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HIS slick detective work uncovering crimes is muchloved by television viewers. But from Friday, his dulcet tones can be heard unravelling the wonders of a major Winchester attraction.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: From left: Police Ten 7 presenter Graham Bell, Denise Ganley from Muscular Dystrophy Northern and Judy Bailey A bow tie which belonged to Agatha Christiea TMs Poirot actor David Suchet was gifted to the Muscular Dystrophy Association of New Zealand to auction off during its appeal week.

The Australian star stayed in character when a mobile went off during a preview, but silence and a stare can also do the job At one performance of Man and Boy at the Tricycle, David Suchet was interrupted by a phone in the audience.

The glitter still hasn't gone from the 1920s and early '30s in England - the era of Evelyn Waugh's Bright Young Things and of those marvelous Hercule Poirot mysteries on TV with David Suchet in the title role.

Stand by for outbursts of spooky theme music as we embark on a week of murder, mystery and the paranormal on Radio 4, which kicks off tonight with Archive On 4 a ' Agatha Christie's Life In Her Words, as Scottish crime writer Val McDermid listens to the disembodied voice of Christie herself, as preserved on archive tapes.

Another Marple; another hat. This time it is Julia McKenzie wearing a plain tweedy job at a stylish angle a ' both of them more substantial than the last Marple, Geraldine McEwan, who was a flirty bit of stuff.

Out on DVD is another great treat: Agatha Christie Poirot & Marple For the mystery lover in your family look no further than this exquisite box set with 21 twisty mysteries from the queen of crime novels Agatha Christie .

The Movie: As I mentioned in my recent reviews of the Acorn re-releases of the feature length Poirot episodes from that wonderful long running David Suchet series, Monk certainly didn't invent the idea of an obsessive compulsive detective.

Terry Wogan has criticised the quality of new television drama, admitting that he prefers watching programmes such as Miss Marple and Poirot on the digital channels.

The Movie: As I mentioned in my recent reviews of the Acorn re-releases of the feature length Poirot episodes from that wonderful long running David Suchet series, Monk certainly didn't invent the idea of an obsessive compulsive detective.

Our BFFs over at A&E have entrusted DVDFile with no fewer than five copies each of the company's 28 July titles, and we want to send them your way.

He's a TV institution, with his carefully tweaked moustache and comedy Belgian accent.

Fans of the Masterpiece Mystery series will love this three-disc collection as David Suchet returns as the Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot.

Kimberly Stewart is to appear alongside Poirot star David Suchet in the latest film about the Belgian detective.

Before Star Trek, there was Shakespeare: Patrick Stewart as Shylock, the Jewish moneylender, in The Merchant of Venice.

You can spend the night in three cities, catching music and fireworks. First is PBS , in Washington, D.C. This starts and ends with medleys by Barry Manilow.

If you missed the two recent Poirot films on "Masterpiece Mystery!," or even if you didn't, Acorn has released "Mrs. McGinty's Dead" and "Cat Among the Pigeons" in a must-have three-disc collection that also includes a film about Agatha Christie's annoying and endearing Belgian detective.

Watch "Poirot: Mrs. McGinty's Dead" at 10 p.m. on KCTS. Television RSS feed Tonight in Prime Time "Poirot: Mrs.

Poirot 4 -- Long ago, Acorn Media released first on tapes and then on DVDs all the Hercule Poirot television versions that were based on the Agatha Christie short stories and then the longer ones based on the novels.

Nature at 7 p.m. Sunday explores the world of cephalopods as viewers follow a cameraman into the abyss and share his adventures with the planet's most cryptic and clever monsters.