I agree that "Cat among the pigeons" was adapted very successfully. Having recently re-read the novel, there's a HUGE amount of plot in it (unlike "Third Girl" for instance where nothing really happens!), so I thought they would have to make some changes. As it stands, the denouement for this episode was probably one of the longest they've ever done, I think - as there was so much for Poirot to explain!

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Like you , I wasn't that bothered about the deletion of Miss Vansittart who I found a rather dull character in the book. And also the fact that Chaddy didn't actually succeed in killing Miss Rich made her a more sympathetic character and so her death was more moving.

I loved the cast. I thought Elizabeth Berrington was wonderfully unpleasant as Miss Springer, and Natasha Little (who I loved in "This Life") was perfect as Ann Shapland - her reaction when she was revealed as the murderer was just fantastic. And I also thought Lois Edmett - in what seems to be her TV debut - was so full of personality and cheekiness as Julia Upjohn.

A big thumbs up from this viewer!

Unfortunately I missed this episode when will i be able to watch it again?

While I didn't like CotP much, (haven't seen the movie yet), I do think that the novel makes a good movie. When it comes out here on DVD, I'll definitely watch it.

RMH - not sure where you live, but if you are in the UK Cat Among the Pigeons will be shown again this coming sunday, 30th August at 4.30 pm on ITV1

I've watched the CatP film yesterday. I liked it. Chaddy reminded me of a professor at my uni. 

Though I don't like that the filmmakers kept the disappointing resolution with no deduction involved. Adding some deduction to the revealing of the murderer is what the original novel badly needs, and I would only welcome a minor plot change or two that enables some deduction to actually take place. These are the changes that the screenwriters should do to Christie, not adding Lesbian Nazi Nuns.

I watched Cat among the pigeons and thought it was well made. I didn't like the book that much, it was just ok. I did like the adapt scene where the blackmailer goes to meet the killer in the dark..

BTW, I agree that it was a good move on the screenwriter's part not to make mrs. Chadwick a murderer. Makes you actually care about her when she dies, while in the novel, I was perfectly calm about the murderer's death.