The Labours Of Hercule

To wrap up season five, Poirot's plans for a prescribed beach break to Brighton are scuppered when he's drawn in to investigate a jewel robbery...at the Grand Metropolitan hotel. When a set of valuable pearls are taken from a locked box in a hotel room, it looks like only two people could have done it. But how did the culprit manage to get the necklace without the key and with limited time? And how has the necklace seemingly vanished into thin air? Our Patreon page is filled with all kinds of wonderful bonus materials, including videos of interviews, quizzes, bonus shows, and our deep dive into the Poirot movies! Find it at https://www.patreon.com/CosyAF If you’d like to get in contact with us, you can follow us on Twitter at @labourshecule On Instagram at @laboursofhercule On Threads at @laboursofhercule Or you can email us at bonjour@thelaboursofhercule.com Our amazing music was composed and produced by the fabulous Cev Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Poirot and Hastings are drawn into a seriously spooky locked-room mystery when Gervase Chevenix, who outbid Poirot at an auction for an antique mirror, dies from an apparent suicide. Can Poirot solve the mystery of Gervase's death, or does he need more time to reflect? Plus, a magnifico quiz from one of our wonderful listeners, details of our meet up on May 11th and more! Our Patreon page is filled with all kinds of wonderful bonus materials, including videos of interviews, quizzes, bonus shows, and our deep dive into the Poirot movies! Find it at https://www.patreon.com/CosyAF To find out more about David Suchet's INCREDIBLE Poirot And More: A Retrospective - Streaming Show - go to https://originaltheatre.com/ If you’d like to get in contact with us, you can follow us on Twitter at @labourshecule On Instagram at @laboursofhercule On Threads at @laboursofhercule Or you can email us at bonjour@thelaboursofhercule.com Our amazing music was composed and produced by the fabulous Cev Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Poirot and Japp travel back in time, and across the continent, in order to lay to rest the puzzle of a mysterious murder from the past - one that Poirot himself has kept locked inside his heart for decades. But what will happen when the secret is revealed..? Also, our very special guest and friend, Sir David Suchet, joins us once more for a VERY special announcement... Our Patreon page is filled with all kinds of wonderful bonus materials, including videos of interviews, quizzes, bonus shows, and our deep dive into the Poirot movies! Find it at https://www.patreon.com/CosyAF To find out more about David Suchet's INCREDIBLE Poirot And More: A Retrospective - Streaming Show - go to https://originaltheatre.com/ If you’d like to get in contact with us, you can follow us on Twitter at @labourshecule On Instagram at @laboursofhercule On Threads at @laboursofhercule Or you can email us at bonjour@thelaboursofhercule.com Our amazing music was composed and produced by the fabulous Cev Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When the employer of Miss Lemon's new boyfriend is murdered and multo scandals abound, can Poirot and Hastings cut through the noise to solve the case and drive the killer to justice? Adam and Frankie will leave Italia-no questions unanswered as they tackle The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman... Our Patreon page is filled with all kinds of wonderful bonus materials, including videos of interviews, quizzes, bonus shows, and our deep dive into the Poirot movies! Find it at https://www.patreon.com/CosyAF If you’d like to get in contact with us, you can follow us on Twitter at @labourshecule On Instagram at @laboursofhercule On Threads at @laboursofhercule Or you can email us at bonjour@thelaboursofhercule.com Our amazing music was composed and produced by the fabulous Cev Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A sinister battle of wits begins on New Year's Eve, when the reading of a will kicks off a multi-generational intrigue involving a battle of the sexes, a twisted family tree, and death by escalator! Join Frankie and Adam as they attempt to unravel the Case Of The Missing Will... Our Patreon page is filled with all kinds of wonderful bonus materials, including videos of interviews, quizzes, bonus shows, and our deep dive into the Poirot movies! Find it at https://www.patreon.com/CosyAF Our all new merchandise store is now up and running at https://thelaboursofhercule.com/ If you’d like to get in contact with us, you can follow us on Twitter at @labourshecule On Instagram at @laboursofhercule On Threads at @laboursofhercule Or you can email us at bonjour@thelaboursofhercule.com Our amazing music was composed and produced by the fabulous Cev Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

