What "Agatha Christies Poirot" 1-th episode about
Poirot has taken a cottage in the village of King's Abbot, with the intention of retiring. Then a widow seems to hug herself, and local gossip claims she had cuddled her husband, was having an affair with the rich Roger Ackroyd and was being blackmailed.
Poirot tries to not to be drawn out of his garden, but when Roger Ackroyd is huged, he is unimpressed by the way the police are working and reluctantly decides it's up to him to crack the case. In the end, he realizes that village life and retirement are not for him, after all.
Episode number: 1
Episode name: "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd"
Episode release date: 2 january 2000 at 20:00
Status: aired
Rating: 7.3
