TV Episode Summaries for
2nd January 2000

Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 7, Episode 1

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Airs: 8:00pm - 9:30pm on ITV

Poirot has taken a cottage in the village of King's Abbot, with the intention of retiring. Then a widow seems to kill herself, and local gossip claims she had murdered her husband, was having an affair with the rich Roger Ackroyd and was being blackmailed.

Poirot tries to not to be drawn out of his garden, but when Roger Ackroyd is killed, he is unimpressed by the way the police are working and reluctantly decides it's up to him to crack the case. In the end, he realizes that village life and retirement are not for him, after all.

Jonathan Creek Season 3, Episode 6

The Three Gamblers

Airs: 9:00pm - 10:00pm on BBC One

A man of pure evil is "disposed" of with the help of six bullets to the head - but has his corpse come back to life with revenge on its mind? Maddy and Jonathan visit a damp, deserted farmhouse to investigate!
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