Imogen Daniels

Imogen Daniels was a non-canonical character who was created for the film adaptation of The Kidnapped Prime Minister in Season 2 of ITV's Agatha Christie's Poirot. Imogen Daniels, formerly Imogen Donahue was the third daughter of the Earl of Connemara and the ex-wife of Commander Daniels, the secretary of the Prime Minister David MacAdam. Some time before the events in the story, Imogen and her husband had undergone stormy divorce proceedings in court, with all the "juicy" details receiving wide press coverage. Poirot would later surmise that this was just a smoke-screen. The first inkling that this was so was when Poirot noticed that Commander Daniels still kept a framed portrait of Imogen on his desk.

Imogen and Daniels pretended to hate each other but were actually still very much in love. They were both Irish nationalists and worked together to plot the kidnap of the Prime Minister. After the kidnap, Imogen hid her victim in one of her family homes, Summerscote Hall, a country house in Berkshire which had been destroyed by fire.

Imogen Daniels was played in the film by Lisa Harrow. This character does not occur in the original story.