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The murder of the Belgian detective's dentist sparks a chain of gruesome events. Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars John Moffatt.

The terrified Belgian detective pays a visit to his dentist. But he can hardly anticipate the gruesome events to follow ...

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

First published in 1940 and dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell.

Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Alfred ...... Tom George
Morley ...... Matthew Devereaux
Miss Sainsbury Seale ...... Joanna McCallum
Chief Inspector Japp ...... Philip Jackson
Georgina Morley ...... Caroline Wildi
Gladys Nevill ...... Sophie Arnold
Reilly ...... Stephen Tomkinson
Alistair Blunt ...... Philip Franks
Jane Olivera ...... Amanda Waring

Original music composed by Tom Smail

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 14 May 202401:30
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