One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
- Synopsis
- Television detective series based on Agatha Christie’s stories featuring the Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. The story concerns a powerful financier who commits bigamy and, together with his actress first wife, commits a succession of murders to conceal the fact , with the wife disguising herself as several women. The television version begins in India in 1921 with the closing moments of a performance of Much Ado About Nothing, emphasising mask and Beatrice’s lines about being deceived by Hero, Margaret and Ursula. At the close, as Poirot sums up, there is a flashback to the performance, this time stressing Hero’s lines ‘And when I lived, I was your other wife/And when you loved, you were my other husband’ (V,iv, 60-61). [With acknowledgment to Susanne Greenhalgh for providing the synopsis].
- Series
- Agatha Christie’s Poirot
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain; United Kingdom
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Transmission details
- 19 Jan 1992 at 19:45 (Channel: ITV)
- Duration
- 120 mins
Credits
- Director
- Ross Devenish
- Producer
- Brian Eastman
- Writer
- Agatha Christie; Clive Exton
- Cast
Christopher Eccleston Frank Carter David Suchet Hercule Poirot Joanna Phillips-Lane Gerda/Helen Peter Blythe Blunt Philip Jackson Inspector Japp
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Mystery
Notes
- Notes
- Available on DVD (region 2) in the UK as part of the AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: COMPLETE COLLECTION and in the US (region 1)as part of POIROT: MOVIE COLLECTION.
Production Company
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
- Name
Learning on Screen Off-Air Recording Back-up Service
- services@bufvc.ac.uk
- Web
- http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/offair External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7393 1514
- Fax
- 020 7393 1555
- Address
- For Learning on Screen Members only
77 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QJ
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Retail outlets
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av72764 (Accessed 04 Nov 2025)