![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She often tried to force him into retirement but was always persuaded by his many fans to bring him back. ![]() Kind, with a love of elegance and precision he was also so maddeningly vain that Christie herself once wrote in the Daily Mail in 1938: "Why, why, why did I ever invent this detestable, bombastic, tiresome little creature?". Allegedly inspired by some of the Belgian emigrés Christie met after the first world war, he is a brilliant, profoundly complicated character. "There are lots of reasons why it works, but when you combine a riveting story with the look of it – the wonderful nostalgic 1930s which is always visually brilliant – you get a good idea why they do so well."Īnd then there's Poirot himself. Poirot is the star of 33 novels and 54 short stories, including some of the best such as Murder on the Orient Express, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and Death on the Nile.Īnd the setting also helps, says Karen Thrussel, producer of Murder on the Orient Express. Her 80 detective novels have sold more than 2bn copies and been translated in more than 100 languages. But how can one explain its long-running TV success?Ĭlearly the stories and the character have something to do with it – Agatha Christie is not the world's bestselling author for nothing. This darker approach reflects the confidence of ITV1's leadership in a show which has lasted for 22 years, rates consistently highly and is sold to around 40 countries. ![]()
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