Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie
Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie is a French comédie policière television program consisting of two series based loosely on Agatha Christie's works of detective fiction, first broadcast on France 2 on 9 January 2009. In English-speaking countries, Series One is titled “The Little Murders of Agatha Christie” and Series Two is titled “Agatha Christie's Criminal Games.” Series One takes place in the 1930s with Commissaire Larosière and Inspecteur Lampion. Series Two is set in the mid-1950s through early 1960s with Commissaire Swan Laurence, journalist Alice Avril, and Laurence's secretary, Marlène Leroy. Series One streams with English subtitles in the United States on Acorn TV and MHz Choice, Series Two streams with English subtitles in the United States on MHz Choice and in Australia on SBS. The thirty-eight episodes to the end of Series Two include adaptations of thirty-six of Christie's works.
A third series, with a new cast and set in 1970s France, was announced in 2019.
Series One: 1930s France (2009–2012)
Overview
Set in northern France in the 1930s, womanising and bombastic Commissaire Jean Larosière and his hapless junior officer Inspecteur Émile Lampion unravel a series of complicated murder cases to reveal the killers.Cast and characters
Main
- Antoine Duléry as Commissaire Jean Larosière
- Marius Colucci as Inspecteur Émile Lampion
Support
- Serge Dubois as police officer Ménard
- Olivier Carré as medical examiner Dr Verdure
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Episodes
Series Two: mid-1950s to 1960s France (2013–2020)
Overview
The action has moved to mid-1950s to 1960s Lille, France. Suave, razor-sharp, arrogant, and intolerant – Commissaire Swan Laurence investigates murders with the often unappreciated assistance of reporter Alice Avril and police secretary Marlène Leroy.Cast and characters
Main
- Samuel Labarthe as Commissaire Swan Laurence
- Blandine Bellavoir as La Voix du Nord journalist and feminist Alice Avril
- Élodie Frenck as Laurence's Marilyn Monroe-esque police secretary Marlène Leroy
Support
- Dominique Thomas as Commissaire Divisionnaire Ernest Tricard
- Marie Berto as secretary then police officer Arlette Carmouille
- Cyril Gueï as medical examiner Dr Timothée Glissant
- Christophe Piret / François Godart as newspaper editor Robert Jourdeuil
- Natacha Lindinger as medical examiner Dr Euphrasie Maillol
- Éric Beauchamp as police "cop" Martin
- Bubulle as Marlène's goldfish Bubulle
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| 1 | Catherine Mouchet, Olivier Rabourdin, Stéphane Caillard, Solveig Maupu, Shane Woodward, Guillaume Bienvenu, Vincent Londez |
| 2 | Élodie Navarre, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Claude Perron, Antoine Oppenheim, Hélène Médigue, Valentine Alaqui, Alexis Michalik, Luis Inacio |
| 3 | Françoise Fabian, Nathalie Richard, Jacqueline Bir, Anne Azoulay, Olivier Chantreau, Vincent Schmitt, Isabelle de Hertogh, Alexie Ribes |
| 4 | Alix Poisson, Charlie Dupont, Didier Vinson, Arly Jover, Eric Caruso, Luc Samaille, Laurence Flahault |
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| 8 | Élodie Frenck, Nancy Tate, Blanche Cluzet, Edouard Giard, Lucile Marquis, Sandrine Salyères, Charles Templon, Charlotte Talpaert |
| 9 | Philippe Nahon, Anne Benoît, Marcelle Fontaine, Alexandre Steiger, Emilie Wiest, Pierre Kiebbe |
| 10 | Arnaud Perron, Gilian Petrovski, Eléonore Joncquez, Serge Riaboukine, Mélissandre Fortumeau, Jeanne Bournaud |
| 11 | Valeria Cavalli, Juliette Plumecocq-Mech, Christine Bonnard, Blandine Pélissier, Annabelle Hettmann, Clovis Fouin, Honorine Magnier |
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| 16 | Frédéric Pellegeay, Pierre Khorsand, Mona Walravens, Beatrice Rosen, Christian Joubert |
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| 24 | Bérénice Baoo, Arnaud Binard, Maïra Schmitt, Kevin Garnichat, Chloé Chaudoye, Barbara Monin, Emmanuel Bordier |
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| 27 | Antoine Duléry, Anouchka Vingtier, Alain Duclos, Claudine Vigreux, Ulrich Vanacker |