Philip Jackson, and Pauline
Moran returned for four new
period crime dramas from
Carnival Films, first show in
the winter of 1995/96. Known
in America as A Holiday For
Murder, the festive adventure
was published in 1938. BBC
Radio 4 dramatised the case in
2005, with Peter Sallis as Poirot.
Hickory Dickory Dock was issued
in 1955 (Hickory Dickory Death
in the US). Murder on the Links,
Christie's third novel, appeared
in 1923 and was also adapted for radio in 1980, starring John Moffat as the Belgian. Dumb Witness
(issued in 1937) was based on The Incident of the Dog's Bell, a lost
short story only released in 2009 - a radio version was broadcast in
2006. A repeat run of the feature-length mysteries began on ITV3
today - they featured a total of seventeen Doctor Who cast and crew
connections:
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (UK TX: New Year's Day 1995)
- Eric Carte (George here; Mackenzie in And Then There Were None, 2015) voiced Arak Varren for Big Finish's The Robots of Life (2019)
- Andrée Bernard (Magdalene) was Dolly Bailey in The Shakespeare Code, then voiced Ellen Green for Blue Forgotten Planet (2009), Erisi for The Entropy Composition, Lorelei for Paradise 5 (both 2010), Joanna Slade for The Feast of Axos (2011), Dr. Paignton for The Red House, Susie/Sylvie for Stage Fright, Tethneka/Carter/Thing for Terror of the Sontarans (all 2015), Lulu Hammerstein for Silent Scream, and Mary Sissinghurst for The Carrionite Curse (both 2017)
- Vernon [Alexandre] Dobtcheff (Lee here; Concierge in Murder on the Orient Express, 1974) was the [Chief] Scientist in The War Games, then voiced Dadda Desaka for The Cradle of the Snake (2010), Sibelius Crow for The Necropolis Express, Shamur for The Children of Seth (both 2011), Heinrich Schuman for Threshold (2012), and Jorenzo Zorn for The Genesis Chamber (2016)
- Sasha Behar (Pilar) was Sister Spurrina in The Fires of Pompeii, and voiced Presidential Aide for Songs of Love, Tessno/Ladonne for Stop the Clock (2017), Admiral Eno for The Lifeboat and the Deathboat (2019), Talarn/Bullet/Thayla for Dust Devil, and Diana Hendry for The Seas of Titan (both 2022)
- Christopher Webber (Steward) voiced Harding Wellman for Winter for the Adept (2000)
- for George Little see Series 1
- Jonathan Firth (Chapman here; Drake in Sparkling Cyanide; Robarts in Witness for the Prosecution, 2021) voiced John for The Doomwood Curse (2008), Cadwallader for Harvest of the Sycorax (2016), and the Duke of Cardenas for Kingdom of Lies (2018)
- Granville Saxton (Casterman here; Dr. Burton in The House of Lurking Death) voiced the Duke of Wellington for The Curse of Davros (2012)
- Rachel [born Linda] Bell (Mrs. Nicoletis here; Jennifer in A Pocketful of Rye, 1985) was Priscilla P in The Happiness Patrol
- Alec Linstead (Pharmacist) was Sergeant [Tom] Osgood in The Daemons, Arnold Jellicoe in Robot, and Arthur Stengos in Revelation of the Daleks
- Brian McDermott (Inspector here; Metcalf/Trotter in The Mousetrap, 1962/1976) was Sheard in Time Flight
- Polly Kemp (Patricia) voiced Duchess Callys Flambo/Brummagem Betty/Golp for Dining With Death (2019)
- Howard Lee (Golfer) was Dr. Gachet in The Pandorica Opens
- Sean Clayton was also assistant director of Dalek and Father's Day
- Patrick [Geoffrey] Ryecart (Charles here; Morgan in The Labours of Hercules) was Dr. Crozier in Mindwarp
- Jonathan Newth (Grainger here; Hailsham-Brown in Spider's Web, 1982; Stavansson in The Case of the Missing Lady) was Orfe in Underworld
- Paul Herzberg (Jacob) voiced Dr. Suleiman Zorn for Shadow of the Sun (2020), and Betterment for The Mindless Ones (2022)
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