Tied to the fifth London Weekend Television series featuring the Agatha Christie detective, Hercule Poirot, this book examines the author's literary success and how she created Poirot. It also describes how the television series is made, including details of locations, props and period. The actor David Suchet talks about his role as Poirot, and there are interviews with and profiles of his co-stars. A chronology of all episodes of the LWT series is included, with synopses of the plots, and lists of the cast and crew, and there is a review of the nine actors who have previously portrayed Poirot in films and on television.