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David Suchet stars as Agatha Christie's enigmatic, eccentric and extremely intelligent detective Hercule Poirot.
From England to the Mediterranean, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, Captain Hastings, Chief Inspector Japp and Miss Lemon, Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
The Definitive Collection includes all 13 seasons, featuring 70 episodes plus bonus features.
Agatha Christie's Complete Secret Notebooks brings together for the
first time Secret Notebooks and Murder in the Making, two volumes
that explore the fascinating contents of her 73 notebooks. This
includes illustrations, deleted extracts, unused ideas, two
unpublished Poirot stories and a lost Miss Marple. When Agatha
Christie died in 1976, aged 85, she had become the world's most
popular author. With sales of more than two billion copies
worldwide in more than 100 countries, she had achieved the
impossible - more than one book every year since the 1920s, every
one a bestseller. So prolific was Agatha Christie's output - 66
crime novels, 20 plays, 6 romance books under a pseudonym and over
150 short stories - it was often claimed that she had a
photographic memory. Was this true? Or did she resort over those 55
years to more mundane methods of working out her ingenious crimes?
Following the death of Agatha's daughter, Rosalind, at the end of
2004, a remarkable secret was revealed. Unearthed among her affairs
at the family home of Greenway were Agatha Christie's private
notebooks, 73 handwritten volumes of notes, lists and drafts
outlining all her plans for her many books, plays and stories.
Buried in this treasure trove, all in her unmistakable handwriting,
are revelations and details that will fascinate anyone who has ever
read or watched an Agatha Christie story. Christie archivist and
expert John Curran leads the reader through the six decades of
Agatha Christie's writing career, unearthing some remarkable clues
to her success and a number of never-before-published excerpts and
stories from her archives. This book features Agatha's original
ending of her very first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles,
painstakingly transcribed from her notebooks. It also includes a
number of short stories from the archives reproduced in full,
including the unpublished The Man Who Knew, How I Created Hercule
Poirot, and an early draft for a Miss Marple story, The Case of the
Caretaker's Wife.
Ever since he became a Christian at the age of forty, it has been
Poirot actor David Suchet's dream to make an audio recording of the
whole Bible. In between filming the final episodes of Poirot, David
Suchet spent over 200 hours in the recording studio to create the
very first full-length audio version of the NIV Bible spoken by a
single British actor. This 80-hour recording comes on six MP3 CDs.
It can be used on any device that displays the MP3 symbol. You can
transfer the audio files for your personal use onto your computer,
smartphone, MP3 player and other compatible devices. It is also
available separately as an audio digital download. Ebooks of each
section of the Bible - enhanced with Suchet's audio narration - are
also available.
Daily Mail Showbiz Memoir of the Year 'A beautiful book' Chris
Evans 'Terrifically entertaining' Mail on Sunday 'An arresting
photographic voyage through the life and loves of this enigmatic
English star' S magazine 'Though not a conventional autobiography,
we learn what makes the national treasure tick' Daily Express In
the early days of my career, I didn't think I stood a hope in hell.
