There were plans to scrap the "Poirot" series about four or five years ago, but a letter-writing campaign helped to keep it going.  Let's start another letter-writing campaign!

You can e-mail ITV at:

viewerservices@itv.com

or send a letter to:

Viewer ServicesITV PlcGas StreetBirminghamB1 2JT

Here's a sample letter:

To whom it may concern,

     I am a loyal fan of the TV series "Agatha Christie's Poirot," and I have heard rumors that the show may be cancelled.  Please keep the show going– there are only a handful of episodes left to be filmed:

   –Dead Man's Folly

   –The Big Four

   –Elephants Can Remember

   –The Lemesurier Inheritance (It's a short story, but as the new Marple adaptation of "The Blue Geranium" proves, short stories can be expanded.)

   –Black Coffee (Based on a play.)

   –The Labors of Hercules (Twelve Short Stories)

   –Curtain

    Please keep producing the final episodes of "Poirot."  I look forward to seeing them.  Thank you very much!

Sincerely,

(Your name here)

They CAN'T! That's so EVIL!! I love watching Poirot. I think I will send them a mail with my thoughts (albeit very watered-down, so as not to offend) as this is such a great show. Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention.

This is horrible!!! You see: the newer darker Poirot's after 2004 are doing terribly! They don't stick true to the book and the Christie feel is gone just like stylestocurtain mentioned! I mean, who cares about the regular viewers?! It should be the millions of true Christie fans that they should be catering to.

And I wish Poirot had never switched to ITV!  Hopefully some other station will take over the series! It would be too cruel if they just stopped the show before the rest were filmed! It would feel so incomplete and a shame to Agatha! But this is what happens when screen writers, lazy casting directors, and directors and so forth try to put their own "talent" ahead of the author.

I will most definitely write to ITV.

No no no nooooooooo! I'll email ITV as well. I know what rubbish they will put on in Poirot's place, if it is axed. I know there have been episodes from 2003 onwards that I havnt enjoyed but the most recent three act tragedy was a good one. I jus like the fact that Poirot is on TV and is accesable to millons of people.

 If the worst happens we will petition, wont we?

It doesn't surprise me, the way Television and ITV in general is going, I personally don't mind so much if they don't do The Labours of Hercules after all BBC didn't do the short stories but it would be nice to see Dead Man's Folly and Definitely Curtain (They should have filmed that when they had the Money and Kept ot back) Of course there is ther possibility is scare mongering in a twisted Publicity Stunt. If the series does appear on a different channel I bet it will be Sky, I would love too think it would be BBC1 but I bet it wouledn't be, anyway BBC would probably change Poirot like they did with P D James's Dalglish mind you if they did Poirot could be played by Ian Holm or John Moffet, That would be good aqnd then they could start back at the beginning, A Guy can Dream Can't he?...

Oh I wouldn't panic. This is just newspaper scare-mongering which in actual fact just boils down to the news that no decision has been made yet. And that's hardly unusual for British TV.

And, Bundle, Poirot has always been on ITV.

It's typical tabloid journalism - inventing stories where there are no facts to base their gossip on. As Katherine has already stated - ITV have ALWAYS made the Poirot series, and as they have already shown one new episode the next three will follow, just as the Marple series is continuing to be filmed, expect more Poirot's next year.

Katherine

And, Bundle, Poirot has always been on ITV.

Okay. Well you all know what I mean, so...

Besides it's kind of hard to keep track where Poirot airs there, bc over in the US it used to air on PBS, then it aired on A&E. And how did us Americans know if they really meant to stop filming? Once a show has announcemnet of its being cancelled over here then they really mean to cancel it!

But I'm glad to know that I need not panic.

Even though we shouldn't panic, everyone should please send a brief, polite e-mail to ITV telling them how much we enjoy David Suchet's portrayal of Poirot.  If you want to tell them how to adapt the books or film the telemovies a certain way, go ahead.  Just remember to be respectful, please.  If we inundate them with e-mails telling them to keep making Poirots, the odds of renewal will be significantly increased.  Remember, just four years ago they decided to stop the series, but fan protests changed their minds.  Please, let ITV know that there's a market for these adaptations!

Bundle_

Katherine

And, Bundle, Poirot has always been on ITV.

Okay. Well you all know what I mean, so...

Besides it's kind of hard to keep track where Poirot airs there, bc over in the US it used to air on PBS, then it aired on A&E. And how did us Americans know if they really meant to stop filming? Once a show has announcemnet of its being cancelled over here then they really mean to cancel it!

But I'm glad to know that I need not panic.

I'm sorry, Bundle, I didn't and I don't know what you mean! :) You said you wished Poirot had never switched to ITV, and I just pointed out that it's always been there. What was the point you were trying to make that I misunderstood?

And if you read the original post, you'll see that it really is scare-mongering. There hasn't been an announcement of it being cancelled at all. The facts are that no decision has yet been made.

I have emailed ITV to show my support for Poirot, thanks GKCfan for posted the email link. I kept it short and to the point, that if they are considering axeing it, I would like them to reconsider.

MissQuinn who did you address the Letter to?

To Bundle I found your Post comnfusing also, Poirot has ALWAYS been on ITV.

ITV have an obligation to show the ones which have not been seen but that doesn't mean ITV Have to recommission the series but the series is on Boxed sets so if the series were to end the Series would be incomplete so surely there are legal obligations.

I made a mistake: I did not know that Poirot was always on ITV. I guess I got confused w/ when Joan Hickson was on BBC and now Miss Marple is on ITV. I didn't know that my blunder was that big of a deal. We all make mistakes.

To Katherine: What I also meant was that I didn't consider this to be a publicity stunt at first. But after several of you mentioned that it was just a scare tatic I didn't fear Poirot being canceled anymore. And I was just comparing British shows to American shows in that when American shows usually have a hint of being cancelled they usuallya are canceled. So I guess that's why I took ITV's threat of cancelling Poirot seriously. I'm sorry: I can't explain it anymore clearer than that.

End of subject, for me at least.

The way things are finacially with ITV I think there is a real risk of Poirot being axed I think, we should all be worried about Poirot.

Has anyone had a email reply from ITV?

Yes, they politely thanked me for my e-mail, but didn't provide any other details other than graciously encouraging me to send more feedback.   Keep the e-mails coming!

i had a repyl from my sources inside, and Poirot is not in danger!

I sent my email off this afternoon just incase.

I have received an email confirming my thoughts have been noted and thanking me.

My fav Poirot adaptions are as follows in no order - Evil Under the Sun, Death in the Clouds , Mrs Mc Ginty's Dead, After the Funeral and The ABC Murders. What are yours?