerhayes - Molly Gaisford

Major Summerhayes - Ian Masters

Eve Carpenter - Angela Sims

Guy Carpenter - Dominic Colchester

Mrs Rendell - Susannah Corbett

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Poirot concludes his investigation but there's more than one surprise in store.

Conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunnit starring John Moffatt.

Poirot concludes his investigation but there's more than one surprise in store. Stars John Moffatt and Julia McKenzie.