is a French (comedic police crime drama) television programme consisting of two series based loosely on Agatha Christie's works of detective fiction, first broadcast on France 2 on 9 January 2009. In English-speaking countries, Series One is titled "The Little Murders of Agatha Christie" and Series Two is titled "Agatha Christie's Criminal Games". Series One takes place in the 1930s with (approximately DCI) Larosière (Antoine Duléry) and Lampion (Marius Colucci). Series Two is set in the late 1950s through early 1960s with Commissaire Swan Laurence (Samuel Labarthe), journalist Alice Avril (Blandine Bellavoir), and Laurence's secretary, Marlène Leroy (Élodie Frenck). Series One streams with English subtitles in the United States on Acorn TV and MHz Choice, Series Two streams with English subtitles in the United States on MHz Choice and in Australia on SBS. The thirty-eight episodes to the end of Series Two include adaptations of thirty-six of Christie's works.
A third series, with a new cast and set in 1970s France, was announced in 2019 and released starting in 2021. Although the title bearing Christie's name remained, most of the episodes were original stories "in the spirit of Christie's works" because the producer felt that the remaining books would be "too difficult to adapt", or because of rights issues in some cases.
Series One: 1930s France (2009–2012)
Overview Set in northern France in the 1930s, womanising and bombastic Commissaire Jean Larosière and his hapless junior officer Inspecteur Émile Lampion unravel a series of complicated murder cases to reveal the killers.
Cast and characters Main Antoine Duléry as Commissaire Jean Larosière (11 episodes) Marius Colucci as Inspecteur Émile Lampion (11 episodes)
Support Serge Dubois as police officer () Ménard (9 episodes) Olivier Carré as medical examiner () Dr Verdure (5 episodes)
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Series Two: mid-1950s to 1960s France (2013–2020)
Overview The action has moved to mid-1950s to 1960s Lille, France. Suave, razor-sharp, arrogant, and intolerant – Commissaire Swan Laurence investigates murders with the often unappreciated assistance of reporter Alice Avril and police secretary Marlène Leroy.
Cast and characters Main Samuel Labarthe as Commissaire Swan Laurence (27 episodes) Blandine Bellavoir as journalist and feminist Alice Avril (27 episodes) Élodie Frenck as Laurence's Marilyn Monroe-esque police secretary Marlène Leroy (27 episodes)
Support Dominique Thomas as Ernest Tricard (27 episodes) Marie Berto as secretary then police officer Arlette Carmouille (5 episodes) Cyril Gueï as medical examiner () Dr Timothée Glissant (13 episodes) Christophe Piret / François Godart as newspaper editor () Robert Jourdeuil (2 / 15 episodes) Natacha Lindinger as medical examiner Dr Euphrasie Maillol (4 episodes) Éric Beauchamp as police "cop" () Martin (16 episodes) Bubulle as Marlène's goldfish Bubulle (27 episodes). Bubulle is a series of fishes kept in the office by Marléne. When each fish expires, Laurence, knowing Marléne's attachment, secretly replaces it with a new fish. In episode 26, Laurence remarks "Bubulle 4".
Guest castNo. in SeriesActor (character)1Catherine Mouchet (Rose-Marie Bousquet), Olivier Rabourdin (Etienne Bousquet), Stéphane Caillard (Juliette), Solveig Maupu (Jaqueline Cassard), Shane Woodward (Jimmy White), Guillaume Bienvenu (Antonin Lambert), Vincent Londez (Léonard Jandel)2 Élodie Navarre (Elvire Morenkova), Jean-Philippe Écoffey (Georges Leroy), Claude Perron (Claude Kerrigan), Antoine Oppenheim (Daniel Kerrigan), Hélène Médigue (Babette), Valentine Alaqui (Violette), Alexis Michalik (Jules Lavigne), Luis Inacio (Victor Lebrun)3 Françoise Fabian (Alexina Laurence), Nathalie Richard (Geneviève Ranson), Jacqueline Bir (Émilie Longuet), Anne Azoulay (Charlotte Ségur), Olivier Chantreau (Louis Segur), Vincent Schmitt (Georges Siatidis), Isabelle de Hertogh (Bella Siatidis), Alexie Ribes (Daisy)4 Alix Poisson (Suzanne Delavallée), Charlie Dupont (Roland Delavallée), Didier Vinson (André Delavallée), Arly Jover (Alma Sarrazin), Eric Caruso (Philippe Sarrazin), Luc Samaille (Alain Langevin), Laurence Flahault (Paulette Torbier)5678 Élodie Frenck (Solange Vanilos), Nancy Tate (Mary Patterson), Blanche Cluzet (Marguerite Richard), Edouard Giard (Jean-Baptiste Millet), Lucile Marquis (Rose), Sandrine Salyères (N'Daye Sissoko), Charles Templon (Pierre), Charlotte Talpaert (Louise)9 Philippe Nahon (Émile Deboucke), Anne Benoît (Annick Devassène), Marcelle Fontaine (Josiane Lallin), Alexandre Steiger (Jean Castor), Emilie Wiest (Sabine Toulemonde), Pierre Kiebbe (Baptiste)10 Arnaud Perron (Robert Vasseur), Gilian Petrovski (Michael Doutremont), Eléonore Joncquez (Régine Molon), Serge Riaboukine (Dr. Léopold Santini), Mélissandre Fortumeau (Béatrice Santini), Jeanne Bournaud (Hélène Schmit)11 Valeria Cavalli (Leticia Salvan/Charlotte Salvan), Juliette Plumecocq-Mech (Linda Greenblat), Christine Bonnard (Henriette), Blandine Pélissier (Odette), Annabelle Hettmann (Philippine Leroy), Clovis Fouin (Marcel Combet/Eugène Perrier), Honorine Magnier (Antoinette Combet/Emma Zontag)1213141516 Frédéric Pellegeay (Grégoire Vidal), Pierre Khorsand (Paul Courelle), Mona Walravens (Dany Courelle), Beatrice Rosen (Lucette Vidal), Christian Joubert (Albert Major)17181920212223 24 Bérénice Baoo (Clarisse Rodier), Arnaud Binard (Dr. Rodier), Maïra Schmitt (Adèle Rodier), Kevin Garnichat (Dr Nathan Steiner), Chloé Chaudoye (Marie Steiner), Barbara Monin (Dominique Lebrun), Emmanuel Bordier (Félix Jacquel)252627 Antoine Duléry (Commissaire Larosière), Anouchka Vingtier (Isabelle Grignan), Alain Duclos (Arthur Grignan), Claudine Vigreux (Madame Léotard), Ulrich Vanacker (Simon Wurtz)
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Series Three: 1970s France A third series, with a new cast and set in France in the 1970s, was announced in 2019.
