Arthur Hastings Arthur Hastings Captain Arthur J. M. Hastings, OBE, is a fictional character created by Agatha Christie as the companion-chronicler and best friend of the Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. He is first introduced in Christie's 1920 novel "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" and appears as a character in eight other Poirot novels and plays, in addition to being the narrator of several others. Hastings is today strongly associated with Poirot, due more to the changes in the television adaptations compared to the novels. Many of the early TV episodes of "Agatha Christie's Poirot" were adaptations of short stories, in most of
The A.B.C. Murders as Hercule Poirot, a version far more comic than mysterious. The story of the 2012 Malayalam film "Grandmaster" draws inspirations from "The A.B.C. Murders". The characterisation of Chandrasekhar in the movie is played by Indian movie veteran Mohanlal is also inspired from Hercule Poirot, the protagonist of the novel. The BBC Radio adaptation "Poirot – The ABC Murders" starring John Moffatt and Simon Williams. First broadcast on BBC Radio 7 Saturday, 22 March 2008. Currently rebroadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Agatha Christie's Poirot (1992) The novel was adapted in 1992 for the television series "Agatha Christie's Poirot" with David