Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple — Season 1
About this season
Young Mabel West is the daughter of mystery writer Raymond West, who wants her to lead a normal life. Rebelling against this, Mabel wants to be a great detective, and sets out for London to become assistant to none other than Hercule Poirot, the great Belgian detective who resides there. She finally wins the reluctant approval of her father, and embarks on an exciting life of mystery and suspense - his only demand being that she occasionally spend some time with her great-aunt, Jane Marple, in the small village of St. Mary Mead.
Episodes (39)
1. The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
Aired 4 July 2004 • 25 min
Mabel West, holidaying with her father in Brighton, meets Poirot and Hastings and becomes involved in a case.
2. The Riddle of the Cheap Flat
Aired 18 July 2004 • 25 min
Mabel West leaves boarding school to go to London where she offers to work for Poirot. At first Poirot refuses but then Mabel stumbles on a puzzle which interests him.
3. Strange Will
Aired 25 July 2004 • 25 min
Mabel West is visiting her great aunt Miss Marple. A young couple arrives to seek Miss Marple's help in finding some buried treasure which they believe their late Uncle Matthew bequeathed to them.
4. The Perfect Maid
Aired 1 August 2004 • 25 min
Mabel West visits her great aunt Miss Marple. At St. Mary Mead, Mabel meets Gladys, a friend of hers who has just been dismissed from her job. Mabel persuades Miss Marple to help.
5. The Case of the ABC Murders, Part 1: Poirot Receives a Letter of Challenge
Aired 8 August 2004 • 25 min
6. The Case of the ABC Murders, Part 2: A Town and a Name Beginning with 'B'
Aired 15 August 2004 • 25 min
7. The Case of the ABC Murders, Part 3: The Culprit Appears
Aired 22 August 2004 • 25 min
8. The Case of the ABC Murders, Part 4: Poirot Solves the Riddle
Aired 29 August 2004 • 25 min
9. The Disappearance of the Prime Minister, Part 1: Pursuit in the Dover Strait
Aired 5 September 2004 • 25 min
Lord Estair, the Home Secretary asks Poirot to help find the prime minister who has been kidnapped. However he is not used to Poirot's methods.
10. The Disappearance of the Prime Minister, Part 2: The Truth is in England
Aired 12 September 2004 • 25 min
11. The Mystery of the Egyptian Tomb, Part 1: A Challenge from the Past
Aired 19 September 2004 • 25 min
Sir John Willard, a noted archaeologist dies while excavating an Egyptian tomb. Lady Willard is worried because her son, Sir Guy Willard intends to carry on his father's work, regardless of the risks. She confides in Poirot that she is worried about the talk on the ground that a curse is at work at the site. Poirot agrees to protect her son.
12. The Mystery of the Egyptian Tomb, Part 2: The Curse of Pharaoh Men-her-Ra
Aired 26 September 2004 • 25 min
13. Tape-Measure Murder
Aired 3 October 2004 • 25 min
Mabel West gets involved in another murder investigation while visiting her great aunt Miss Marple at St. Mary Mead. A woman is found dead but her husband does not seem to be very upset. Naturally the suspicion falls on him.
14. Crime of the Gold Ingots
Aired 10 October 2004 • 25 min
While watching Mabel participate in a treasure hunt, Miss Marple tells her about a mystery her father was involved in many years ago.
15. The Blue Geranium
Aired 17 October 2004 • 25 min
Miss Marple and Mabel West are asked to help solve the mystery of the death of Mrs Mary Pritchard.
16. The Mystery of End House, Part 1: The Night of the Party
Aired 14 November 2004 • 25 min
Poirot, Hastings and Mabel are at St. Loo enjoying a hotel that was a reward for solving a burglary. There they meet Nick Buckley who says she has had several narrow escapes in the past few days.
17. The Mystery of End House, Part 2: Concealed Love
Aired 21 November 2004 • 25 min
18. The Mystery of End House, Part 3: Perfect Evidence
Aired 28 November 2004 • 25 min
19. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, Part 1: A Commission from a Prince
Aired 5 December 2004 • 25 min
Poirot is asked to help recover a ruby for a foreign prince.
20. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, Part 2: The Royal Family's Ruby
Aired 12 December 2004 • 25 min
21. 4:50 from Paddington, Part 1: The Train a Murderer Rides
Aired 9 January 2005 • 25 min
Elspeth McGillicuddy, a friend of Miss Marple, witnesses a murder on a passing train while on her way to visit St Mary Mead. The police stop investigating when they cannot find the body. Mabel persuades Miss Marple to send her on a dangerous undercover mission to find out the truth.
22. 4:50 from Paddington, Part 2: The Gathering Darkness
Aired 16 January 2005 • 25 min
23. 4:50 from Paddington, Part 3: A Simple Motive
Aired 23 January 2005 • 25 min
24. 4:50 from Paddington, Part 4: Marple vs. the Culprit
Aired 30 January 2005 • 25 min
25. The Plymouth Express, Part 1: A Body in a Carriage
Aired 6 February 2005 • 25 min
Poirot, Hastings and Mabel investigate the murder of a woman whose body was found on the Plymouth Express.
26. The Plymouth Express, Part 2: The Blue Dress
Aired 13 February 2005 • 25 min
27. Motive v. Opportunity
Aired 20 February 2005 • 25 min
A visiting lawyer, Mr Petherick, tells Miss Marple an Mabel West about a strange case where a will was changed but those who had the opportunity to do so did not have the motive while those who had a motive did not have the opportunity.
28. The Disappearing Cook, Part 1: A Forced Commission
Aired 27 February 2005 • 25 min
Poirot, Hastings and Mabel are asked to find a cook who has disappeared.
29. The Disappearing Cook, Part 2: The Secret in the Trunk
Aired 6 March 2005 • 25 min
30. Sleeping Murder, Part 1: Sleeping Murder
Aired 13 March 2005 • 25 min
31. Sleeping Murder, Part 2: The Door to One's Memory
Aired 20 March 2005 • 25 min
32. Sleeping Murder, Part 3: What Helen Loved
Aired 27 March 2005 • 25 min
33. Sleeping Murder, Part 4: The Evil, Stretched Out Hand
Aired 3 April 2005 • 25 min
34. Four and Twenty Blackbirds
Aired 10 April 2005 • 25 min
Poirot becomes interested in a regular diner at a restaurant turns up on a day he does not habitually come and who then orders something he does not habitually eat.
35. The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim
Aired 17 April 2005 • 25 min
The well known banker Mr Davenheim has disappeared. Sharpe challenges Poirot to solve the mystery within one week without leaving his apartment.
36. Death in the Clouds, Part 1: The Flying Locked Room
Aired 24 April 2005 • 25 min
37. Death in the Clouds, Part 2: Madame Giselle of Paris
Aired 1 May 2005 • 25 min
38. Death in the Clouds, Part 3: The Threat to Lady Horbury
Aired 8 May 2005 • 25 min
39. Death in the Clouds, Part 4: The Heir to the Vast Inheritance
Aired 15 May 2005 • 25 min