The man in search of St Peter on BBC1 this Easter weekend ‘not as a detective but as an actor’ talks to Matthew Stadlen about his conversion and his Christian faith “It’s funny,” says David Suchet. “I feel Jewish. I’m a Lithuanian Jew in my blood. I feel rooted in Judaism and Jesus was a Jew.” He laughs. Because the man, known for so long to so many as Agatha Christie’s Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, was confirmed a Christian in 2007 after a 21-year journey of conversion that began in early middle age.Suchet’s father, Jack, was a South African Jewish obstetrician gynaecologist of East European heritage who lost his faith because he couldn’t reconcile science and religion. He assisted Alexander Fleming during his discove