MURDER IS EASY - wed 27&thur28. Bbc 1 9pm - TV PACE NO SPOILERS

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The new drama (https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/murder-is-easy-agatha-christie-bbc-trailer-newsupdate/) stars David Jonsson as Luke Fitzwill
iam, a man who is travelling on a train to London and meets Miss Pinkerton (Penelope Wilton).

On their journey into the city, she notifies him of some mysterious deaths in her sleepy English village of Wychwood under Ashe.

Then, when she's later found dead on her way to Scotland Yard, Fitzwilliam takes it upon himself to travel to said village to see what's going on for himself.

Along the way, he's met with suspicion and intrigue, but wants to get to the bottom of the mystery before the killer has the chance to strike again. But will he be able to figure out who's responsible in time?

Alongside Jonsson is a cast (https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/agatha-christie-murder-easy-first-look-newsupdate/) jam-packed with well-known talent, including Morfydd Clark (Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/fantasy/rings-of-power-star-criticism-newsupdate/)
), Tom Riley (
The Nevers (https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-3y828c/the-nevers/)
) and more. Keen to learn more about the new Agatha Christie adaptation? Read on to find out.

The two-part series will premiere on BBC One and iPlayer on Wednesday 27th December at 9pm.

But for the keenest of Christie fans, both episodes will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer from 6am that day.

For those wanting to watch it across the two evenings, the final second episode will then air the following night, Thursday 28th December, at 9pm.

But remember this will be tv paced

The cast of the new adaptation is led by Rye Lane (https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/rye-lane-soundtrack/) and Industry star David Jonsson as Luke Fitzwilliam, who is keen to investigate the string of mysterious deaths happening in Wychwood under Ashe.

Jonsson is joined by Morfydd Clark as Bridget, Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey (https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/downton-abbey-return-season-7-newsupdate/)) as Miss Pinkerton, Mark Bonnar (Guilt (https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/guilt-season-4-explained/)) as Reverend Humbleby and Douglas Henshall (Shetland (https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/shetland-season-9-release-date-bbc/)) as Major Horton, plus more.

Of course, as with any Christie tale, there's a batch of characters who we'll come to learn about over the episodes, and who may well be suspects in this twisty murder case.

The full cast for Murder Is Easy is as follows.
• David Jonsson as Fitzwilliam
• Morfydd Clark as Bridget
• Penelope Wilton as Miss Pinkerton
• Sinead Mat
thews as Miss Waynflete

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Tom Riley as Lord Whitfield

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Douglas Henshall as Major Horton

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Mathew Baynton as Dr Thomas

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Mark Bonnar as Reverend Humbleby

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Nimra Bucha as Mrs Humbleby

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Tamzin Outhwaite as Mrs Pierce

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Jon Pointing as Rivers

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Phoebe Licorish as Rose

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There was already a thread about this. On page 1 of Telly Addicts.

Oh was there. I didn't see it

No worries often have multiple threads about a programme

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Starts tonight 9pm

Do love Mathew Baynto

He has such a dry but sexy voice

He was in death in paradise Xmas special 2021

So far, I am really enjoying the fact that nobody is mumbling and it's bright and sunny, not all dark and gloomy and 'atmospheric' like so many recent adaptations of this sort of thing have been.

God it’s awful imho.

very disappointing

Slow and disjointed so far

I'm not catching everything that is said, keep having to rewind.

I love AC, but not loving this - will keep with it

It's a bit of a crap story to be honest but I guess the BBC are limited as to what stories they can do. But yeah, it's not great.

This is pretty boring so far, and as woke as woke can be.

Yikes, this isn't very good, is it. The weird pacing, the slightly awkward delivery of all the text, the quite unbelievable relationships between all the characters. I'm only watching it because it was filmed nearby, but am quite surprised by how lame it is. Shame.

I thought was good

But I'm easy pleased

Also have subtitles on so hear what they say

So far it is very slow. On the plus side I thought it was funny when the introducer said to have the last of the chocolate - so I did.

Subtitles can’t disguise the terrible acting and rubbish storytelling.

Acting is terrible. And the script is too. Disappointing...

It's slow isn't it . The lead character fitzwilliam is easy on the ear though , I'm slightly distracted by his droopy left eye though

I am enjoying it so far, only 20 minutes in though

its one of my favourites to be fair and i did enjoy the 1982 version

It's very hammy but isn't that what we expect of a bbc AC adaptation?