About this programme

3/4. Former nanny Lavinia Seagram is found soaked in blood and it is believed she had turned to drink and drugs to commit suicide. However, Poirot is soon on the scent of troubled heiress Norma Restarick, who had problems of her own - not least confessing to the possibility she has killed someone herself. Guest starring Jemima Rooper, Zoe Wanamaker and Peter Bowles, with David Suchet as the Belgian sleuth.

Cast and crew

Cast

Hercule Poirot: David Suchet
George: David Yelland
Norma Restarick: Jemima Rooper
Ariadne Oliver: Zoe Wanamaker
Claudia Reece-Holland: Clemency Burton-Hill
Frances Cary: Matilda Sturridge
David Baker: Tom Mison
Inspector Nelson: John Warnaby
Nanny Lavinia Seagram: Caroline O'Neill
Andrew Restarick: James Wilby
Sir Roderick Horsfield: Peter Bowles
Sonia: Lucy Liemann
Alf Renny: Tim Stern
Mary Restarick: Juliet Howland
Miss Battersby: Haydn Gwynne
Young Norma Resterick: Jade Longley
Bus ticket inspector: Simon Hill
Daphne the waitress: Tessa Bell-Briggs
Nurse: Ysobel Gonzalez
Policeman: Sean Kingsley

Crew

Director: Dan Reed
Executive Producer: Michele Buck
Executive Producer: Damien Timmer
Executive Producer: Rebecca Eaton
Executive Producer: Phil Clymer
Series Producer: Karen Thrussell
Writer: Peter Flannery

Categories: Drama

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