The Agatha Christie that I was discovering during my journey was happy.
She was a little bit flirty.
I wish Id met her.
David Suchet in ‘Travels with Agatha with Sir David Suchet’Soho Studios, Two Rivers Media
The travelog series sees the actor follow a course charted by the Poirot and Miss Marple writer in 1922.
In her later life she was reclusive, Suchet explains.
She didnt enjoy publicity.
She was a very private person.
Suchet says the trip gave him a greater read on the character he played for so long.
Agatha Christie was violently seasick every time she traveled, he says.
In retrospect, that was a very good reason that she made Poirot violently seasick as well.
A lot of her experiences were put into her books and her characters.
For many, Suchet made the role of Poirot his own.
Having exhausted the supply of novels, he retired from the role in 2013.
Has walking in Christies footsteps re-awakened an urge to play Poirot once more?
