For full TV listings for the week, see thetimes.co.uk/tvplannerViewing guide, by Joe ClayThe ABC MurdersBBC One, 9pmThis year’s Agatha Christie adaptation from Sarah Phelps stars John Malkovich as Hercule Poirot, the first American to portray the Belgian sleuth in a mainstream TV drama. Christie devotees may be alarmed by Malkovich ditching the detective’s black waxed moustache, but once you have adjusted to the actor’s unique take on the role, this is another superior murder mystery from Phelps. Poirot is unnerved after receiving taunting letters from a serial killer who appears to choose his victims and crime scenes alphabetically. “I will be a faceless beast leading lambs to the slaughter,” he boasts in letters signed in the name “ABC”. The Harry Potter…

Source: The Times December 26, 2018 00:00 UTC