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Agatha and the Midnight Murders
Genre
  • Crime
  • Mystery
Written byTom Dalton
Directed byJoe Stephenson
Starring
  • Helen Baxendale
  • Blake Harrison
  • Jacqueline Boatswain
  • Gina Bramhill
  • Daniel Caltagirone
  • Thomas Chaanhing
  • Scott Chambers
ComposerBlair Mowat
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Emily Dalton
  • Sebastian Cardwell
ProducersCarol Harding
Tom Dalton
CinematographyBirgit Dierken
Editor
  • Fiona Brands
Running time93 Minutes
Production companiesDarlow Smithson Productions
Factual Fiction
Original release
NetworkChannel 5
Release
  • 5 October 2020 (2020-10-05)

Agatha and the Midnight Murders is a 2020 British alternative history television drama film about crime writer Agatha Christie. The film premiered on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom on 5 October 2020.[1] It was directed by Joe Stephenson.[2]

Plot

Christie decides to kill off her most famous character, Hercule Poirot.

Cast

  • Helen Baxendale as Agatha Christie
  • Blake Harrison as Travis Pickford
  • Jacqueline Boatswain as Audrey Evans
  • Gina Bramhill as Grace Nicory
  • Daniel Caltagirone asEli Schneider
  • Thomas Chaanhing as Frankie Lei
  • Scott Chambers as Clarence Allen
  • Vanessa Grasse as Nell Lewis
  • Jodie McNee as PC O'Hanauer
  • Elizabeth Tan as Jun Yuhuan
  • Morgan Watkins as Rocco Vella
  • Alistair Petrie as Sir Malcolm Campbell

Production

Filming took place in Malta, back-to-back with Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Meet the cast of Agatha and the Midnight Murders". Radio Times.
  2. ^ Singh, Anita (7 October 2020). "Agatha and the Midnight Murders, review: this sneaky Christie isn't a patch on the real thing". www.telegraph.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Emily and Tom Dalton launch docs and drama indie". 14 May 2020.