History repeats itself for Poirot on the two-year anniversary of a tragic case he didn't get the chance to solve. As the original witnesses are gathered around the table, can he piece together the past and present clues to prevent another deadly "Cygnes"? Join Frankie and Adam as they unravel the sinister mystery of The Yellow Iris... Our Patreon page is filled with all kinds of wonderful bonus materials, including videos of interviews, quizzes, bonus shows, and our deep dive into the Poirot movies! Find it at https://www.patreon.com/CosyAF Our all new merchandise store is now up and running at https://thelaboursofhercule.com/ If you’d like to get in contact with us, you can follow us on Twitter at @labourshecule On Instagram at @laboursofhercule On Threads at @laboursofhercule Or you can email us at bonjour@thelaboursofhercule.com Our amazing music was composed and produced by the fabulous Cev Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From an explosive beginning in a chemical factory, to a hypnotic denouement, join Frankie and Adam as they follow Poirot, Hastings and Miss Lemon on the trail of a murderer who may well have been hidden in plain sight all along... Our Patreon page is filled with all kinds of wonderful bonus materials, including videos of interviews, quizzes, bonus shows, and our deep dive into the Poirot movies! Find it at https://www.patreon.com/CosyAF Our all new merchandise store is now up and running at https://thelaboursofhercule.com/ If you’d like to get in contact with us, you can follow us on Twitter at @labourshecule On Instagram at @laboursofhercule On Threads at @laboursofhercule Or you can email us at bonjour@thelaboursofhercule.com Our amazing music was composed and produced by the fabulous Cev Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's an exotic affair this time as Poirot looks into the mysterious deaths that follow in the wake of the opening of an Egyptian tomb! But is it a case of a curse? Or could there be a more earthly reason why the victims are dropping like scarabs...? Our Patreon page is filled with all kinds of wonderful bonus materials, including videos of interviews, quizzes, bonus shows, and our deep dive into the Poirot movies! Find it at https://www.patreon.com/CosyAF Our all new merchandise store is now up and running at https://thelaboursofhercule.com/ For details on our LIVE Event in March, click here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-labours-of-hercule-poirot-podcasting-and-more-tickets-788246345037?aff=odcleoeventsincollection If you’d like to get in contact with us, you can follow us on Twitter at @labourshecule On Instagram at @laboursofhercule On Threads at @laboursofhercule Or you can email us at bonjour@thelaboursofhercule.com Our amazing music was composed and produced by the fabulous Cev Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's death afoot (or should that be a-teeth) in the dentist's chair... Poirot's very own dentist is the victim this time, but is he the only one? And why do his patients seems to be meeting similarly mysterious fates? Join Frankie and Adam as they explore the frankly bizarre One, Two, Buckle My Shoe... Our Patreon page is live now, and from February 2024, will be filled with all kinds of wonderful bonus materials, including videos of interviews, quizzes, bonus shows, and our deep dive into the Poirot movies! Find it at https://www.patreon.com/CosyAF Our all new merchandise store is now up and running at https://thelaboursofhercule.com/ For details on our LIVE Event in March, click here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-labours-of-hercule-poirot-podcasting-and-more-tickets-788246345037?aff=odcleoeventsincollection If you’d like to get in contact with us, you can follow us on Twitter at @labourshecule On Instagram at @laboursofhercule On Threads at @laboursofhercule Or you can email us at bonjour@thelaboursofhercule.com Our amazing music was composed and produced by the fabulous Cev Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mes amis, it is our honour to present our conversation with Hercule Poirot himself - Sir David Suchet - who was kind enough to join us for an entire morning to talk