Agatha and the Midnight Murders

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] and on PBS in the United States 25 May 2021.[2] It was directed by Joe Stephenson.[3]

Agatha and the Midnight Murders
Genre
  • Crime
  • Mystery
Written byTom Dalton
Directed byJoe Stephenson
Starring
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
Release
Original networkChannel 5
First shown inUnited Kingdom
Original release
  • 5 October 2020 (2020-10-05)

Plot

Christie is having trouble collecting the American royalties on her published works and decides to kill off her most famous character, Hercule Poirot, in a bid to make a private cash sale of the manuscript. She hires a low-life man to accompany her as a bodyguard for a cut of the price. The action takes place in a hotel where Christie expects to complete the transaction. Christie and her bodyguard encounter the prospective buyers and a varied group of hotel guests. The suspense builds as a series of murders takes place in the hotel.

Cast

Production

Filming took place in Malta, back-to-back with Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar.[4]

References
  1. "Meet the cast of Agatha and the Midnight Murders". Radio Times.
  2. Agatha and the Midnight Murders PBS, accessed 19 June 2021.
  3. Singh, Anita (7 October 2020). "Agatha and the Midnight Murders, review: this sneaky Christie isn't a patch on the real thing". The Telegraph.
  4. "Emily and Tom Dalton launch docs and drama indie". 14 May 2020.
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