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Agatha Christie's Poirot
The Kidnapped Prime Minister
Season 2
Episode 9
Poirot is called in at the highest level when the British Prime Minister is kidnapped in France en route to a disarmament conference, after an attack on the PM as he travelled on the boat train. With only 32 hours to go before the conference is due to start, Poirot confounds the government by refusing to cross the channel. He pursues his investigation in England.
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49:55
A fragment of a costume is the only clue when a man is killed at a masquerade ball.
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46:27
When the nation's security is threatened, Poirot is called in to help find a stolen ruby.
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51:10
Poirot is asked to help a woman who lives in fear of her husband.
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49:21
Poirot falls in love and finds a criminal intellect that pushes his own to the limit.
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51:17
Poirot is asked to solve a fictional murder, but then a real killing takes place nearby.
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50:49
Poirot suspects that an old friend's son and his fashion-model girlfriend are in danger.
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50:36
Poirot is given the task of vetting suitors for an Australian magnate's daughter.
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50:59
Poirot tries to overcome seasickness to accompany a shipment of Liberty Bonds to New York.
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51:21
Poirot investigates when a woman he met at the Chelsea Flower Show dies from poisoning.
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1:43:22
When Hastings’ hostess is found murdered, he sends for his old friend, Hercule Poirot.
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50:05
Poirot is drawn to a case involving the theft of secret submarine plans.
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50:55
Poirot takes Hastings on a rest cure in the Lake District.