David Suchet - Appointment with Death

David Suchet


		Appointment with Death Dramatised by Guy Andrews TV episode from 2008 based on the novel by Agatha Christie First aired in Sweden 22 September 2008 UK air date 25 December 2009 UK DVD release 2008 Plot Characters Quotes Notes *Cast and Crew* Director: Ashley Pearce Screenplay: Guy Andrews Music: Stephen Mckeon Costume: Sheena Napier Producer: Karen Thrussel Associate Producer: David Suchet Starring: David Suchet as Hercule Poirot Guest stars: Tim Curry..... Lord Boynton Jawad Elalami..... Labourer Christina Cole..... Sarah King Tom Riley..... Raymond Boynton Cheryl Campbell..... Lady Boynton Zoe Boyle..... Jinny Boynton Emma Cunniffe..... Carol Boynton Angela Pleasence..... Nanny Abdelkader Aizoun..... Concierge Paul Freeman..... Colonel Carbury Beth Goddard..... Sister Agnieszka Christian McKay..... Jefferson Cope Mark Gatiss..... Leonard Boynton Badri Mansour..... Taxi Driver John Hannah..... Dr. Gerard Zakaria Atifi..... Mahmoud Elisabeth McGovern..... Dame Celia Westholme Syria 1937 In his eternal search for the head of John the Baptist Lord Boynton finds an ancient chamber with an inscription telling the story about a man who meets Death in a tavern in Damascus. “This can’t be!” says the man, “my time hasn’t come yet!” and he flees terrified out in the desert. He stops at a well in Samarra and there he meets Death again. The man says: ”This can’t be, I just escaped you in Damascus!” And Death says: ”Yes, I too was surprised to meet you there, it was always to be that I should meet you here…” Moral being according to Poirot: You can’t escape your rightful destiny. And also according to Poirot the wealthy Lady Boynton can’t escape her rightful destiny, either, she is bound to have her Appointment with Death in the desert, too. She is an evil and dominating woman who holds her adopted children in a tight rein. It is almost impossible to find any good in her, nevertheless Lord Boynton claims he loved his wife when he at one point becomes a suspect to her murder. But did he actually kill her? Or was it his son, Leonard, who wouldn’t mind giving her a bucket filled with strychnine… or was it her three traumatized children who couldn’t stand her sadistic behavior towards them anymore… Poirot once again has to use his little grey cells while uncovering the dark story of child abuse, a cover-up and revenge. - by Sanna Lord Boynton finds an inscription about Death... Off we go, to the dig... Far away from home but home - and order - is never far away from Poirot... Difficulties with falling asleep... Lord Boynton with blood on his hands... - and a very dead Lady Boynton... A traumatic childhood memory... See no Evil, Hear no Evil, Say no Evil... another 'memory' from the Boynton childhood home First time I've ever seen Poirot with a rosary, I think... Poirot and Dr. Gerard finds the Nanny... - dead in the bathtop... John the Baptiste... or is it... Sister Agnieszka has a hidden agenda... Leonard hides a secret... The traumatized Caroline, Jinny and Raymond... Colonel Carbury also has a hidden agenda, and Sarah King is not in grief over Lady Boynton's death... Dame Celia Westholme also has a secret... Now he's there, the little Belgian detective... - and now he's not... top Copyright 2008 © All rights reserved

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