Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie´s most famous sleuth, has been one of the most popular literary figures to appear also on film and television screens. Many of these interpretations are good, but one is in a class of its own - quite frankly, there is no better Poirot than the one played by the British actor David Suchet.
Suchet took on the role of Poirot already in 1989 and soon became a television legend. In addition to Suchet´s performance in the leading role, there were of course many other reasons behind the success of this series - e.g. the meticulous attention to detail in the dramatisation and the outstanding supporting cast , with Hugh Fraser as Hastings, Philip Jackson as Japp and Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon.
When I recently acquired the BBC dramatisation of Anthony Trollope´s "The way we live now", I was expecting to think about Poirot when watching David Suchet in the leading role as the deceitful financier Augustus Melmotte. But it was not to happen. Suchet´s outstanding performance also in that role is a testimony to his greatness as an actor.
Both the complete collection of Poirot (which actually is not quite complete) and "The way we live now") are available e.g. from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Poirot-Agatha-Christies-Complete-Collection/dp/B000BAZDKG
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Way-We-Live-Now-DVD/dp/B000HA46QC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1290329801&sr=1-1
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