To be a television fan in the year of our Lord 2026 means forcing yourself to accept the fact that we live in an era of reboots, revivals, and remakes. And with new takes on everything from Scrubs and Malcom in the Middle to Little House on the Prairie and The Forsytes hitting screens this year, it’s pretty much only a matter of time before it’s your beloved favorite’s turn. But sometimes, the idea of a reboot is so egregious that it seems worth it to wonder: What on Earth are we doing here? Case in point: The BBC is reportedly set on bringing back Agatha Christie’s famous detective, Hercule Poirot, for a new “major television series.” No casting has been announced just yet, but it’s incredibly difficult to imagine anyone being able to match David Suchet, the award-winning actor who played the self-proclaimed “greatest detective in the world” for 24 years on ITV’s Agatha Christie’s Poirot. No shade intended at whoever tries to follow in his footsteps, but it’s difficult not to wonder how they’ll ever possibly be able to measure up. cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "106e33c0-3911-473c-b599-b1426db57530",}).render("0270c398a82f44f49c23c16122516796");});Plenty of excellent actors have played Hercule Poirot, including Albert Finney, Peter Ustinov, Ian Holm, Alfred Molina, John Malkovich, and Kenneth Branagh. But although all have their appeal (I’ll keep my eyerolls about Branagh’s version mostly to myself), none of them is the equal of Suchet’s. Granted, he got great material: Agatha Christie’s Poirot was remarkably faithful to both the author’s text and her titular hero’s character. But Suchet also put in the work to make sure his performance lived up to expectations. (He even wrote a memoir about his journey alongside the character, which chronicles the extensive preparation he did to play Poirot.) It’s true that, at this point, the original Agatha Christie’s Poirot can feel a little dated in terms of film and production values. But it’s also a tremendous achievement, a series which saw Suchet star in every single Poirot novel and short story, including the 2013 finale Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case. His performance is widely regarded as the definitive take on the role. Any new adaptation is automatically going to start from a difficult place. But that doesn’t sound like it’ll stop the BBC from trying. According to Deadline, the new reimagining will hail from Mammoth Screen, a frequent BBC production partner that has a long track record with both remakes (Poldark) and Christie adaptations (And Then There Were None, Murder Is Easy). The company’s founder, Damien Timmer, even executive-produced many episodes of Suchet’s Poirot. To be fair, their stuff looks great and almost always has a killer cast. (That Murder Is Easy is particularly underrated, but certainly rough on Christie purists.) In our current TV landscape, Christie’s work is as popular as it’s ever been: Netflix recently released a (surprisingly good) adaptation of Seven Dials, and BritBox has a new take on Tommy and Tuppence coming later this year. It makes a lot of sense that the BBC would want in on this trend, especially since Suchet’s Poirot was such a success for a rival network. But in their eagerness to prove they can make another Poirot, it certainly doesn’t seem clear if anyone considered whether ot not they should. The post David Suchet Is Still the One True Poirot appeared first on Den of Geek.