{
  "id": 133941,
  "title": "BritBox & BBC’s Poirot Origin Series ‘Hercule’ Reveals Cast",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/britbox-bbcs-poirot-origin-series-hercule-reveals-cast",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-04T15:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/britbox-bbc-hercule-poirot-cast-reveal-1237017054/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "We know Edward Bluemel will play the legendary Belgian detective Poirot in the upcoming BritBox and BBC series Hercule, and now we have the lowdown on the rest of the cast joining him in the Agatha Christie adaptation. Here are the ten new names: Henry Ashton (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms), James D’Arcy (Oppenheimer), Calvin Demba (Supacell), […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}