Agatha Christie, She Watched
Peschel Press
Categories: TV & Film
Listen to the last episode:
Warning: Spoiler-Free for the first 10 minutes; spoiler-heavy review afterwards! Teresa and Bill Peschel are talking about mysterious mediums, a wise child, post-war traumas, and water in the basement, a LOT of water in the basement. It’s “A Haunting in Venice,” the 2023 Hercule Poirot movie starring Sir Kenneth Branaugh in his third outing as Poirot and Tiny Fey as Ariadne Oliver.
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Chapters
0:00 Introduction SPOILER-FREE ZONE
10:07 SPOILER ZONE BEGINS with the “Nemesis” connection
12:32 Poirot in retirement
14:56 Incidents that pay off later in the movie
19:12 A motif borrowed (from “Peril at End House” which I forgot to mention)
25:16 Tina Fey as Ariadne Oliver: Hit or miss?
28:29 A deeply felt movie
Previous episodes
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60 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep60 “A Haunting in Venice” (2023) ReviewFri, 15 Sep 2023
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59 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep59 “N or M?” (2015) ReviewMon, 11 Sep 2023
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58 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep58 “The Secret Adversary” (2015) ReviewMon, 04 Sep 2023
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57 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep57 “The Mirror Crack’d” (2010) ReviewMon, 28 Aug 2023
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56 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep56 “The Mysterious Affair at Styles” (1990) ReviewMon, 21 Aug 2023
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55 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep55 “See How They Run” (2022) ReviewMon, 14 Aug 2023
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54 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep54 “The Blue Geranium” (2010) ReviewMon, 24 Jul 2023
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53 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep53 “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” (2020) ReviewMon, 10 Jul 2023
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52 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep51 “Ten Little Indians” (1987) ReviewMon, 03 Jul 2023
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51 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep52 “Sleeping Murder” (2006) ReviewMon, 03 Jul 2023
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50 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep50 “Poirot’s Failure” (2002) ReviewMon, 22 May 2023
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49 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep49 “Mist” (1975) ReviewMon, 15 May 2023
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48 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep48 “Unknown” (1965) ReviewMon, 08 May 2023
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47 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep47 “The Body in the Library” (2004) ReviewMon, 24 Apr 2023
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46 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep46 “Checkmate” (2022) ReviewMon, 17 Apr 2023
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45 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep45 “4.50 From Paddington” (1987) ReviewMon, 03 Apr 2023
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44 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep44 “A Murder Is Announced” (1985) ReviewMon, 27 Mar 2023
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43 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep43 “The Moving Finger” (1985) ReviewMon, 20 Mar 2023
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42 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep42 “They Were Ten” (2020) ReviewMon, 13 Mar 2023
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41 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep41 “Crooked House” (2017) ReviewWed, 08 Mar 2023
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40 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep40 “Petits meurtres en famille” (2006) ReviewMon, 27 Feb 2023
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39 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep39 “Jeux de glaces” (2013) ReviewTue, 21 Feb 2023
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38 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep38 “Le chat et les souris” (2010) ReviewMon, 13 Feb 2023
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37 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep37 “Les meurtes ABC” (2009) ReviewTue, 07 Feb 2023
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36 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep36 “Zero Hour” (2019) ReviewTue, 31 Jan 2023
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35 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep35 “By the Pricking of My Thumbs” (2005)Mon, 23 Jan 2023
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34 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep34 “And Then There Were None” (2017)Mon, 16 Jan 2023
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33 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep33 “The Great Actress Murder Case” (2018)Tue, 10 Jan 2023
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32 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep32 “The Murder of Kuroido” (2018)Tue, 03 Jan 2023
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31 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep31 “Promise of Death” (2021)Mon, 26 Dec 2022
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30 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep30 “Sleeping Murder” (2005)Thu, 22 Dec 2022
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29 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep29 “The Mystery of End House” (2004)Thu, 15 Dec 2022
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28 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep28 “Agatha and the Midnight Murders” (2020)Wed, 07 Dec 2022
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27 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep27 “Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar” (2019)Mon, 28 Nov 2022
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26 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep26 “Agatha and the Truth of Murder” (2018)Mon, 21 Nov 2022
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25 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep25 “Death on the Nile” (2022)Mon, 14 Nov 2022
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24 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep24 “Ordeal by Innocence” (2018)Mon, 07 Nov 2022
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23 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep23 “The ABC Murders” (2018)Mon, 31 Oct 2022
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22 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep22 “The Witness for the Prosecution” (2016)Mon, 24 Oct 2022
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21 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep21 “Curtain” (2013)Mon, 17 Oct 2022
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20 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep20 “The Labours of Hercules” (2013)Mon, 10 Oct 2022
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19 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep19 “The Big Four” (2013)Mon, 03 Oct 2022
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18 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep18 “Elephants Can Remember” (2013)Mon, 26 Sep 2022
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17 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep17 “The Clocks” (2011)Mon, 19 Sep 2022
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16 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep16 “Hallowe’en Party” (2010)Mon, 19 Sep 2022
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15 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep15 “Third Girl” (2008)Tue, 06 Sep 2022
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14 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep14 “Cat Among the Pigeons” (2008)Mon, 29 Aug 2022
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13 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep13 “Mrs. McGinty’s Dead” (2008)Thu, 25 Aug 2022
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12 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep12 “Taken at the Flood” (2006)Wed, 17 Aug 2022
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11 - Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep11 “After the Funeral” (2006)Mon, 15 Aug 2022
