{"id":28818,"date":"2023-01-17T23:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T22:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1770314"},"modified":"2023-01-18T07:19:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T06:19:37","slug":"bbc-acquires-magpie-murders-and-announces-season-2-with-lesley-manville","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/bbc-acquires-magpie-murders-and-announces-season-2-with-lesley-manville\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC acquires Magpie Murders and announces season 2 with Lesley Manville"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 17 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The BBC has announced the acquisition of the mystery series Magpie<\/span> <\/a>Murders<\/a> \u2013 and revealed that it will be airing a follow-up season next year.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The first season, which previously aired on BritBox, was adapted by Anthony Horowitz<\/a> from his own novel of the same name and starred Lesley Manville as editor turned sleuth Susan Ryeland and Timothy McMullan as fictional detective Atticus P\u00fcnd.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Both stars will reprise their roles in a sequel series titled Moonflower Murders, <\/span><\/span>which will commence filming later in 2023 before airing next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very happy that Magpie<\/span> Murders<\/span> is going to be shown on the BBC \u2013 its natural home,\u201d Horowitz said of the news. \u201cI had such fun writing the scripts and they\u2019ve been brought to life by a brilliant director and cast.\u201d<\/p>

Producer Jill Green added: \u201cI\u2019m so thrilled that this playful, distinctive murder mystery will now reach an even wider audience,\u201d while the BBC\u2019s Head of Programme Acquisition Sue Deeks said she was \u201cdelighted\u201d that BBC viewers will have the opportunity to enjoy the series.<\/p>\n

She continued: \u201cWith their stellar cast and ingenious storylines, they are a truly distinctive and entertaining take on the murder mystery genre.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lesley Manville and Timothy McMullan in Magpie Murders.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

The first six-part season \u2013 described as a \u201cmurder mystery within a murder mystery\u201d \u2013 will begin airing on BBC One and BBC iPlayer later this spring, more than a year after it debuted on BritBox in February 2022.<\/p>\n

The cast also includes Daniel Mays (Line of Duty), Michael Maloney (Belfast), Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones), Alexandros Logothetis (The Island), Claire Rushbrook (Sherwood), Pippa Haywood (Bridgerton), Matthew Beard (Vienna Blood) and Harry Lawtey (Industry).<\/p>