The Labours Of Hercule

Four & Twenty Blackbirds v2.0

The Labours Of Hercule

Show Notes

Join us as we rabbity-rabbit on again about Four and Twenty Blackbirds (aka the one with boobs in it).

Are an eccentric painter's changeable eating habits the key to solving his subsequent murder? Can Poirot and Hastings overcome sticky wickets, oompah bands and Jim Branning and learned the blackberry-stained truth? We're off to the music hall to find out...

Plus exciting news about the release of our first episode of Cosy AF!

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