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Poirot :: Dumb Witness (06x04)

Episode Information

Title:

Dumb Witness

Episode #:

06x04

Original Airdate:

Sunday March 16th, 1997

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Episode Crew
Director:	Edward Bennett (1)
Story:	Agatha Christie
Screenplay:	Douglas Watkinson

Episode Summary

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When elderly spinster Emily Arundell meets with a number of accidents Hercule Poirot advises her to change her will so that the motive for her murder no longer exists.

However, it is not long before Miss Arundell dies - and the only witness to her murder is her wire haired fox terrier Bob.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Ann Morrish	played	Emily Arundell
•Darren McSweeney	played	Intellectual on Bus
•Geoffrey Banks (1)	played	Starter
•Geoffrey Freshwater	played	Sergeant Keeley
•Jestyn Phillips	played	Steward
•Jonathan Newth	played	Dr Greinger
•Julia St. John	played	Bella
•Kate Buffery	played	Theresa Arundell
•Layla Harrison (1)	played	Katya
•Muriel Pavlow	played	Julia Tripp
•Norma West	played	Wilhelmina Lawson
•Pat O'Toole	played	Sarah
•Patrick Ryecart	played	Charles Arundell
•Paul Herzberg	played	Jacob Tanios
•Pauline Jameson	played	Isabel Tripp
•Sarah Stephenson	played	Mrs Finch
•Stephen Tomlin	played	Vicar
•Tim Williams (1)	played	American
•Tobias Saunders	played	Alexis

Episode Notes

Agatha Christie dedicated two books to her terrier, Peter - one appeared in Dumb Witness and read as follows: To Dear Peter, most faithful of friends and dearest of companions, a dog in a thousand. The other dedication was in The Mystery Of The Blue Train when Mrs. Christie was going through a very difficult period in her life, with the end of her marriage to Archie Christie and the death of her mother occurring at around about the same time. This time the dedication was to her faithful Private Secretary Carlotta and also to the terrier Peter. It read as follows: To the two distinguished members of the OFD, Carlotta and Peter. 'OFD' in this instance stood for 'The Order of Faithful Dogs'.