The first and third episodes are adaptations of, respectively, Endless Night and The Hollow. Other episodes are original stories; according to the producer, they are in the "spirit of Agatha Christie".
Overview The third series is set in the 1970s, again in Lille, France. Commissaire Annie Gréco is aided by police inspector Max Beretta and psychologist Rose Bellecour.
Cast and characters Main Émilie Gavois-Kahn as Commissaire Annie Gréco Arthur Dupont as Inspector Maxime "Max" Beretta Chloé Chaudoye as psychologist Rose Bellecour
Support Saverio Maligno as Inspector Râteau Alexandre Russo as Inspector Cassard Quentin Baillot as Commissaire divisionnaire Servan Legoff Benoît Moret as medical examiner (médecin légiste) Jacques Blum Nicolas Lumbreras as Bob, a hippie hotel owner Christèle Tual as Barbara Bellecour, Rose's mother Grégoire Oestermann as Arnaud Bellecour, Rose's father
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Notes
A distinct four-part mini-series, "", adapted from Hercule Poirot's Christmas, was released in 2006. Although Larosière and Lampion are the main characters (played by the same actors), this mini-series is not a prequel or sequel to the later series. However, in this earlier miniseries, Larosière knows who his father is and actually meets him in the story, but in "Un meurtre en sommeil" (Sleeping Murder), Episode 10 of Season 1 of "", Larosière says he does this know who his father is and is going to seek out his identity. Laurence drives a Facel Vega Facellia FA red Bordeaux coupe.
Complete cast ActorCharacterEpisodesYearAntoine DuléryJean LarosièreLarosière's nephew1112009–20122020Marius ColucciÉmile Lampion112009–2012Blandine BellavoirAlbertineAlice Avril12720112013–2020Samuel LabartheSwan Laurence272013–2020Élodie FrenckMarlène Leroy272013–2020Dominique ThomasErnest Tricard272013–2020Christophe PiretGuillaume ParisotRobert Jourdeuil1220122013François GodartRobert Jourdeuil152013–2019Éric BeauchampMartin162013–2018Serge DuboisMénard92009–2012Olivier CarréVerdureRoger Bessan512010–20122019BubulleMarlène's goldfish Bubulle272013–2020Flore BonaventuraAlice IsaazJuliette Larosière1120102012Anne BenoîtMadame DasteAnnick Devassene1120092015Hélène VincentKristin12009Lucie LucasEsther12009Pascal ElsoLéopold Vallabrègues12009Corinne MasieroAngélique12009Denis LavantAndré Custe12009Frédéric PierrotJean Villiers12009Robinson StéveninJean12009Françoise BertinEmilie Dubreuil12009Lannick GautryMathieu Vidal12010Isabelle CandelierChristine Boisseau12010Guilaine LondezMademoiselle Thuleau12010Mata GabinEsméralda12011Jean-Marie WinlingPierre Fougères12012Patrick DescampsChesnais12012Françoise FabianAlexina Laurence12013Claude PerronClaude Kerrigan12013Charlie DupontRoland Delavallée12013Alexis MichalikJules Lavigne12013Isabelle de HertoghBella Siatidis12013Dominique PinonHubert Petitpont12014Natacha LindingerEuphrasie Maillol42014Nicolas VaudeStanislas12014Alban LenoirPaul Coupet12014Philippe NahonEmile Deboucke12015Serge RiaboukineLéopold Santini12015Cyril GueiDr Timothée Glissant132016–2020Sophie CattaniEve Constantin12016Philippe RebbotDr Locart12018Marie BertoArlette Carmouille52016–2020Barbara SchulzAudrey Fontaine12019Nuno LopesMaxime Beaumont12019Mireille HerbstmeyerClémence Berg12019
See also
List of French television series
References
External links
Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie on "The Home of Agatha Christie"