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Legendary ‘Poirot’ Actor David Suchet Reveals How His Travels With Agatha Christie Series Showed Him A New Side To The Famous Author

Legendary Poirot actor on 'Travels with Agatha with Sir David Suchet'

EXCLUSIVE: Having played Hercule Poirot on TV for more than a quarter of a century, David Suchet has become something of an expert on Agatha Christie, the world-famous author who created the iconic Belgian detective and penned scores of bestselling novels. Retracing a journey Christie embarked upon at the start of her literary career, he discovered a new side to the prolific writer — a bubbly, effervescent character who socialized well into the wee hours of the night and, at the beach, was even known to catch a wave. “I’ve got to know my author as a more three-dimensional human being and that’s an unexpected gift,” Suchet says of his modern-day voyage, which took in Australia, Canada, Hawaii, New Zealand and South Africa.

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