New Hercule Poirot Series featuring the young Hercule Poirot

Edward Bluemel has been cast as the youngest Hercule Poirot for a new series starting in 2027. The BBC shared that it plans to run for three seasons, with the first season slated for release in 2027 with six episodes.  

The iconic detective, who once described himself as "the greatest detective in the world" in Agatha Christie's The Mystery of the Blue Train, will get its youngest iteration, with the BBC making it clear that the younger generation is who to turn to for successful TV shows. The  new series will follow Poirot's earlier years. The idea is that it will be "an intimate study of Hercule," looking at the character's growth between the wars. With the time period, it means we're getting a look at the sleuth before he became the well-known detective everyone turned to for help with solving crimes. 

There have been many great actors in this role before Bluemel, with David Suchet being the man everyone immediately thinks of. Suchet took on the role in 1989 and continued for 24 seasons across a total of 70 episodes. Most recently, Kenneth Branagh has played the iconic character, and before him, Peter Ustinov played the role for the 1978 movie Death on the Nile and the 1982 release Death Under the Sun. David Suchet played the Belgian detective for nearly 25 years in the ITV series; Kenneth Branagh, Albert Finney, and Peter Ustinov, among others, have also played Poirot. 

Whether the new series asks Bluemel to adopt Poirot’s appearance —  waxed moustaches and a fastidious sense of fashion — remains to be seen. 

BritBox and the BBC have titled the new production 'Hercule'. The new six-part series will follow the the young Hercule Porot as he solves his first-ever cases before becoming the world’s most iconic sleuth. Filming begins this summer with a 2027 air date.