Ariadne Oliver is a successful detective novelist that appears in two short stories (with Parker Pyne in Parker Pyne Investigates) and seven novels (six of them with Hercule Poirot). Played by the brilliant Zoe Wanamaker
Poirot lives in Styles St. Mary as a Belgian refugee. Here he meets again his closest friend Arthur Hastings. Poirot solves The Mysterious Affair at Styles
British star Anna Chancellor appears in the 1993 episode of Poirot (Suchet) as Belgian totty Virginie Mesnard in 'The Chocolate Box' episode, Agatha Christie