THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROID, staring,

David Suchet ...Hercule Poirot
Philip Jackson ...Chief Inspector Japp
Oliver Ford Davies ...Dr. Sheppard
Malcolm Terris ...Roger Ackroyd
Selina Cadell ...Caroline Sheppard
Daisy Beaumont ...Ursula Bourne
Flora Montgomery ...Flora Ackroyd
Nigel Cooke ...Geoffrey Raymond
Jamie Bamber ...Ralph Paton
Roger Frost ...Parker

Living quietly in the small village of King's Abbot, sleuth Hercule Poirot becomes involved in the murder of successful industrialist Roger Ackroyd. The number of potential killers is almost as great as the population of the village itself. As Poirot investigates he sees that there might be a connection to the suicide of a local woman, and the death the previous year of her husband.

LORD EDGWARE DIES, staring,

David Suchet ...Hercule Poirot
Hugh Fraser ...Hastings
Philip Jackson ...Chief Inspector Japp
Pauline Moran ...Miss Lemon
Helen Grace ...Jane Wilkinson
John Castle ...Lord Edgware
Fiona Allen ...Carlotta Adams
Dominic Guard ...Bryan Martin
Deborah Cornelius ...Penny Driver
Hannah Yelland ...Geraldine Marsh
Tim Steed ...Ronald Marsh
Lesley Nightingale ...Miss Carroll
Christopher Guard ...Alton
Iain Fraser ...Donald Ross
Tom Beard ...Duke of Merton

Lady Edgware, the well-known stage actress Jane Wilkinson, has a dilemma in that her husband has consistently refused to give her a divorce. She asks Hercule Poirot to visit the man to see if there is any possibility of convincing him. Lord Edgware is nothing short of nasty, treating all those around him very badly. When he is found dead, there is no great surprise, but there certainly are a good number of suspects. The police believe Lady Edgware to be the culprit, but she has a cast-iron alibi, having attended a private dinner over the time her husband was killed. There is also the man's nephew, who would inherit his fortune, and his personal assistant, whom he treated very badly; and then there is the family butler, who clearly has his own interests at heart.