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Hercule Poirot is baffled, as a ship search sparks a grisly discovery. Stars John Moffatt, Donald Sinden and Stratford Johns.

A grisly discovery leaves the Belgian sleuth baffled.

But the main murder suspect couldn't possibly have committed the crime?

Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Colonel Race …. Donald Sinden
Mrs Allerton …. Rosemary Leach
Pennington …. Stratford Johns
Linnet Ridgeway …. Elaine Pyke
Simon Doyle …. Robert Daws
Tim Allerton …. Nicholas Boulton
Jacqueline de Bellefort …. Amanda Barton-Chapple
Mrs Otterbourne …. Shirley Dixon
Rosalie Otterbourne …. Emma Woodvine
Richetti …. Ioan Meredith
Joanna Southwood …. Joanna Monro
Monsieur Blondin …. Sean Baker
Rockford …. Ed Bishop
Ferguson …. Robert Portal
Steward …. Christopher Scott
Stewardess …. Janet Maw
Thomas Cook Agent …. Timothy Alcock
Waiter …. Chris Pavlo

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1997.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 8 Nov 202401:00
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