I used to love to read Agatha Christie novels. I also love the TV show Poirot, based on her detective character.
That show lasted a long time.  It aired on ITV from 1983 to 2013
I didn't realize it ran that long - must have missed some episodes. He's such a funny little man - what a great imagination AC had!
David Suchet did a great job playing Hercule Poirot
He really did. He's actually English rather than Belgian, is he not?
Television Arts (BAFTA) nomination.
Early life and family.
Suchet was born in London, the son of Joan Patricia ("née" Jarché; 1916–1992), an actress, and Jack Suchet. Jack emigrated from South Africa to England in 1932, trained to be a doctor at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, in 1933, and became an obstetrician and gynaecologist.
Suchet's father was of Lithuanian Jewish descent, the son of Izidor Suchedowitz, originally from Kretinga in the Pale of Settlement
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Poirot (also known as Agatha Christie's Poirot) is a British mystery drama television series that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. David Suchet stars as the eponymous detective, Agatha Christie's fictional Hercule Poirot. Initially produced by LWT, the series was later produced by ITV Studios. The series also aired on VisionTV in Canada and on PBS and A&E in the United States.
The programme ran for 13 series and 70 episodes in total; each episode was adapted from