Episodes
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about drunken chefs, cold and hot news anchors, ‘60s-style sexism, and dumping dumping one-night stands. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Zero Hour” (L'Heure zero), the French television adaptation of “Towards Zero” by “Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie.” Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel. Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our...
Published 01/31/23
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about subdivided chateaus, dolls stuffed up chimneys, drunken priests, and child murders. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “By the Pricking of My Thumbs” the 2005 French movie. 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:...
Published 01/23/23
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about drones, ghosts, secret cameras, and Sherlock Holmes. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “And Then There Were None,” the 2017 Japanese adaptation. 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:...
Published 01/16/23
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about abandoned children, poisonous inhalers, Missing Miss Marple, and wooden-faced police officers. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “The Great Actress Murder Case,” the 2018 Japanese adaptation of “The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side.” 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...
Published 01/10/23
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about snooping butlers, thieving in-laws, plumping noodles, and pumpkin cubes. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “The Murder of Kuroido,” the 2018 Fuji TV adaptation of “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.” 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:...
Published 01/03/23
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about horrible mothers, infantile children, bus tours and pratfalls. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Promise of Death,” the 2020 Japanese TV adaptation of “Appointment with Death.” 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:...
Published 12/26/22
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about repressed memories, seaside homes, shipboard romances, and Jacobean revenge tragedies. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Sleeping Murder,” the 2005 episode from the Japanese anime “Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple.” 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...
Published 12/22/22
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about adventurous aviators, chocolate addicts, Babylonian spells, and ducks. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “The Mystery of End House,” the 2004 episode from the Japanese anime “Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple.” Apologies here for the varying sound quality and the microphone thumps. I upped the audibility setting on Voicemeeter and it caused the sound to drop out. I trimmed out as much of the bad...
Published 12/15/22
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about risque subtitles, manuscript theft, secret agents, and tax evasion. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Agatha and the Midnight Murders” the 2020 movie and third of a series starring Christie as a fictional character. Apologies here for the varying sound quality and the microphone thumps. Later, I discovered that upping the audibility setting on Voicemeeter caused the sound to drop out. I trimmed out as much of the...
Published 12/07/22
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about oppressed  women, exploited nations, stolen artifacts, and hot male archaeologists.  Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Agatha and the  Curse of Ishtar” the 2019 movie giving an alternate history of  Christie’s meeting and courtship with her second husband, Max Mallowan. Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel. Support  Peschel Press! Visit our website to...
Published 11/28/22
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about abusive fathers, cross-dressing lawyers, unauthorized fiction, and designing golf courses. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Agatha and the Truth of Murder” the 2018 movie giving an alternate history of Christie’s 11-day disappearance. Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of Agatha Christie novels annotated by Bill Peschel. Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line...
Published 11/21/22
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about we’re talking about blues singers, hidden couples, Hollywood scandals and disfiguring faces. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 2022 movie “Death on the Nile,” starring Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot. 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:...
Published 11/14/22
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about  emasculating mothers, feckless fathers, bad seed children, and the Bomb.  Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 2018 movie  “Ordeal by Innocence,” starring Bill Nighy. 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:...
Published 11/07/22
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about  traveling salesmen, boarding houses with benefits, murder parties and dangerous backgammon. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 2018 movie “The ABC Murders,” starring John Malkovich as Hercule Poirot. 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:...
Published 10/31/22
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about industrial fog, police brutality, old women and young lovers, and a bloodstained pussycat. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 2016 movie “The Witness for the Prosecution,” starring Toby Jones and Kim Cattrall. 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...
Published 10/24/22
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about deconstructing doctors, disobedient daughters, and dying detectives. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 2013 Poirot episode “Curtain,” starring David Suchet as Poirot. 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:...
Published 10/17/22
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about master criminals, conniving sisters, gullible young men, and a cute pug. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 2013 Poirot episode “The Labours of Hercules,” starring David Suchet as Poirot. 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:...
Published 10/10/22
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about international conspiracies, ambitious actors, sinister Chinamen, and fake funerals. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 2013 Poirot episode “The Big Four,” starring David Suchet as Poirot. 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:...
Published 10/03/22
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about psychiatrists, pianists, French au pairs and the Seven Sisters. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 2013 Poirot episode “Elephants Can Remember,” starring David Suchet as Poirot. 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:...
Published 09/26/22
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about time, traitors, betrayers, and lots and lots of cats. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 2011 Poirot episode “The Clocks,” starring David Suchet as Poirot. 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:...
Published 09/19/22
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about wandering witches, flaming raisins, suspicious topiary, and a lot of drownings. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 2010 Poirot episode “Hallowe’en Party,” starring David Suchet as Poirot. 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:...
Published 09/19/22
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about peacocking painters, randy roommates, meddling mystery writers, and sinister ice cream. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 2008 Poirot episode “Third Girl,” starring David Suchet as Poirot. Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel. Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of Agatha Christie novels:...
Published 09/06/22
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about hormonal schoolgirls, hunky gardeners, coup d’tats, and javelin tossing. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 2008 Poirot episode “Cat Among the Pigeons,” starring David Suchet as Poirot. Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel. Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of Agatha Christie novels:...
Published 08/29/22
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about feral playwrights, inquiring reporters, and deadly sugar hammers. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 2008 Poirot episode “Mrs. McGinty’s Dead,” starring David Suchet as Poirot. Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel. Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of Agatha Christie novels:...
Published 08/25/22
Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about gas explosions, missing explorers, greed, and surly Irishmen. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 2006 Poirot episode “Taken at the Flood,” starring David Suchet as Poirot. Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel. Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of Agatha Christie novels:...
Published 08/17/22