Agatha Christie, They Watched

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about strange visions, helpful assistants, seaside comedy shows, and magical summers. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Sleeping Murder,” the 2006 episode of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple starring Geraldine McEwan.   Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel.   Support Pesc...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review!   We’re serious.   Don’t listen if you want to read “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” first.   This week, we’re talking about endless rain, morose Russians, Orson Welles, and the golden age of cruising. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Poirot’s Failure,” the 2002 Russian adaptation of “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.” Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publi...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about abusive husbands, musical numbers, young lovers, and comic butlers. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Mist” (Dhund) the 1975 Bollywood adaptation of “The Unexpected Guest.” Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel. Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn ab...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about sleazy gangsters, musical numbers, young lovers, and comic butlers. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Unknown” ( Gumnaan ) the 1965 Bollywood adaptation of “And Then There Were None,” with an all-star Indian cast.   Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel.   Support...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about sleazy Argentinians, ballroom dancers, ambitious Girl Guides, and old fools. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “The Body in the Library” the 2004 episode from Agatha Christie’s Marple starring Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple. Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of the complete, annotated Agatha Christie novels by...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about crusading prosecutors, aging courtesans, murderous villains and strangers on a train. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the “Murder on the Orient Express” episode from “Checkmate” the Chinese TV series that debuted this year. Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of complete, uncensored, and annotated Agatha Christi...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about weird wills, Catholic ballet dancers, panting painters, and spying servants. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 1987 “4.50 from Paddington,” starring Joan Hickson as Miss Marple.   Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel.   Support Peschel Press! Visit our website...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about refugees, Communists, rustic pig farmers, and coffee. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 1985 “A Murder Is Announced,” starring Joan Hickson as Miss Marple.   Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated uncensored Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel.   Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn a...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about nursery governesses, patient attorneys, foreign doctors, and PP letters. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 1985 “The Moving Finger,” starring Joan Hickson as Miss Marple.   Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel.   Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to lea...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about betrayed soldiers, betrayed lovers, betrayed immigrants, and betrayed children. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss Ils étaient dix , “They Were Ten,” the 2020 French miniseries version of “And Then There Were None” Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel. Support Pesc...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about friendly guard puppies, ballet dances, Las Vegas showgirls, and Greek tycoons. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 2017 movie “Crooked House.” 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 L...

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 Pres...

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 “Jeux de glaces,” the French television adaptation of “They Do It With Mirrors” in the series “Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie.” Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of a...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about seductive schoolgirls, coup d-tats, secret daughters, and renegade nuns. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Le chat et les souris,” the French television adaptation of “Cat Among the Pigeons” in the series “Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie.” Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about silk stockings, drunken detectives, feuding families, and burning bums. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Les meurtes ABC,” the French television adaptation of “The ABC Murders” in the series “Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie.” Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bi...

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 Ag...

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 abou...

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 L...

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 P...

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...

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 lear...

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...

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 audibil...

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...

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 anno...