Stories: While the Light Lasts

Newlyweds, George and Deidre Crozier are travelling through Africa, and George suspects Deidre is thinking of her first husband, killed in that very country. From While the Light Lasts and The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories.

Stories: Yellow Iris

Poirot arrives at a party being held by a rich American, exactly one year since his wife Iris had been killed at a similar event. The only difference between now and then is the presence of Poirot – can he find her killer? From Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories and The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories.

Stories: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

An Eastern prince loses a ruby when his mistress walks away with it. From The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and Double Sin and Other Stories.

Stories: Within a Wall

Painter, Alan Everard, realises that his most brilliant work is not the portrait of his society girl wife, but rather a sketch of his daughter's godmother, the quiet and honest, Jane Haworth. From While the Light Lasts and The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories.

Stories: Wireless

Advised to avoid undue exertion, Elderly Mary Harter indulges in a new radio instead. It isn't long before she starts hearing her dead husband’s voice calling her over the broadcasts. From The Hound of Death and Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories.

Stories: Triangle at Rhodes

A love triangle ruins Poirot’s holiday and can only end in murder. From Murder in the Mews.

Stories: The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor

Elderly Mr Maltravers is found dead in a field, with his grieving wife claiming it has been natural causes. But as he recently took out life insurance, the company bring in Poirot to establish if it was suicide. From Poirot Investigates.

Stories: Three Blind Mice

Snowed in, the residents of a guest house find themselves trapped with a murderer. This story would later become the famous play, The Mousetrap.

Stories: The Third Floor Flat

When a body of a woman is discovered in the third floor flat of Friar Mansions, it is fortunate that Hercule Poirot lives in the same block and is on hand – but can he help? From Poirot's Early Cases and Three Blind Mice and Other Stories.

Stories: The Witness for the Prosecution

1920s London. A murder, brutal and bloodthirsty, has stained the plush carpets of a handsome London townhouse. The victim is the glamorous and enormously rich Emily French. All the evidence points to Leonard Vole, a young chancer to whom the heiress left her vast fortune and who ruthlessly took her life. At least, this is the story that Emily’s dedicated housekeeper Janet Mackenzie stands by in court. Leonard however, is adamant that his partner, the enigmatic chorus girl Romaine, can prove his innocence.