![]() ![]() ![]() Dear also makes him a longtime friend of Poirot's. Willoughby appears to be the only viable suspect. His elderly psychiatrist father (who was dead years ago in the novel) is found murdered in the basement of the Willoughby Institute, and Dr. Willoughby (who was in the novel for a chapter). ![]() Dear decides to flesh out a backstory that involves Dr. Yes, there are a few references to post-war objects and events in the novel, but the main plot could easily be set in the 30s.Ī much more significant change, however, is to introduce a new subplot. In fact, that makes hardly any difference. Obviously, the setting is moved from the 1970s to the 1930s. I think he has been reasonably successful. He needed to re-structure, trim and re-focus the plot and make it work as two hours (or 89 minutes, to be precise) of exciting television. With this in mind, Nick Dear faced a challenge. Some even suggest that it shows early signs of Alzheimer's. It's been criticised as rambling, chatty and out of focus. This was the last Poirot novel that Agatha Christie wrote (Curtain was written in the 1940s). It was adapted for television by Nick Dear and directed by John Strickland. This episode was based on the novel Elephants Can Remember, first published in 1972. ![]()
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