Intrigue abounds during WW2, following the theft of a vital piece of intelligence. Poirot is approached by the son of a very familiar friend, in the hopes of being able to solve the riddle of a secret gone missing, an unexpected corpse in a living room, and why four clocks all seem to be displaying the wrong time... Can Adam and Frankie lead you through this labyrinthine mystery set up without losing their minds completely? Er, doubtful... You can subscribe to Cosy AF, our next show, NOW on ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠ and ⁠Spotify⁠, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also follow us on Instagram at ⁠@cosyafpod⁠. 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 We're 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

All aboard the misery train, mes amis! A traumatised Poirot is forced to investigate the murder of a shady American businessman who stabbed in his compartment on the Orient Express. When the train is blocked by a snowdrift, Poirot is faced with a chilling locked-room mystery. Is the killer among this eclectic cast of characters, and can Poirot solve the case to avoid a miscarriage of justice? Plus we share your thoughts on this rather controversial adaptation. You can subscribe to Cosy AF, our next show, NOW on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also follow us on Instagram at @cosyafpod. Play Tia's brilliant Agatha Christie Bingo here. 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 We're 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 is called in to investigate the shocking death of a child on Halloween in a sleepy English village filled to the brim with secrets. Moments before she was drowned in the apple bobbing tub, she had told the room that she'd once seen a murder take place. Could the two things be connected? Or is it a case of a child's imagination turned deadly? 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 We're 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

We're back with season 12, mes amis! When a vicar dies while attending a party held by actor Sir Charles Cartwright, Poirot initially dismisses the idea of murder. However, when Dr. Bartholomew Strange dies in seemingly the same way shortly after, Poirot must cut through the theatrics to find the killer before he strikes again. Plus news and excitement for our Curtain screening at Riverside Studios on 6th July! 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 We're 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, join Adam for a very quick bulletin regarding our upcoming screening of CURTAIN at Riverside Studios on July 6th. You are not going to want to miss this - listen now for some news that might well make you cry "Good Lord!"... To grab one of the few remaining tickets CLICK HERE or go to https://riversidestudios.co.uk/see-and-do/poirot-at-riverside-curtain-special-guests-178295/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Frankie and Adam for a look behind the scenes at their recent live event for THE BIG FOUR, at which they were joined by none other than the episode's director, Peter Lydon, but also Japp Of The Yard himself, Philip Jackson! As you'll hear, there were even more surprises on the day, including a visit from a villain, international visitors, and an abundance of love and affection for everyone's favourite television series. We've got the recording of the post-screening Q&A for you, all the gossip from backstage, PLUS news of our next event and how you can be part of a very special day indeed... To get your ticket for the CURTAIN event on July 6th CLICK HERE - but hurry! 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 We're 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

Adam and Frankie have an appointment with one of the most controversial episodes in the Poirot series... but why? After Lady Boynton is found dead at an archaeological dig, Poirot must not only work out how the killing was carried out in full view of the camp, but also the motive. And the answers to both questions will prove somewhat horrifying... 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 We're 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

After Norma Restarick, a troubled young heiress with a traumatic past, tells Ariadne Oliver and Poirot that she thinks she may have killed someone, her ex-nanny is found dead from suicide. Is history repeating itself, or is there something far more sinister at play? N.B. Since recording, tickets for our special screening of The Big Four + a Q&A with Philip Jackson and Peter Lydon have almost sold out! Grab yours now: https://riversidestudios.co.uk/see-and-do/poirot-at-the-riverside-the-big-four-special-guests-172722/ 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 We're 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

Tickets for our huge screening event are available RIGHT NOW! Join Adam and Frankie, for a very special screening of THE BIG FOUR at London's Riverside Studios on June 1st, 2025 at 14:00 BST After the screening, live on stage, they'll be joined by the episode's director Peter Lydon, as well as Chief Inspector Japp himself, Philip Jackson (!) who'll be there to take your questions Tickets are ON SALE NOW at https://riversidestudios.co.uk/see-and-do/poirot-at-riverside-the-big-four-special-guests-172722/ But act quickly, they're selling fast..! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

