Fiction Adaptation- Lecture 1

Today was the first of 4 fiction adaptation lectures in which I learnt about what I should be looking at while trying to write my essay. I will still be looking into Poirot by Agatha Christie but I will also be looking at critics of the adaptation that was on television, how the adaptation its self changed and the audience that the adaptation was aimed at and the audience that the books were aimed at.

Essay points;

• My first essay point will be to look at the adaptation of the first book Agatha Christie wrote and the case in the first book that was features in season 3 episode 1 of the series. I want to look at the pilot episode as well to look how they introduce Poirot as that would have been in the first case that is not shown till later. 
• Secondly I would like to examine the critics of the series and how journalist rated the series against a market of so many other detective series. Due to the amount of series there should of been a good sizeable audience.
• I also want to look at the audience and how they may have changed over the years in terms of viewing. 
• Characters that may have changed in the adaptation and story lines that are parallel with the main case stories will also interest me.