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Agatha Christie's Poirot · S5 · E6

The Chocolate Box

  • TV-PG
  • Feb 21, 1993
  • 52 min
  • 7.8

Poirot returns to Belgium for the first time since the Great War. There he revisits a twenty-year-old murder mystery that was never officially solved.

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About this episode

Poirot returns to Belgium for the first time since the Great War. There he revisits a twenty-year-old murder mystery that was never officially solved.

Season 5

8 episodes
  1. 1The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb

    52 minJan 17, 1993★ 7.7

    An archaeologist dies of a heart attack shortly after opening an ancient Egyptian tomb, but his widow thinks there is dirty work at the crossroads and calls Poirot.

  2. 2The Underdog

    53 minJan 24, 1993★ 7.3

    A wealthy industrialist is found dead in his study. Is his death related to a discovery made at his chemical factory? And is his wife all she seems?

  3. 3The Yellow Iris

    52 minJan 31, 1993★ 8.0

    Friends and family gather at a dinner party to mark the second anniversary of a woman's death. Meanwhile, Poirot is caught up in a coup d'etat and arrested as a spy, which prevents him from solving a murder at a French restaurant owned by an Italian in Buenos Aires.

  4. 4The Case of the Missing Will

    53 minFeb 7, 1993★ 7.7

    Poirot has to execute the final wishes of an old friend who has been killed.

  5. 5The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman

    52 minFeb 14, 1993★ 7.6

    Poirot is drawn into the underworld of London's Little Italy when Captain Hastings looks for a new car, but instead finds murder.

  6. 6The Chocolate Box

    52 minFeb 21, 1993★ 7.8Now viewing

    Poirot returns to Belgium for the first time since the Great War. There he revisits a twenty-year-old murder mystery that was never officially solved.

  7. 7Dead Man's Mirror

    52 minFeb 28, 1993★ 7.7

    When Poirot investigates the mysterious death of a despised art dealer, he finds that he has more than enough suspects from whom to choose.

  8. 8Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan

    51 minMar 7, 1993★ 7.7

    Mrs. Opalsen's famous pearls are stolen and Poirot is happily on hand to investigate. A complex theft calls for a sophisticated solution. Unfortunately, Poirot is hindered everywhere he goes by being mistaken for 'Lucky Len'.

Guest stars

Rosalie CrutchleyMadame Deroulard
Anna ChancellorVirginie Mesnard
David de KeyserGaston Beaujeu
Jonathan HackettClaude Chantalier
Geoffrey WhiteheadXavier St. Alard
Mark EdenBoucher
Jonathan BarlowJean-Louis Ferraud
James CoombesPaul Deroulard
Preston LockwoodFrancois
Linda BroughtonDenise
Lucy CohuMarianne Deroulard