about not just his legendary tenure as fiction's greatest detective, but also the craft of acting itself, his favourite episodes and stories from Agatha Christie's canon, and whether or not he would ever return to the role (the answer may surprise you..) We also present David with your comments and questions, as well as a very particular memory from a very special day in Frankie's life... Our Patreon page is live now, and from February 2024, will be filled with all kinds of wonderful bonus materials, including videos of interviews, quizzes, bonus shows, and our deep dive into the Poirot movies! Find it at https://www.patreon.com/CosyAF Our all new merchandise store is now up and running at https://thelaboursofhercule.com/ For details on our LIVE Event in March, click here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-labours-of-hercule-poirot-podcasting-and-more-tickets-788246345037?aff=odcleoeventsincollection If you’d like to get in contact with us, you can follow us on Twitter at @labourshecule On Instagram at @laboursofhercule On Threads at @laboursofhercule Or you can email us at bonjour@thelaboursofhercule.com Our amazing music was composed and produced by the fabulous Cev Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Poirot finds his reputation bruised when a murder is committed in the seat next to him on an airplane. Join Frankie and Adam as they take to the air for an intriguing adventure involving tennis, wasps, air hostesses and blackmail... To get your official merchandise go to https://thelaboursofhercule.com/ If you’d like to get in contact with us, you can follow us on Twitter at @labourshecule On Instagram at @laboursofhercule On Threads at @laboursofhercule Or you can email us at bonjour@thelaboursofhercule.com Our amazing music was composed and produced by the fabulous Cev Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us for a festive extravaganza featuring a wealth of warm-hearted messages, a quiz or two to test your Poirot knowledge, a little Christmas gift from the ever-delightful Miss Lemon, news about what's coming next, and Adam and Frankie's Top Five Poirot episodes from 2023 (the results may surprise you...) Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from both of us at The Labours Of Hercule! To get your official merchandise go to https://thelaboursofhercule.com/ SAVE THE DATE: Friday the 29th December at 19:00 GMT - we're hosting a special online meet-up with quizzing, prizes and more! Join Frankie and Adam for an hour or so of Poirot-tacular fun - the Agatha Quiztie - using the link below! https://godaddy.zoom.us/j/98101046122?pwd=U3NzNXo0TkVMMXNTRUlkMk5UQnllZz09&from=addon Meeting ID: 98101046122 Password: 138958 Meeting ID: 981 0104 6122 Password: 138958 If you’d like to get in contact with us, you can follow us on Twitter at @labourshecule On Instagram at @laboursofhercule On Threads at @laboursofhercule Or you can email us at bonjour@thelaboursofhercule.com Our amazing music was composed and produced by the fabulous Cev Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The heavenly Pauline Moran aka Miss Lemon herself, joins Adam & Frankie for a candid chat about curls, comedy, fashion, the perfect filing system, how to walk on water, and how to make the perfect bass guitarist! It's an incredible chance to hear from that most invaluable of the "Whitehaven Four" - the one and only Miss Lemon herself - PAULINE MORAN! Our all new merchandise store is now up and running at https://thelaboursofhercule.com/ If you’d like to get in contact with us, you can follow us on Twitter at @labourshecule On Instagram at @laboursofhercule On Threads at @laboursofhercule Or you can email us at bonjour@thelaboursofhercule.com Our amazing music was composed and produced by the fabulous Cev Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hastings has returned from a hunting trip, and just in time! Poirot is at the beginning of a terrifying, complex and mind-bogglingly clever case - one in which he'll do battle with a sinister serial killer known as 'ABC'... Our all new merchandise store is now up and running at https://thelaboursofhercule.com/ If you’d like to get in contact with us, you can follow us on Twitter at @labourshecule On Instagram at @laboursofhercule On Threads at @laboursofhercule Or you can email us at bonjour@thelaboursofhercule.com Our amazing music was composed and produced by the fabulous Cev Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What lengths will Poirot go to in order to achieve