Agatha Christie's Poirot. Four and Twenty Blackbirds.

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First broadcast 29th January 1989.

Henry Gascoigne, an elderly man and a regular at the Bishop's Chophouse restaurant, deviates from his usual eating habits. When he is later found dead, Poirot is curious and decides to investigate.

David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
Hugh Fraser as Captain Hastings
Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp
Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon
Richard Howard as George Lorrimer
Tony Aitken as Tommy Pinner
Charles Pemberton as Stooge
Geoffrey Larder as Harry Clarke
Denys Hawthorne as Bonnington
Holly De Jong as Dulcie Lang
Clifford Rose as Makinson
Philip Locke as Cutter
Hilary Mason as Mrs. Hill
Cheryl Hall as Molly
Marjie Lawrence as Irene Mullen
Su Elliot as Edith
John Bardon as Lavatory Attendant
Peter Waddington as Forensic
Guy Standeven as Vicar
Andrew Mackintosh as Doctor
Stephen Pruslin as Pianist
John Sessions as Radio Voice Overs

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