Joe Absolom

Poirot (David Suchet) takes on his toughest challenge yet as he races to prove a convicted killer is innocent. Mrs McGinty was killed by a brutal blow to the head, and her lodger James Bentley (Joe Absolom – Vincent) is sentenced to hang for the murder. Superintendent Spence (Richard Hope – The Shellseekers) is convinced the evidence was just too obvious and asks his old friend Hercule Poirot to investigate. As Poirot joins forces with famed crime novelist Ariadne Oliver (Zoë Wanamaker – My Family) to save Bentley from the gallows, he doesn’t realise his own life is in danger. The cast also includes Amanda Root (The Forsyte Saga), Paul Rhys (Vincent & Theo), Simon Shepherd (Warriors) and Siân Phillips (Ivanhoe).

[Season Finale] Pullman struggles to keep the boys in line as their chequered pasts begin to catch up with them. While Halford puts himself in grave danger, determined to nail a vicious criminal who has so far eluded him, Standing is shocked by a surprise visitor.

It's the run up to the 1983 General Election and pressure is mounting on DCI Gene Hunt and his team as they investigate a series of politically motivated arson attacks. A local fireman is eventually identified as the prime suspect. Meanwhile, DI Alex Drake is still being haunted by the police officer with the 6-6-20 epaulette numbers and is struggling to work out why he keeps visiting her.