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Agatha Christie, They Watched

Agatha Christie, They Watched

By: Peschel Press
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Join us as Teresa and Bill Peschel watch movie and TV adaptations of the works of Agatha Christie, and discuss (and sometimes argue) what they think of them, their positives, negatives, interesting background facts, and whether you should watch them too!Peschel Press Art
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  • Episode 10: The Hercule Poirot TV Series BEFORE David Suchet (1962)
    Nov 14 2025

    “Hercule Poirot” was a pilot for a TV series for American television. Shown as an episode of “General Electric Theater,” it starred Martin Gabel as Poirot, who is chauffeured around the United States in a limousine tricked out with a bar, a TV set, and a phone! The pilot wasn’t sold, and the episode vanished until the archives until it recently resurfaced on YouTube!Teresa Peschel, author of "Agatha Christie, She Watched" and the "International Agatha Christie, She Watched," discuss “Hercule Poirot,” based on the 1923 short story “The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim,” and speculates on What Might Have Been if it had sold.Joining Teresa is her husband, technical adviser, and straight man, Bill Peschel. Together, they are Peschel Press, publisher of intriguing, intelligent, and idiosyncratic books (www.peschelpress.com).Watch "Hercule Poirot" on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ByZv3B7nCWM


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    35 mins
  • Episode 9: The Weirdest Agatha Christie Movie You'll Ever See
    Nov 14 2025

    Teresa Peschel, author of "Agatha Christie, She Watched" and the "International Agatha Christie, She Watched," discuss the Hungarian "The Mysterious Affair at Styles," an hour-long "collage movie" from 2022 that combines silent movie clips, video game footage, geometric shapes, and even DOS file lists to create a surreal hour-long retelling of the novel that's faithful to the book!Joining Teresa is her husband, technical adviser, and straight man, Bill Peschel. Together, they are Peschel Press, publisher of intriguing, intelligent, and idiosyncratic books.We have an annotated version of "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" for sale in trade, hardcover and ebook formats. Visit our website at PeschelPress.com to learn more.See this movie on YouTube: "A titokzatos stylesi eset" https://youtu.be/4yBpN-BcpkE


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    38 mins
  • Episode 8: Why are the French so French? Bill and Teresa watch Les Petites' Mysterious Affair at Styles
    Nov 14 2025

    Teresa Peschel, author of "Agatha Christie, She Watched" and the "International Agatha Christie, She Watched," discuss "The Mysterious Affair at Styles," the 2016 TV episode from "Les Petites Muertes d'Agatha Christie."Joining Teresa is her husband, technical adviser, and straight man, Bill Peschel. Together, they are Peschel Press, publisher of intriguing, intelligent, and idiosyncratic books.

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    42 mins
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When I discovered this podcast I was so pleased because I thought that it was a really good idea to review Agatha Christie’s movies and tv productions.

I stated to listen with much enthusiasm, and was soon greatly disappointed.

I’m European, English is not my first language, but I find the American narrators (especially the woman) just insufferable, her accent and her constant laugh is unbearable, they are totally ignorant about the UK, they always stereotype about England, France and anything European.
The way the narrator always find a way to comment from a sexual point of view reduces Agatha Christie to a cheap romance novelist.

I listen to the first 20 episodes, skipped some, then listen to the last 4 episodes available and found that fir me nothing had changed or improved.
I think these narrators are amateurs (nothing wrong with that) with an American attitude, as a result this podcast is not for me.
Ohhh… and the mentioning of the small space under the stairs at the beginning of EVERY episode it SO VERY annoying!

I tried, I really tried to like this podcast, but…

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