Apologies for uploading last week's episode! Now corrected! Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about incompetent reporters, incompetent investigators, louche playwrights and Bridgette Bardot lookalikes. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Petits meurtres en famille,” the French television adaptation of “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas.” Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel. Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of Agatha Christie novels: https://peschelpress.com/the-peschel-press-complete-annotated-series/ Learn about Teresa Peschel’s “Agatha Christie, She Watched” book (coming in early 2023!) and read her movie reviews: https://peschelpress.com/teresa-peschels-agatha-christie-movie-reviews/ Chapters 0:00 Introduction 2:51 Larosiere and Lampion in a different universe 5:33 Nord province, the Hooterville of France? 6:40 How wealthy was the family? Number of servants. 12:34 The servants who matter in the story 13:40 The family members who matter in the story 19:21 The introduction of Inez 21:37 Simon Lee’s 70th birthday and Dr. Eloi 22:58 Madeline the villain you’ll love to hate 26:05 Jewishness and French support for Hitler in 1939 29:00 The aging of the long-distance runner 30:20 The second love triangle 32:39 The theme of missing and abusive fathers 34:24 Murder in ChristieWorld 38:15 The problem of Fake Inez’s happy ending 42:06 The importance of casting 43:03 Louise’s love story