Wasps' Nest
- Episode aired Jan 27, 1991
- TV-14
- 50m
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7.7/10
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Poirot realizes that a murder is being plotted, and with the help of Hastings' latest hobby, he sets out to prevent it.Poirot realizes that a murder is being plotted, and with the help of Hastings' latest hobby, he sets out to prevent it.Poirot realizes that a murder is being plotted, and with the help of Hastings' latest hobby, he sets out to prevent it.
Kate Lynn Evans
- Mrs Henderson
- (as Kate Lynn-Evans)
Mark Chapman
- PC Keating
- (uncredited)
Cole Henderson
- Driver
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- David Renwick
- Agatha Christie(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaDuring the DVD commentary for The Thick of It (2005), Peter Capaldi states that his appearance in this episode of Poirot (1989) yields him the most frequent repeat fees of all his television appearances due to the programme's high overseas sales.
- GoofsPoroit says he substituted washing soda for the Potassium Cyanide. However washing soda is Sodium Carbonate which is powdery while Potassium Cyanide is crystalline like table salt. They show a crystalline compound being added to the tea which could not be washing soda. In addition, it is immediately obvious that the washing soda is not the crystalline Potassium Cyanide.
- Quotes
Hercule Poirot: [reading a brochure for a fitness program] 'Use your vigour to keep your figure.' Absurd! There is nothing wrong with the body of Poirot. He is in the peak of condition!
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This film was puzzling to say the least, and the ending made me want to cry, which is rare for Poirot films as the endings of the hour-long films usually comprise of Hastings doing something silly and Poirot and Japp laughing at him, which is warming for the audience to see after the mystery has unravelled itself. However, I found this film a little more sentimental than the others, because the ending is sad, although I wouldn't have guessed so from the rest of the film which is more typical of the Poirot films. This film is full of red herrings, as always with Agatha Christie- such as the mysterious doctor appearing here and there, etc. I was glad to see that Hastings appeared in this film because he is excluded from some of the films and he is a valuable character, both for humour's sake and the sake of the plot.
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- francyndra
- Mar 29, 2006
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- Filming locations
- Arnos Grove Underground Station, New Southgate, London, England, UK(Marble Hill tube station)
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- Runtime50 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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