‘Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials’ Review: Netflix’s Breezy Whodunit Is a Breakout for Mia McKenna-Bruce

‘Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials’ Review: Netflix’s Breezy Whodunit Is a Breakout for Mia McKenna-Bruce

“Isn’t she just ‘it’?” a partygoer observes of Lady Eileen Brent (Mia McKenna-Bruce), blessed with the rather adorable nickname of “Bundle” and daughter to Lady Caterham (Helena Bonham Carter), British gentry fallen on hard times in the aftermath of World War I. Bundle is, indeed, “it,” a description lifted directly from the two Agatha Christie…

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BritBox Greenlights Contemporary Adaptation of Agatha Christie’s ‘Tommy & Tuppence’

BritBox Greenlights Contemporary Adaptation of Agatha Christie’s ‘Tommy & Tuppence’

BritBox has green-lit a six-part contemporary adaptation of Agatha Christie‘s Tommy & Tuppence. The series, following adaptations of Towards Zero and Murder Is Easy, will be produced by Lookout Point (Happy Valley, Gentlemen Jack), part of BBC Studios, in association with Agatha Christie Limited. Phoebe Eclair-Powell will write the show in her first drama series…

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#Anjelica Huston, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Mimi Keene to Star in Agatha Christie Adaptation ‘Towards Zero’

#Anjelica Huston, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Mimi Keene to Star in Agatha Christie Adaptation ‘Towards Zero’

An adaptation of Agatha Christie‘s mystery novel Towards Zero starring Anjelica Huston is in production, the BBC and BritBox International unveiled on Wednesday. The three-part series, starring Oliver Jackson-Cohen (The Haunting of Hill House, The Invisible Man), Ella Lily Hyland (Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania), Huston (Prizzi’s Honor,…

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#BBC Sets Two-Part Adaptation of Agatha Christie’s ‘Murder Is Easy’

#BBC Sets Two-Part Adaptation of Agatha Christie’s ‘Murder Is Easy’

BBC Sets Two-Part Adaptation of Agatha Christie’s ‘Murder Is Easy’ The BBC has unveiled a two-part adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder Is Easy, produced by ITV Studios’ Mammoth Screen (The Serpent, World on Fire) and Agatha Christie Ltd. (And Then There Were None, Death on the Nile) for the BBC One network and the BBC’s video-on-demand service iPlayer in a co-commission with streamer BritBox International….

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#’Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?’

#’Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?’

“‘Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?’” Hugh Laurie said he drew inspiration from “The Thin Man” movies for his three-part adaptation of Agatha Christie’s murder mystery “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” “I’ve always loved the relationship between the two central characters [in ‘Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?’] — their sense of adventure, the pleasure they take…

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#Trump’s COVID masculinity and other commentary

#Trump’s COVID masculinity and other commentary

“#Trump’s COVID masculinity and other commentary” Pandemic journal: Don’s COVID Masculinity The left is “in a frenzy of Schadenfreude” over President Trump coming down with COVID-19, notes Heather Mac Donald at City Journal. New York Times columnist Frank Bruni says the diagnosis proves the country has been lax and it’s time “to be safer.” Huh?…

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