David Suchet as Hercule Poirot

SPOILER ALERT: He played Agatha Christie’s funny little Belgian detective in adaptations of all her stories over 13 series.

Stache is not the only cat that looks like a TV detective. There's a Siamese that looks like Helen Mirren in Prime Suspect - and a grumpy cat that resemblances Clouseau.

So cute I could hug him! (The dog silly! But yes, I could probably easily hug Poirot too, he's so loveable.) Bob the Wire Fox Terrier. From the episode: The Dumb Witness.

Having already starred in 65 episodes, Suchet has signed up for a further five adventures which will broadcast on ITV this Christmas.

(c) ITV The second episode of Series Nine was based on the novel Sad Cypress, first published in 1940. It was adapted for television by David Pirie and directed by David Moore. Script versus novel Pirie's script takes quite a few liberties without losing the spirit of the novel. Especially two things had to be worked around for this adaptation. One was the 'court room' scenes, especially in the final sections, another was the fact that Poirot isn't introduced until quite late in the…