The Prime Minister of Britain is on his way to Paris to attend a an important conference. On his way to the train station there has already been an assassination attempt where a bullet has grazed his cheek.
A heavily bandaged Prime Minister goes on the train to the continent, the next day in France he and his chauffeur has disappeared, presumably kidnapped.
With a title like The Kidnapped Prime Minister, you expect a politically charged episode with looming tensions in Europe and dastardly Germans having a hand in the Prime Minister's disappearance.
The Foreign Office may not be impressed that Inspector Japp has recommended Poirot to search for the Prime Minister however he uncovers a surprisingly different political perspective, Irish home rule.
When this story was broadcast in 1990, we lived in the shadow of IRA bombings in the British mainland so in some ways the underlying subtext was rather topical.
However the bare bones of the story is easy to work out as we never see the Prime Minister's face when he steps on the train as it is hidden under the bandages.
A heavily bandaged Prime Minister goes on the train to the continent, the next day in France he and his chauffeur has disappeared, presumably kidnapped.
With a title like The Kidnapped Prime Minister, you expect a politically charged episode with looming tensions in Europe and dastardly Germans having a hand in the Prime Minister's disappearance.
The Foreign Office may not be impressed that Inspector Japp has recommended Poirot to search for the Prime Minister however he uncovers a surprisingly different political perspective, Irish home rule.
When this story was broadcast in 1990, we lived in the shadow of IRA bombings in the British mainland so in some ways the underlying subtext was rather topical.
However the bare bones of the story is easy to work out as we never see the Prime Minister's face when he steps on the train as it is hidden under the bandages.