The Labours Of Hercule

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The ABC Murders (2018)

We hope you're in for something "ranty" because this edition of the Labours Of Hercule podcast is completely unbridled! Adam and Frankie look at the three-part 2018 mini

Sep 7
1 h 09 min

The Alphabet Murders (1965)

Brace yourself, mes amis - things are about to get a little bit groovy, baby... Join Adam and Frankie as they attempt to tackle and decode one of the most unsual Christi

Aug 10
1 h 07 min

Poirot Live In London!

Want to hear a lively discussion about Poirot, Peter Ustinov and the brilliance of Agatha Christie? For your listening pleasure, Adam and Frankie present the live podcast

Jul 27
53 min

Murder On The Orient Express (1974)

It's time to go all aboard on the Orient Express (again), but this time in the company of a gallery of Old Hollywood's finest, and a Poirot who has proved... somewhat...

Jul 7
1 h 12 min

Appointment With Death (1988)

We're back, mes amis! How we've missed you and oh boy, do we have some updates for you... Join Adam and Frankie as they kick off the new movie era of the podcast with Pe

Jun 22
1 h 12 min

Join Us Live This Summer!

Frankie's here with a very special announcement regarding our newest and most exciting live event yet! For tickets go to https://www.picturehouses.com/movie-details/022/

May 11
2 min

The Dream v2.0

Frankie and Adam cap off their redux of Series One with a second look at The Dream... Poirot is called to the offices of pie magnate Benedict Farley, who is convinced th

May 4
49 min

The King Of Clubs v2.0

Get ready for ranting as Adam and Frankie attempt to temper their tempers while revisiting one of the most infamous episodes of Series One - The King of Clubs. A missing

Apr 20
58 min

The Incredible Theft v2.0

Join Adam and Frankie as they steal some time to revisit (and debate) the definition of the word "incredible"! When a wealthy industrialist's plan to snare a shiny Germa

Apr 6
55 min

Problem At Sea v2.0

Join Frankie & Adam once again as they climb all aboard the The Good Ship Murder! There are foul doings a-doing on a river cruise. For starters, Hastings is in charge of

Mar 27
50 min

Triangle At Rhodes v2.0

Join Adam and Frankie as they head on a Rhodes trip with Poirot and a rather catty sidekick. Poirot's holiday takes a detour when he encounters a love triangle that he s

Mar 9
54 min

The Third Floor Flat v2.0

Join Frankie & Adam as they crawl back up the disposal chute, and into a mystery set within the walls of Whitehaven Mansions itself. Poirot is called upon to beat his de

Feb 23
45 min

Four & Twenty Blackbirds v2.0

Join us as we rabbity-rabbit on again about Four and Twenty Blackbirds (aka the one with boobs in it). Are an eccentric painter's changeable eating habits the key to sol

Feb 2
1 h 02 min

The Adventure Of Johnnie Waverly - v2.0

Join us for a "Damned Offensive" re-run of our most infamous episode - The Adventure Of Johnnie Waverly And who knows, maybe we'll pick up a few new catchphrases along t

Jan 19
1 h 09 min

Christmas Special 2025!

Join Adam and Frankie as they get into the figurative festive spirit with the Whitehaven Six and celebrate the end of a jam-packed year in their third annual Christmas Sp

Dec 22 2025
1 h 04 min

Unmasking the Villain: Adam & Frankie Meet Elliot Cowan

Frankie and Adam had the rare privilege of talking to one of the most indelible Poirot villains of all time - David Hunter from Taken At The Flood aka Elliot Cowan - in f

Dec 15 2025
1 h 03 min

Murder In The Mews v2.0

By popular demand, Adam and Frankie have gone back to the beginning and are reworking their way through series one, now with added denouement! When a woman is found shot

Dec 1 2025
1 h 27 min

The Adventure Of The Clapham Cook - v2.0

Prepare for Round Two... By popular demand, Adam and Frankie are returning to the infamous episode that began it all, for a proper go at Poirot's first TV adventure! All

Nov 17 2025
1 h 14 min

Curtain: Poirot's Last Case

Mes amis, mes amis... and so we face the final curtain... As painful as it is, we cannot ignore the final chapter of the Poirot story, and we end as we began - in the co

Nov 3 2025
2 h 53 min

Labours Of Love: The Community Episode

In honour of Curtain Eve, join Adam and Frankie as they take a moment (or a couple of hours) to read your wonderful emails, answer your probing questions, share some behi

Oct 19 2025
1 h 53 min

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What listeners say

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I was beyond thrilled to discover this podcast and even more delighted that it’s so fantastic! The hosts are pitch-perfect, bringing the perfect mix of reverence and humor to this discussion of the my all-time favorite version of Poirot (David Suchet forever). They are now my imaginary best friends (their other show Cozy AF is new and also wonderful)!

Beccasattelight · Apr 2026

Frankie and Adam do a multi-level analysis of the Suchet Poirot adaptations that is so witty and humorous it makes me laugh as I learn. While they occasionally reference the books, they are definitely focused on the television shows both as stories and as adaptations. I enjoy their podcast so much that I re-listen to the older shows as I’m waiting for the new ones to drop. Thanks for all your hard work, Frankie and Adam!

SV in WA · Jun 2025

Great show for those that love to indulge and take a trip down to Hercule-land. So much love for all the fascinating characters. We don’t agree on every review with these two, but what’s better than a podcast that has you saying things like “damned offensive” and “I say” out loud to the hosts?! It’s basically a third way to experience each story after reading it and watching the show. 👌

Anche88 · Mar 2025

The perfect podcast for this fan of Agatha Christie and David Suchet’s Hercule Poirot. I’m so pleased to discover Adam and Frankie and the community of fellow Poirot enthusiasts they’ve attracted with their clever program. (BTW, Frankie is right about the ersatz Poirot who shall not be named …)

Terri Barnes · Jan 2025

This podcast regularly normalizes the racist tropes and language too often found in Agatha Christie’s work, rather than taking the time to challenge those racist tropes and language. Hosts Adam and Frankie laugh and push under the rug the very things that would make for a thoughtful, nuanced discussion of Christie’s work. The Hosts’ banter often comes off as shallow and pandering to “likes and follows”, rather than to the feelings of those negatively impacted by the racism of Christie’s work that Adam and Frankie often normalize. In their repeated choices to celebrate Christie’s problematic ethos on race as contained in the Poirot novels, Hosts Frankie and Adam instead hope that by gaslighting the audience on the racism we see depicted in the Poirot cannon, the audience will somehow forget that the hosts of this podcast, at least on some level, seem to agree with the racist language and tropes that Christie often used in her work.

Dis_Appointed017 · May 2026

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