School's out! At least for the unfortunate Meadowbank School For Girls, at which sinister events are taking place.  Amid a dangerous atmosphere of revolutions, rubies, scandals, secrets, and first day jitters, Poirot finds himself drawn into a dark mystery involving royalty, espionage, blackmail and death-by-javelin! 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 We're 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 a soft-focus start to season eleven as Poirot is asked to solve the murder of a village charwoman. With a pair of photographs as the only clues and a village full of suspects, can Poirot get cut through to the real heart of the case and save an innocent man from the gallows? 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 We're 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 been a long time coming, but FINALLY, Frankie and Adam complete the Whitehaven Four Boxset and meet Inspector Japp himself - Philip Jackson! Philip took time to chat about his favourite Poirot moments, the people and places he fell in love with during the making of TV's most iconic detective series, what it truly means to be a "boiled owl", how many pasties he got through whilst filming The Cornish Mystery, who Emily Japp really is, and the longstanding love affair between Agatha Christie's most famous detective and most lovable Chief Inspector... 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 We're 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 explosive end to season ten as Poirot comes face to face with the pure evil in this dark and devastating family drama. But can he cut through the noise to discover the truth at the heart of this mystery? Join Adam and Frankie as they get to know the Cloade family and enter their George era! TRIGGER WARNING: this episode contains some very dark themes that some may find upsetting. We highly recommend that you research this episode before watching.  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 We're 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 happened after the funeral to cause dotty Aunt Cora to be murdered with a hatchet? That's the fiendish question at the heart of this edition, as Adam and Frankie follow Poirot and a couple of absolute thirst traps around the hallowed Abernethie stately home in search of answers... Strap yourselves in for a classic Christie! 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 We're 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

We enter another new era as Poirot is joined by his dear friend and fan favourite, Ariadne Oliver, to solve a murder at a bridge party. When suspicious guests and secrets abound, can Poirot use the psychology of his little grey cells to cut the deck and play a winning hand? BONUS: Listen to the very end of the episode to hear our full and honest event report from Poirot: The Affair at The Marylebone Theatre. 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 We're 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 all aboard for mystery and suspense this time as Poirot investigates the savage murder of an heiress on the famous Blue Train! With a gallery of suspects including a drunk ex, a mysterious femme fatale, a family of gold diggers, and a conman, will he be able to see through the steam, and choo-choose the villain amongst them...? 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 We're 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

Well hollow, mes amis! We're back to finish off season nine! Another relaxing weekend is ruined for Poirot when he stumbles upon a perplexing murder scene of a philandering doctor at the neighbouring country house. His wife stands before him holding a revolver but it can't be that simple, can it? And what secrets are the other house guests hiding? N.B. Apologies for the quality of Frankie's audio, but hopefully the jazzy outro music will make up for it! 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 We're 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 in the festive fun with Adam and Frankie as they celebrate the holiday season with some very special guest appearances! We'll be going through your delightful emails, looking back at some of our favourite moments of the year, testing each other's wits with some special quizzing, and presenting some all new Frankie's Festive Facts! And you never know who else might join in on the fun... 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 We're 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

We're setting sail with one of Agatha Christie's most famous mysterious! Poirot's holiday to Egypt is derailed when a beautiful young heiress at the centre of a devastating love triangle is murdered on board their cruise ship. With a boat-load of curious suspects swimming in secrets around him, will Poirot be able to solve the murder before the body count rises even further? Want to send something in for our Christmas special? You can message us on here, email us at bonjour@thelaboursofhercule.com or submit an anonymous question HERE 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 We're 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

We're in full soap opera mode this time as Poirot is called in to investigate the mysterious goings on at a country house, where poison pen letters, murder, love affairs, and a very evil line in sandwich fillings, is plaguing the residents there... Our merch store is now up and open for a VERY limited time! To get your hands on some special memorabilia, go on over now to https://thelaboursofhercule.com/ 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 We're 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