
(There have been other memorable Poirots, notably Albert Finney in “Murder on the Orient Express” and Peter Ustinov in “Death on the Nile,” but most fans regard Suchet’s portrayal as the definitive Poirot.) “Agatha Christie: Poirot” is also popular in Brazil, Finland and Japan, among other countries, making Suchet, 67, an international star. Filming of the final five full-length features finished at the end of June one of them, “Elephants Can Remember,” has already aired on Britain’s ITV, with the rest to follow in the fall.Īmerican viewers will be able to watch the new episodes next year on PBS, where the show draws an audience of about 5 million, and a national rating about 80% higher than the public network’s prime-time average.

The climb has entailed 70 episodes, with dead bodies littered all over the world - mostly in England, but also on the Orient Express, a Nile steamer and a plane bound from Paris to London.
