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Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet

Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet
★ 8.0/10•2025•47m•TV-G•Documentary
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In Travels with Agatha with Sir David Suchet, the actor will replicate Poirot author Christie’s journey, which spanned former British Empire territories Canada, Hawaii, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia as part of a trade mission. Each episode will feature one of the five countries.

StatusReturning Series
Runtime47m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMar 8, 2025

Episodes

Episode 1 - South AfricaE147m

South Africa

Sir David Suchet recreates Agatha Christie’s 1922 journey to Southern Africa, visiting vineyards, diamond mines and the epic Victoria Falls. He learns how this inspired Agatha’s novel "The Man in the Brown Suit" and confronts the complex legacy of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes.

Mar 8, 2025

Episode 2 - AustraliaE247m

Australia

Sir David Suchet follows Agatha Christie to Australia, recreating her 1922 journey to Tasmania and Melbourne. He sees how Agatha’s fame spread with the publication of The Secret Adversary, and visits the jam factory, power station and vast homestead that she visited a century ago.

Mar 8, 2025

Episode 3 - New ZealandE347m

New Zealand

Agatha Christie’s 1922 Empire tour takes Sir David Suchet to New Zealand where he explores woollen mills and gold mines and is guided by Maori around geothermal hot springs. Sir David learns how travel fostered Agatha’s growing independence, and why his beloved Poirot hates the sea.

Mar 8, 2025

Episode 4 - HawaiiE447m

Hawaii

Sir David Suchet follows Agatha Christie to Hawaii, where she holidayed in 1922. He delves into her passion for surfing and asks how travel informed her novels. He also looks beyond the clichés to reveal the real Hawaii, meeting beach boys, cacao farmers, hula masters and lei makers.

Mar 8, 2025

Episode 5 - CanadaE547m

Canada

Sir David Suchet recreates Agatha Christie’s 1922 trip to Canada where he goes stargazing, ranching and takes a train across the Rockies. He discovers why indigenous people were absent from Agatha’s itinerary and explores Canadian identity at the National Gallery in Ottawa.

Mar 8, 2025

Actors

David Suchet

David Suchet

Self - Presenter

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