A Hercule Poirot Amuse-Bouche: The Adventure of the Clapham Cook by Agatha Christie

All About Agatha Christie

Catherine Brobeck & Kemper Donovan

Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Books, Arts

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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It isn't often that we focus as much on an adaptation of a Christie story as the story itself, but if ever there were an episode to do so, it's this one. Join us as we gush over the very first episode of the David Suchet series, including a lengthy discussion as to why this short story was such an excellent choice for the pilot episode of this excellent program.

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0:00.0	Southern Comfort is so tasteful. Nothing says tasteful, like realising you're the only one at the party, in fancy dress.
0:10.0	And nothing says tasteful, like mixing up a Venom cocktail with Southern Comfort, orange juice and blue alcapup.
0:16.0	What's more tasteful than a neon green cocktail? Southern Comfort, so tasteful.
0:20.0	Follow Southern Comfort at Southern Comfort UK to learn more.
0:23.0	Be drinker.co.uk
0:31.0	Welcome to all about Agatha, the podcast dedicated to reading and ranking.
0:35.0	Every single mystery novel written by the Queen of Crime, Dame Agatha Christie.
0:39.0	I'm Kemper Donovan.
0:40.0	I'm Catherine Brobeck.
0:42.0	And we have the happy task of covering a short story this week.
0:46.0	I'm a very fun one at that.
0:48.0	And extremely fun one at that. Catherine, what are we covering?
0:51.0	We're covering the adventure of the Clapham Cook.
0:54.0	And guess who is the star of this?
0:57.0	Might it be our dear Mr. Poro?
1:02.0	Well, I can tell from just the elation in your voice that we must be covering a Poro for this episode.
1:09.0	It's what I can hear in my own voice when we're covering a Miss Marple.
1:13.0	So I am happy to be living here in your happy place with you, Catherine, for the next number of minutes.
1:21.0	And I think a great place to start would be to talk a little bit about the publication history.
1:26.0	What do you think?
1:27.0	I think so.
1:28.0	Go for it, Kemper.
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