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The ABC Murders

Drama, Crime, Mystery · 2018 · Rated 6.5/10

Last aired: S1 E3, Episode 3 · 2018-12-28

Based on Agatha Christie's 1936 novel, The ABC Murders follows Hercule Poirot as he hunts for a serial killer, known only as ABC, who leaving the copy of the ABC Railway Guide at each crime scene.

Cast

John Malkovich Hercule Poirot

Rupert Grint Inspector Crome

Andrew Buchan Franklin Clarke

Eamon Farren Alexander Bonaparte Cust

Tara Fitzgerald Lady Hermione Clarke

Bronwyn James Megan Barnard

Freya Mavor Thora Grey

Anya Chalotra Lily Marbury

Jack Farthing Donald Fraser

Shirley Henderson Rose Marbury

Michael Shaeffer Sergeant Yelland

Eve Austin Betty Barnard

Suzanne Packer Capstick

Christopher Villiers Sir Carmichael Clarke

Lizzy McInnerny Jenny Barnard

Gregor Fisher Dexter Dooley

Henry Goodman Sidney Prynne

Kevin McNally Inspector James Japp

Cyril Nri Father Anselm

Season 1

E1 Episode 1 2018-12-26 · 60 min It's 1933 and a killer travels the length and breadth of Britain via the railway network. The killer uses the alias ABC, and strikes in a methodical pattern, leaving a copy of the ABC railway guide at the scene of each of murder. As Poirot attempts to investigate he is thwarted on every front. If he is to match his most cunning nemesis, everything about him will be called into question: his authority, his integrity, his identity.

E2 Episode 2 2018-12-27 · 60 min Despite being warned off the case by Inspector Crome, Hercule continues to conduct his own investigation into the A.B.C. killer. He receives another letter promising a murder in Churston.

E3 Episode 3 2018-12-28 · 60 min As A.B.C. dominates the news, the public are demanding answers, fearing for their lives. Without any warning, the A.B.C. murderer strikes again in the bathroom of Embsay station, where Ernie Edwards is murdered.

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