I am really enjoying Poirot on Prime on Saturday evenings (except when the rugby is on). (Do they have the best programming but the worst reception?) It is a perfect excuse to stay at home on a winter’s night next to the heater and watch the exquisite costumes, architecture and sets of this series.
Yes it is very formulaic; the characters are introduced, there is a murder, everyone is a suspect in the vague set of clues, Poirot needs some answers and when he gets them “everything falls into place”. Then all the characters are assembled and the case is solved. Sometimes they confess, sometimes they run. Formulaic yes but Kitchen Nightmares is pretty formulaic and not as pretty to watch!
In Poirot news – two unpublished short stories have been put together through modern detective work http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jun/05/two-unpublished-poirot-stories-found
And this slightly disturbing story about a copycat murderer in Iran
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/21/iran-agatha-christie-serial-kiler
Yes it is very formulaic; the characters are introduced, there is a murder, everyone is a suspect in the vague set of clues, Poirot needs some answers and when he gets them “everything falls into place”. Then all the characters are assembled and the case is solved. Sometimes they confess, sometimes they run. Formulaic yes but Kitchen Nightmares is pretty formulaic and not as pretty to watch!
In Poirot news – two unpublished short stories have been put together through modern detective work http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jun/05/two-unpublished-poirot-stories-found
And this slightly disturbing story about a copycat murderer in Iran
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/21/iran-agatha-christie-serial-kiler
