First broadcast 20th April 2001.

A quiet holiday at a secluded hotel in Devon is all that Hercule Poirot wants, but among his fellow guests is Arlena Stuart, a beautiful and vain woman who, seemingly oblivious to her own husband, revels in the attention of the also married Patrick Redfern.

David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
Hugh Fraser as Hastings
Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp
Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon
Michael Higgs as Patrick Redfern
Tamzin Malleson as Christine Redfern
Louise Delamere as Arlena Stuart
Tim Meats as Stephen Lane
Marsha Fitzalan as Rosamund Darnley
Carolyn Pickles as Emily Brewster
David Mallinson as Kenneth Marshall
Russell Tovey as Lionel Marshall
Ian Thompson as Major Barry
David Timson as Horace Blatt
Rosalind March as Mrs Castle
Paul Ready as William
Rebecca Johnson as Gladys Narracott
Guy Vincent as Barman
Roger Alborough as Chief Constable Weston
Kevin Moore as Coroner
Jason Davies as Nathan Lloyd
Kenneth Gilbert as Mr Applegood
Lawrence McGrandles Jr. as Simon Kelso
Grant Gillespie as Jack Lovett
Harriet Eastcott as Librarian
Andrew MacBean as Waiter
Steve Bennett as Policeman
Andrew Ashby as Officer
Laurence Richardson as Hotel Guest