Hercule Poirot in After the Funeral

David Suchet is back in the Hercule Poirot season on ITV1 on Sunday 26th March.

In After the Funeral, the family of the late Richard Abernethie, a wealthy old man, gather to hear his will when one of the family remarks that he must have been murdered.

When she is then murdered, the family solicitor, Mr Entwhistle, calls in Hercule Poirot.

The 1963 film, Murder at the Gallop, was loosely based on this story, with Miss Marple played by Margaret Rutherford substituted for Poirot and the action shifted to a riding school.

Robert Bathurst, Anna Calder-Marshall and Geraldine James star in the cast of this two hour TV film:

Hercule Poirot - David Suchet
Gilbert Entwhistle - Robert Bathurst
Maude Abernethie - Anna Calder-Marshall
Richard Abernethie - John Carson
Inspector Morton - Kevin Doyle
George Abernethie - Michael Fassbender
Rosamund - Fiona Glascott
Helen Abernethie - Geraldine James
Dr Larraby - Dominic Jephcott
Janet - Vicky Ogden
Michael Shane - Julian Ovenden
Susannah Henderson - Lucy Punch
Lanscombe - William Russell
Miss Sorrel - Annabel Scholey
Giovanni Gallaccio - Anthony Valentine
Timothy Abernethie - Benjamin Whitrow
Miss Gilchrist - Monica Dolan
Cora - Linda Coonam
Vicar - Phillip Anthony