The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
A&E (Sun., Feb. 13, 8 p.m. ET)
You prefer murder without the grit of Homicide (see page 26)? Then you're the target viewer for this Agatha Christie mystery featuring sleuth extraordinaire Hercule Poirot. David Suchet, who played Poirot in a series of TV movies from the late 1980s to the mid-'90s, returns to the role of the Belgian detective in fine, fastidious form. Watch him roll up his sleeve ever so carefully before reaching into a shallow pond to retrieve evidence. You can be confident that Poirot will come to a neat conclusion concerning what he calls a "crime most dastardly." Industrialist Roger Ackroyd (Malcolm Terris) has been found murdered in his English country home, and there's even a possibility that the butler did it. The elements are in place for a diverting game of Clue, which climaxes when Poirot honors custom by gathering all the suspects in one room for a combination seminar and inquisition.
Bottom Line: Polished puzzle
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