Edward Bluemel to Play Agatha Christie Detective Hercule Poirot in New BBC and BritBox Series

By Ellise Shafer

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“My Lady Jane” star Edward Bluemel is taking on the iconic role of Detective Hercule Poirot in a new drama series from the BBC and BritBox.

Titled “Hercule,” the six-part series follows the Belgian detective — made famous by Agatha Christie — as he solves his first-ever cases in London before becoming the world’s most legendary sleuth.

Touted as an “intimate study of Hercule the man and an epic portrait of Britain between the wars,” the show “takes a magnifying glass to three of Christie’s most celebrated stories, while also charting Hercule’s burgeoning friendship with Captain Arthur Hastings, his early encounters with Scotland Yard’s James Japp and introducing him to one particular nemesis.” Filming is set to begin this summer in Liverpool, England.

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