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The Theft of the Royal RubyEpisode Number: 30 Season Num: 3 First Aired: Sunday February 24, 1991 Prod Code: n/a |
Poirot prepares to spend a quiet Christmas on his own with a box of chocolates, but he has to give up his plans when the British government asks for his urgent help. Prince Farouk, a young member of the Egyptian royal family visiting London, has lost a famous ruby, and this is deemed to be a matter of national security.
The Prince unwisely lent his jewel to a strange young lady who promptly vanished with it, and Poirot forms a complicated plan to catch the thieves, harnessing misdirected romantic urges.
The Prince unwisely lent his jewel to a strange young lady who promptly vanished with it, and Poirot forms a complicated plan to catch the thieves, harnessing misdirected romantic urges.
| Writer: | Agatha Christie, Anthony Horowitz, Clive Exton |
| Director: | Andrew Grieve |
| Star: | David Suchet (Hercule Poirot), Philip Jackson (Chief Inspector James Japp), Hugh Fraser (Captain Arthur Hastings) |
| Guest Star: | Alessia Gwyther (Bridget), Edward Holmes II (Michael), David Howey (Jesmond), Nigel Le Vaillant (Desmond Lee-Wortley), Christopher Leaver (Parsloe), Helena Michell (Sarah Lacey), Robyn Moore (Gloria Lee-Wortley/Iris Moffatt), Iain Rattray (Head waiter), Gordon Reid (Dupré), James Taylor (I) (waiter), Frederick Treves (Colonel Horace Lacey), Siobhan Garahy (Annie Bates), Susan Field (Mrs Ross), Peter Aldwyn (Durbridge), Tariq Alibai (Prince Farouq), Jonathan Bancroft (Colin), Stephanie Cole (Mrs Lacey), John Dunbar (Peverill), John Vernon (David) |
The Theft of the Royal Ruby is also sometimes called The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding.
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This episode is based on Agatha Christie's short story The Theft of the Royal Ruby which was part of a collection called Double Sin and Other Stories (1961).
It is a revised version of The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, a story first published in The Sketch magazine in December, 1923. (edit)
It is a revised version of The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, a story first published in The Sketch magazine in December, 1923. (edit)
This is the episode where Poirot demonstrates the correct way to cut a mango...
1) Cut the skin all around the mango's circumference with the tip of a knife.
2) With a spoon, loosen the top half of the skin and pull it away.
3) Slice the inner fruit three times horizontally and vertically, so that
when you bend the fruit back, the fruit stands out as cubes which can easily be cut off the skin.
(edit) Miss Lemon does not appear in this episode. (edit)
1) Cut the skin all around the mango's circumference with the tip of a knife.
2) With a spoon, loosen the top half of the skin and pull it away.
3) Slice the inner fruit three times horizontally and vertically, so that
when you bend the fruit back, the fruit stands out as cubes which can easily be cut off the skin.
(edit) Miss Lemon does not appear in this episode. (edit)
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