Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet — Season 1, Episode 1: South Africa
Documentary • 47 min • 1 season, 5 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
Sir David Suchet recreates Agatha Christie’s 1922 journey to Southern Africa, visiting vineyards, diamond mines and the epic Victoria Falls. He learns how this inspired Agatha’s novel "The Man in the Brown Suit" and confronts the complex legacy of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes.
About Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet
In Travels with Agatha with Sir David Suchet, the actor will replicate Poirot author Christie’s journey, which spanned former British Empire territories Canada, Hawaii, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia as part of a trade mission. Each episode will feature one of the five countries.