the perfect meal? It seems that temperature is no barrier to culinary heaven - Poirot's trailing Hastings upon a very chilly hunting outing in order to bag himself a grouse or two. But when murder interrupts the popping of the guns, he'll swing into action... from his sick bed! It's bicycles, bad accents and buck teeth ahoy, as Frankie and Adam present the intriguing Mystery Of Hunter's Lodge! Our all new merchandise store is now up and running at https://thelaboursofhercule.com/ If you’d like to get in contact with us, you can follow us on Twitter at @labourshecule On Instagram at @laboursofhercule On Threads at @laboursofhercule Or you can email us at bonjour@thelaboursofhercule.com Our amazing music was composed and produced by the fabulous Cev Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Costumes ahoy, as Poirot and Hastings head to a masquerade ball where dark deeds are afoot... There are Lords, actresses and drugs all over the place, as well as a very messy murder at a party. Can Poirot solve the riddle and salvage his tarnished reputation? Find out in this week's episode! Our all new merchandise store is now up and running at https://thelaboursofhercule.com/ If you’d like to get in contact with us, you can follow us on Twitter at @labourshecule On Instagram at @laboursofhercule On Threads at @laboursofhercule Or you can email us at bonjour@thelaboursofhercule.com Our amazing music was composed and produced by the fabulous Cev Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Frankie and Adam as they accompany Poirot on a festive quest to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of a fabulous ruby, belonging to a very douchey prince. There's also a chance to hear Frankie's reaction to the Kenneth Branagh poll, the birth of an all-new feature designed to test everyone's grey cells, and an invitation to a very special spooky screening... Our all new merchandise store is now up and running at https://thelaboursofhercule.com/ If you’d like to get in contact with us, you can follow us on Twitter at @labourshecule On Instagram at @laboursofhercule On Threads at @laboursofhercule Or you can email us at bonjour@thelaboursofhercule.com Our amazing music was composed and produced by the fabulous Cev Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They say the best things come in packages, but whoever came up with that saying obviously didn't get their things in large Spanish boxes? Following a raucous party, a man is found dead inside a Spanish chest, stabbed through the eyes, no less. But who did it, and why? Join Frankie, Adam, and special guest, Mike, as they investigate the puzzling Mystery Of The Spanish Chest... Our all new merchandise store is now up and running at https://thelaboursofhercule.com/ If you’d like to get in contact with us, you can follow us on Twitter at @labourshecule On Instagram at @laboursofhercule On Threads at @laboursofhercule Or you can email us at bonjour@thelaboursofhercule.com Our amazing music was composed and produced by the fabulous Cev Moore Find out more about Mike RIGHT HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Love is in the air, and so is the unfortunately piercing voice of an opera singer... Japp's job is on the line when a spate of society jewel thefts blight the upper classes. Can Poirot and the gang solve the crimes and save their friend's job? And what will happen when Poirot unexpectedly gives in to the voice of his heart? Our all new merchandise store is now up and running at https://thelaboursofhercule.com/ If you’d like to get in contact with us, you can follow us on Twitter at @labourshecule On Instagram at @laboursofhercule On Threads at @laboursofhercule Or you can email us at bonjour@thelaboursofhercule.com Our amazing music was composed and produced by the fabulous Cev Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Frankie and Adam for a very spooky adventure as Poirot and Hastings are called in to investigate the sinister death of Mr Maltravers at Marsdon Manor, involving a painting, some broken eggs, and a ghostly, laughing girl sitting high in a tree... Our all new merchandise store is now up and running at https://thelaboursofhercule.com/ If you’d like to get in contact with us, you can follow us on Twitter at @labourshecule On Instagram at @laboursofhercule On Threads at @laboursofhercule Or you can email us at bonjour@thelaboursofhercule.com Our amazing music was composed and produced by the fabulous Cev Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices