A series of interconnected modern stories, based around the legend of the labours of Hercules. The 'Hercules' was a character called Hector Cousins, who was aided by his intrepid butler Bartholomew Stubbins.

According to one contemporary newspaper report:

Hector Cousins, 'stagemanaged' by his brainy butler, Bartholomew Stubbins, is making a bold effort to perform the twelve tasks set him by his lady love, the classically-learned Eleanor Holmes. Is she wisely developing his manhood under the impulse of her love? Or is she foolishly throwing him into the arms of a rival? A newspaper girl has come on the scene to write up the 'Labours' and Eleanor begins to have her doubts as to the efficacy of her scheme. ('The Labours of Hercules', Northern Champion, 22 October 1938, p.2)

For a list of episodes and their airdates, see notes below. Not all the individual episode titles have been traced.

Despite being advertised as twelve labours and a prologue, the series ended on episode twelve, advertised as the 'final task', which would have been the eleventh labour.