Look at me: I'm short, stocky, slightly overweight, deep of voice,
passionate, dark haired, olive skinned, hardly your typical
Englishman. What chance did I have, going into the world of British
theatre? David Suchet has been a stalwart of British stage and
screen for fifty years. From Shakespeare to Oscar Wilde, Freud to
Poirot, Edward Teller to Doctor Who, Harold Pinter to Terence
Rattigan, Questions of Faith to Decline and Fall, right up to
2019's The Price, David has done it all. Throughout this
spectacular career, David has never been without a camera, enabling
him to vividly document his life in photographs. Seamlessly
combining photo and memoir, Behind the Lens is the story of David's
remarkable life, showcasing his wonderfully evocative photographs
and accompanied by his insightful and engaging commentary. In
Behind the Lens, David discusses his London upbringing and love of
the city, his Jewish roots and how they have influenced his career,
the importance of his faith, how he really feels about fame, his
love of photography and music, and his processes as an actor. He
looks back on his fifty-year career, including reflections on how
the industry has changed, his personal highs and lows, and how he
wants to be remembered. And, of course, life after Poirot and why
he's still grieving for the eccentric Belgian detective. An
autobiography with a difference, this is David Suchet as you've
never seen him before - from behind the lens. 'The book offers more
insight into the mind and philosophy of this remarkable man than a
more conventional biographical approach could have achieved'
Country Life
The multiple award-winning Jesus Storybook Bible, written by Sally
Lloyd-Jones and illustrated by Jago, now comes to life as short
animated videos. Narrated by British actor David Suchet, this volume
one DVD contains the first eleven stories from the Old Testament:
- The Story and the Song
- The beginning: a perfect home (Creation)
- The terrible lie (The fall)
- A new beginning (Noah’s Ark)
- A giant staircase to heaven (Tower of Babel)
- Son of laughter (God’s promise to Abraham)
- The present (Abraham and Isaac)
- The girl no one wanted (Jacob, Leah, and Rachel)
- The forgiving prince (Joseph and his brothers)
- God to the rescue! (Moses and the great escape from Egypt)
- God makes a way (Moses and the Red Sea)
Each story whispers his name, sharing the story beneath all the stories
in the Bible. The story of Jesus Christ.
In the summer of 2013 David Suchet will film his final scenes as
Hercule Poirot. After 24 years in the role, he will have played the
character in every story that Agatha Christie wrote about him (bar
one, deemed unfilmable) and he will bid adieu to a role and a
character that have changed his life. In Poirot and Me, David
Suchet tells the story of how he secured the part, with the
blessing of Agatha Christie's daughter, and set himself the task of
presenting the most authentic Poirot that had ever been filmed.
David Suchet is uniquely placed to write the ultimate companion to
one of the world's longest running television series. Peppered with
anecdotes about filming, including many tales of the guest stars
who have appeared over the years, the book is essential reading for
Poirot fans all over the world.
The NIV Audio Bible read by David Suchet has been arranged into
daily readings to help you listen to the complete Bible in one
year. In this six MP3 CD set, there is a portion from the Old
Testament, the New Testament and the Psalms or Proverbs each day -
each on separate tracks to keep navigation simple. Ever since he
became a Christian at the age of forty, it was Poirot actor David
Suchet's dream to make an audio recording of the whole Bible. In
between filming the final episodes of Poirot, David Suchet spent
over 200 hours in the recording studio to create the very first
full-length audio version of the NIV Bible spoken by a single
British actor. It is now available in the popular Bible in One Year
format - both on MP3 CD and as a digital download. This 80-hour
recording comes on six MP3 CDs. It can be used on any device that
displays the MP3 symbol. You can transfer the audio files for your
personal use onto your computer, smartphone, MP3 player and other
compatible devices. It is also available separately as an audio
digital download.
Tom Hiddleston (The Night Manager) stars as Jonathan Harker with
David Suchet (Poirot) as Dracula in Liz Lochhead and John Foley's
powerful BBC radio adaptation of the classic novel by Bram Stoker.
When solicitor Jonathan Harker sets off for Transylvania to sell
the mysterious Count Dracula a Gothic mansion, his bride-to-be Mina
begs him to stay - to no avail. But on arrival at Dracula's castle,
deep in a black forest surrounded by wolves, Harker wishes he had
listened to his fiancee. The Count is welcoming but unnerving, and
his castle oppressive. Plagued by nightmares, Harker soon longs to
leave... Back in Whitby, Mina is increasingly worried. She has
heard nothing from Jonathan, and now her sister Lucy - newly
engaged to Harker's friend, Dr Seward - is becoming pale and thin.
In Seward's lunatic asylum in London, a madman named Renfield
babbles about his master who is coming. And as a midnight storm
rages, a black ship heads towards the English coast... Acclaimed
poet and playwright Liz Lochhead's adaptation was first performed
on stage in 1985, and this thrilling radio drama was broadcast on
the World Service in 2006. Suspenseful, chilling and suffused with
dark eroticism, it retains all the eerie dread of Stoker's infamous
horror novel. Duration: 2 hrs approx.
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