David Suchet reprised his definitive port-rayal of Hercule Poirot, whilst Hugh Fraser (as Captain Hastings), Philip Jackson (DI Japp), and Pauline Moran (Miss Lemon)
also returned for nine new period crime
dramas, which first aired in the winter
of 1990.
Four serials were based on short stories
from Poirot Investigates (published in
1924), four derived from Poirot's Early Cases (1974), and the first mystery was
based on Christie's seventh Poirot novel
(1932).
A repeat run of season two continued on
ITV3 today - it featured a total of thirty-
five Doctor Who cast/crew connections:
- Jeremy Young (Croft) was Kal in 100,000 BC, and Gordon Lowery in Mission to the Unknown
- Polly [Alexandra] Walker (Magdala here; Bess in At Bertram's Hotel) voiced Commander Narina for Big Finish's The Movellan Grave (2017)
- Alison Sterling (Freddie) had an unspecified role in The Natural History of Fear, and voiced Tarrith Koth for The Twilight Kingdom (both 2004)
- Jenny Funnell (Andrews here; Mitzi in A Murder is Announced, 1999; Elsie in The Moving Finger, 2001; Sally in Dead Man's Folly, 2007) voiced Veronica Buchman for Wirrn Isle (2012), and Reaver for The King of Sontar (2014)
- Godfrey James (Inspector) was Tarn in Underworld
- cinematographer Peter Bartlett was a camera operator on The Abominable Snowmen
- for Jamie Harcourt see Series 1
- Frances Barber (Millicent here; Lizzie in A Murder is Announced; Merlina in The Clocks) was Madame Kovarian throughout the Series six story arc, a role reprised for The Diary of River Song 3 (2018)
- Lloyd McGuire (Guard) was Lugo in The Face of Evil, and voiced Lieutenant Tendexter for The Architects of History (2010)
- Colin Stinton (Lester) was President Arthur Winters in The Sound of Drums
- [William] James Saxon [born Smyth] (Dyer) was Oscar Botcherby in The Two Doctors
- Vincent Wong [born Vivian Warren Chen] (Chinaman) was Ho in The Talons of Weng-Chiang, the Chinese Delegate in Day of the Daleks, and Captain in Enlightenment
- Hi Ching (Feng) made his TV debut as an uncredited Gaztak in Meglos
- Ozzie Yue (Manager) was a Foreman in The Angels Take Manhattan
- Lee Richards (Policewoman) was the Buxom Romana in Destiny of the Daleks
- Jerome [Barry] Willis (Pengelley) was [Jocelyn] Stevens (pictured) in The Green Death
- Derek Benfield (Adams) voiced Dr. John Hallam for Catch 1782 (2005)
- Richard Braine (Assistant) voiced Percy Closed for The English Way of Death (2015), and Professor Linus Woolf for Entanglement (2018)
- Kenneth Colley (Davenheim) voiced Cristophe Zarodnix for Sisters of the Flame and The Vengeance of Morbius (2008)
- Richard [Henry] Beale (Merritt) voiced a Refusian for The Ark, and Broadcaster for The Macra Terror, then appeared as Bat Masterson in The Gunfighters, and Minister in The Green Death
- Elspet [Jean MacGregor] Gray (Elizabeth here; Mrs. Carslake in In a Glass Darkly) was Chancellor Thalia in Arc of Infinity, and voiced Hera for Immortal Beloved (2007)
- Gerard [James Pertwee] Horan (Flagg here; DS Fletcher in A Murder is Announced) was Clark/Father of Mine in Human Nature and The Family of Blood
- Michael J Shannon (Baker Wood) voiced Prosecutor Uglosi for Nevermore (2010), and Dr. Hugo Macht for The Shield of Jotunn (2015)
- Samantha [Jane] Bond (Stella here; Julia for A Murder is Announced; Sylvia in Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, Narrator of Agatha Christie's England) was Miss Wormwood in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane and Enemy of the Bane, and voiced Mother Baroque for The Scapegoat (2009)
- Jemma [Mary] Churchill (Elsie) voiced Lady Forleon for Creatures of Beauty (2003), Salfira Valtris/Dr. Maria Backhouse for Breaking Bubbles, Praska for Signs and Wonders (both 2014), Farla Janz/ Inscape for The Genesis Chamber, Captain Papas for The Sontarans (both 2016), Carmen Scheffler for The Crash of the UK -201 (2018), and Louisha Deltarto/Executive for Kaldor Nights (2022), then appeared in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, and Village of the Angels
- Peter [Norman Bulmer] Howell (Paul here; Serrocold in They Do It With Mirrors; Coroner in The Mysterious Affair at Styles) was the Investigator in The Mutants
- Nigel Whitmey (Valdarno) was Simmons in Dalek
- Patrick [Lindesay Archibald] Godfrey (Estair here; Schuster in Nemesis) was Tor in The Savages, and Major Cosworth in The Mind of Evil
- Timothy Block (Norman) was Tanner in Black Orchid
- Struan Rodger (Van Braks here; voice of Ferdinand in Sleeping Murder; Merlin in Philomel Cottage; George in Love From a Stranger) provided the voice of the Face of Boe in New Earth and Gridlock, then was Clayton in The Woman Who Lived, and voiced the Kasaavin in Spyfall
- Ian [Gordon Arthur] Collier (Sergeant) was Stuart Hyde in The Time Monster, Omega in Arc of Infinity and Omega (2003), and voiced Commissar Erco Sallis for Excelis Decays (2002), and Isaac Summerfield for Death and the Daleks (2004)
- Bruce Montague (Hoffberg here; Delahaye in Spider's Web) voiced Elgin for The Genocide Machine (2000), and Grash for Sword of Orion (2001)
- [Philip] Stephen Hancock (Mullings) voiced the First Mate for Here There Be Monsters (2008)
- Oliver Cotton (Rolf) voiced Sir Gideon Vale/the Handler for 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), and Major Callahan/Vilal Captian /Crook for Quicksilver (2017)
- Jill Goldston (Seller here; Waitress in The Double Clue; Maid in One, Two, Buckle My Shoe; Patron in The Chocolate Box) was a Masquer in The Masque of Mandragora (4), Citizen in The Sun Makers, Trog in Underworld (4), Peasant in State of Decay (1), and Extra in The Keeper of Traken (1)
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