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, and on PBS in the United States 25 May 2021.Agatha and the Midnight Murders PBS, accessed 19 June 2021. It was directed by Joe Stephenson.
Plot Agatha Christie is having trouble collecting the American royalties on her published works. In a bid to make a private cash sale of a manuscript she decides to kill off her most famous character, Hercule Poirot. 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 Helen Baxendale as Agatha Christie Blake Harrison as Travis Pickford Jacqueline Boatswain as Audrey Evans Gina Bramhill as Grace Nicory Daniel Caltagirone as Eli 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.
Reception The show was poorly received by critics. Writing in The Guardian, Euan Ferguson said: "It was a mess: ill-plotted, playing bits for laughs or for horror without ever achieving either." Anita Singh of The Daily Telegraph gave the show 2 out of 5 stars, writing: "All of the characters' behaviour felt a little weird, and it was not clear if that was by accident or design. Some were caricatures while others were barely there."
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Agatha and the Midnight Murders at Darlow Smithson Productions