The agatha christie's poirot set 1 dvd contains four discs and covers the entire first series of the hit tv show agatha christie's poirot'. '.strtoupper('s')et in the 1930s, the award winning period drama stars david suchet, who plays a quirky belgian detective named hercule poirot'. '.strtoupper('t')he series is written by clive exton, but based on agatha christie's classic crime stories'. '.strtoupper('m')eticulous in his work as a private detective, poirot exercises his little grey cells to help the police solve crimes and murder mysteries, whether they request his services or not'. '.strtoupper('c')aptain hastings, poirot's side kick, is played by hugh fraser and phillip jackson plays the role of inspector japp'. '.strtoupper('r')unning time 698 minutes region region 2 release date 21 nov'. '.strtoupper('2')005