Monday, July 2, 2007

POIROT THE CLASSIC COLLECTION 2 TV DVD REVIEW


A blurb from Acorn Media about “Poirot The Classic Collection 2”- As portrayed by David Suchet, Agatha Christie’s brilliant Belgian sleuth became the most-watched detective in the history of the PBS Mystery! Series and a hit all over again on A & E. The incomparable Poirot cracks his most challenging cases in these feature-length episodes.

This set is the 9 feature-length episodes from the Poirot TV series. The series has been running for 18 years now since 1989. This show has been a hit on PBS and A & E. There is a 10th disc with a 1-hour documentary on Agatha Christie and her home in the town of Devon, England. One of the episodes also has a young future Doctor Who, Christopher Eccleston. The first collection was 36 1-hour episodes on 12 discs. Great for anyone’s collection.


VIDEO

The video quality is superb! It seems that the episodes are not digitally remastered; however the video quality is excellent. Each movie is approx 102 minutes long.


Audio

Was originally recorded in Mono. It is also Mono on this set.

Disc 1- 1. “The ABC Murders”

Disc 2- 1. “Death In The Clouds”

Disc 3- 1. “Dumb Witness”

Disc 4-1. “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas”

Disc 5- 1. “Hickory Dickory Dock”

Disc 6- 1. “Murder On The Links”

Disc 7- 1. “The Mysterious Affair At Styles”

Disc 8- 1. “One, Two, Buckle My Shoe” with Christopher Eccelston (Doctor Who)

Disc 9- 1. “Peril At End House”

Disc 10- 1. “Bonus Disc”-Agatha Christie’s Garden: Murder & Mystery in Devon


Extras

Disc 1-: About David Suchet (Text Only)
The Agatha Christie Connection (Text Only)
Poirot on Mystery (Text Only)
Poirot Trivia (Text Only)

Disc 2- Same as Disc 1

Disc 3-Same as Disc 1

Disc 4-Same as Disc 1

Disc 5-Same as Disc 1

Disc 6-Same as Disc 1

Disc 7-Same as Disc 1

Disc 8-Same as Disc 1

Disc 9-Same as Disc 1

Disc 10-Greenway Garden History (3:03)
Remembering Agatha (3:16)
Agatha’s Writing (2:54)
Agatha Christine Biography (Text Only)

Verdict

Poirot at his best! The picture and audio quality are great! This will complete your collection of Poirot. Defiantly get it!


Rating; ****!

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