Three bodies are found. Beside each lies a copy of the ABC Railway Guide. The police are baffled. But the killer has made one mistake. He has challenged Hercule Poirot to unmask him.
The film shown in a Doncaster cinema during the episode is Alfred Hitchcock's Number Seventeen (1932).
Philip Anthony, who had a minor role in this episode as a doctor, guest starred again as a vicar in After the Funeral.
Nicholas Farrell, who plays Donald Fraser in this episode, again guest starred years later as Major Knighton in The Mystery of the Blue Train.
After filming, David Suchet said that The ABC Murders had been his favourite episode to work on.
This episode is based on Agatha Christie's book The ABC Murders (1936).
The title refers to the old A.B.C. railway guide.
S 12 : Ep 3
Aired 12/25/10 (1:29:00)
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Aired 12/25/09 (1:34:00)
S 11 : Ep 3
Aired 9/28/08 (1:34:00)
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Aired 9/21/08
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