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1. So Much for a Holiday

Whodunnits Hercule Poirot - Evil Under the Sun
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Holidaying at the English seaside, Hercule Poirot senses evil on Smugglers' Island. Agatha Christie whodunnit with John Moffatt

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot allows himself to be tempted by an English summer holiday at the seaside.

But he soon senses the presence of evil on Smugglers' Island...

Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot

From the book first published in 1941.

Dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell.

Hercule Poirot 鈥�. John Moffatt
Carrie Gardener 鈥�. Wendy Craig
Odell Gardener 鈥�. John Rowe
Miss Brewster 鈥�. Joan Littlewood
Rev Stephen Lane 鈥�. Iwan Thomas
Christine Redfern 鈥�. Susannah Corbett
Patrick Redfern 鈥�. Iain Glen
Arlena Stuart/Marshall 鈥�. Fiona Fullerton
Rosamund Darnley 鈥�. Sabina Franklyn
Linda Marshall 鈥�. Lindsey Fawcett
Captain Kenneth Marshall 鈥�. Robin Ellis
Horace Blatt 鈥�. John Hartley

Producer: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in April 1998.

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