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BritBox's Hercule Poirot Series Casts Edward Bluemel

Filming is underway in Liverpool on the six-episode first season, which also features Jessica Alexander, Toby Stephens, and Katherine Parkinson.

Dana OkaforPublished · 1 min read

BritBox is bringing Hercule Poirot back to the screen with a six-part series starring Edward Bluemel, Collider reports. Filming is underway in Liverpool on the first set of cases for the legendary detective.

The cast is stacking up. Jessica Alexander, fresh off Ryan Murphy's FX series "The Beauty," joins alongside Toby Stephens ("Black Sails") and Katherine Parkinson ("Rivals"). Also on board: Honor Swinton Byrne, Omari Douglas, Paul Forman, Arthur Hughes, Ralf Little, River Medway, and Natalie Quarry. They join a lineup that already includes "Game of Thrones" alumni Jack Gleeson and Henry Ashton.

The series follows BritBox's recent success with a modern twist on Christie's Tommy & Tuppence, which earned a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, according to Collider. Netflix also mined Christie's catalog earlier this year with the starry "Seven Dials Mystery."

This marks the streaming service's first original series centered on Poirot. With a sprawling cast and production already rolling, it's shaping up to be a busy season for Christie fans.

  • Agatha Christie
  • BritBox
  • Edward Bluemel
  • Hercule Poirot
  • Jessica Alexander
  • Katherine Parkinson
  • Toby Stephens

About Dana Okafor

Dana Okafor is the lead writer for TV & Movies, where she has written Tonight's Pick since the site launched in 2026. She previously spent 11 years on the features desk of a Columbus daily newspaper, covering film, television and local arts, and served two terms on a regional film festival jury. She is a graduate of Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and lives in Columbus with her husband and teenage son. Favorites: Heat, Friday Night Lights, Paddington 2. She still has the VHS copy of Heat she rented in 1999.

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