the murder of roger ackroyd be rightly regard a one of the best crime novel of all time . it initial publication cause controversy in some quarter because of a startling trick pull by agatha christie . to bring this across properly in the form of a tv movie would take considerable skill and but with the right script writer and director and it could make a fantastic film . this certainly isn not it . the normally reliable clive exton have see fit to add another murder for no reason other than to provide a cliff hanger for a commercial break and most of the character have be destroy and and what on earth be factory and airport do in there . the film only need to feature three house to work it a puzzle and not an action film . it such a pity that this should have be part of the regular poirot series . for the rest of it run and the adaptation have be fairly faithful to the source material . this one destruction of the structure of the plot be the sort of thing which we will see more of in itv marple travesty in a few year time . unfortunately and i doubt that itv will ever go back and do this one properly and because subjective camera work could lead to a very atmospheric film version of this story .