With a victim brutally murdered and a fabulous gem stolen, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot starts to “arrange the facts”.

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars Maurice Denham.

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Hercule Poirot …. Maurice Denham
Katherine Grey …. Janet Maw
Rufus Van Aldin …. Robert Beatty
Derek Kettering …. Anthony Smee
Major Knighton …. Michael Deacon
Lady Tamplin …. Gwen Cherrell
Lenox …. Moir Leslie
Mason …. Pauline Letts
Chubby …. Jonathan Owen
Mr Goby …. Brian Smith
Monsieur Carrege …. Gordon Reid
Servant …. David Learner

Director: David Johnston.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1986. Show less