{"id":11198,"date":"2022-02-14T17:51:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T16:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1584270"},"modified":"2022-02-14T17:51:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T16:51:41","slug":"why-didnt-they-ask-evans-release-date-speculation-cast-and-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/why-didnt-they-ask-evans-release-date-speculation-cast-and-latest-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Didn\u2019t They Ask Evans?: Release date speculation, cast and latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Flora Carr\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 14 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Hugh Laurie\u2019s brand new drama series Why Didn\u2019t They Ask Evans? is premiering exclusively to BritBox, starring The Revenant\u2019s Will Poulter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0featuring\u00a0cameos from Dame Emma Thompson and Jim Broadbent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Adapted from Agatha Christie\u2019s 1934 novel of the same name, Poulter plays young naval officer Bobby Jones, a vicar\u2019s son who begins investigating the death of a man who asks the mysterious titular question with his dying breath.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Lucy Boynton plays his childhood friend Lady Frances \u2018Frankie\u2019 Derwent, \u201ca clever and unflappable young woman with a flair for adventure\u201d and who teams up with Bobby to help decipher the titular question, before both stumble on \u201ca dark conspiracy of deceit, betrayal and \u2013 perhaps unsurprisingly \u2013 murder\u201d.<\/p>\n

The synopsis reads: \u201cA man lies dying at the foot of a cliff, apparently the victim of an accidental fall; with his final breath, he utters the mysterious question of the title and promptly expires.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people \u2013 perhaps most people \u2013 might shrug at the impenetrable oddness of the words and move on with their lives. But Bobby Jones and his childhood friend, Lady Frances \u2018Frankie\u2019 Derwent, are not most people.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey resolve to honour the dead man by deciphering, and then answering, his final question. In so doing, they hit upon a dark conspiracy of deceit, betrayal and \u2013 perhaps unsurprisingly \u2013 murder.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read on for everything you need to know about Why Didn\u2019t They Ask Evans?<\/p>\n

When is the Why Didn\u2019t They Ask Evans? release date?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The series is due to debut on BritBox sometime during spring 2022. We\u2019ll keep this page updated.<\/p>\n

Why Didn\u2019t They Ask Evans? cast<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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In addition to Will Poulter and Lucy Boynton (Sing Street) in the lead roles of Bobby and Frankie, the cast also includes\u00a0Game of Thrones star Conleth Hill as Bobby\u2019s mentor Dr Thomas, and I Hate Suzie\u2019s Daniel Ings.\u00a0The Secret Garden\u2019s Maeve Dermody plays Moira, and Small Axe\u2019s Jonathan Jules plays Bobby\u2019s shipmate Ralph \u2018Knocker\u2019 Beadon.<\/p>\n

The Durrells star Miles Jupp, Downton Abbey\u2019s Amy Nuttall, Sex Education\u2019s Alistair Petrie (Reverend Richard Jones), The Death of Stalin\u2019s Paul Whitehouse (Mr Askew), Breeders\u2019 Morwenna Banks (Mrs Cayman), Richard Dixon (Mr Cayman) and Black Mirror\u2019s Joshua James (Dr George Arbuthnot) also appear in the upcoming murder mystery series.<\/p>\n

In addition to directing, Hugh Laurie will also portray Dr. Nicholson, the Clinical Director of the local sanatorium.<\/p>\n

Is there a Why Didn\u2019t They Ask Evans? trailer?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There\u2019s no trailer yet for Why Didn\u2019t They Ask Evans?, but we\u2019ll keep this page updated with any news.<\/p>

Why Didn\u2019t They Ask Evans? arrives on BritBox this spring. Check out our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0hub for more news, interviews and features or find something to watch with\u00a0<\/span>our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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