First broadcast 24th February 1991.<br /><br />During Christmas holidays, Poirot gets a visit from the Egyptian prince whose royal ruby has been stolen by a prostitute.<br /><br />David Suchet as Hercule Poirot<br />Frederick Treves as Colonel Lacey<br />Stephanie Cole as Mrs Lacey<br />David Howey as Jesmond<br />Antony Zaki as Prince Farouk (as Tariq Alibai)<br />Helena Michell as Sarah Lacey<br />John Vernon as David Welwyn<br />Nigel Le Vaillant as Desmond Lee-Wortley<br />Robyn Moore as Gloria<br />John Dunbar as Peverill<br />Alessia Gwyther as Bridget<br />Jonathan R. Scott as Colin (as Jonathan S. Bancroft)<br />Edward Holmes as Michael<br />Siobhan Garahy as Annie Bates<br />Susan Field as Mrs Ross<br />Gordon Reid as Chocolate Shop Owner (see Dupres)<br />Christopher Leaver as Parsloe<br />Peter Aldwyn as Durbridge<br />Iain Rattray as Head Waiter<br />James Taylor as Waiter
