In chapter nine of his book "Poirot and Me" Suchet again remarks on the precarious nature of being actor - particularly with a family to support.
With ITV again being rather slow to decide on the commissioning of another series of Agatha Christie's Poirot Suchet accepted the lead role in a BBC adaptation of Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent. The role of the anarchist Alfred Verloc certainly being very different to Hercule Poirot!
When ITV did finally decide to go ahead with another series it was decided to make three feature-length adaptations of novels. All three, Suchet suggests, were strong stories, although he was slightly disappointed that Hastings and Miss Lemon only appeared in one episode.
Suchet comments on the hugely significant part producer Brian Eastman played over the years in bringing Poirot to the screen. He also refers to the pleasure one Clive Exton line in One, Two Buckle My Shoe gave him, when Poirot declares: "I am methodical, orderly and logical... and I do not like to distort facts to support a theory."
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