The series, which has been adapted by Rachel Bennette and directed by Sam Yates, will be set in 1936 and follow
The official synopsis says: \u201cWith unfinished business between the former childhood sweethearts, plus the presence of Nevile\u2019s new wife Kay, tensions are running high.<\/p>\n
\u201cAdd to this a long-suffering lady\u2019s companion, a mysterious gentleman\u2019s valet, an exiled cousin with a grudge, a venerable family lawyer, an inquisitive orphan and a French con man, and soon there will be murder.<\/p>\n
\u201cA troubled detective must rediscover his purpose to untangle a toxic web of jealousy, deceit and dysfunction. Can he solve the crime before another victim meets their death? An explosive love triangle, a formidable matriarch and a house party of enemies. All compelled\u2026\u00a0Towards Zero.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>Nevile will be played by Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Wilderness<\/a>), while Audrey will be played by Ella Lily Hyland (Black Doves<\/a>), Lady Tressilian will be played by Anjelica Huston (John Wick: Chapter 3 \u2013 Parabellum<\/a>) and Kay will be played by Mimi Keene (Sex Education<\/a>).<\/p>\n Read more:<\/b><\/p>\n Other central roles will be taken on by Jackie\u00a0Clune\u00a0(Motherland<\/a>),\u00a0Grace Doherty\u00a0(Call the Midwife<\/a>),\u00a0Jack Farthing\u00a0(Rain Dogs<\/a>),\u00a0Khalil Gharbia\u00a0(Mary & George<\/a>),\u00a0Adam Hugill\u00a0(Sherwood<\/a>), Clarke Peters\u00a0(Eric<\/a>), Matthew Rhys (IF<\/a>) and Anjana Vasan\u00a0(Black Mirror<\/a>).<\/p>\n Anjelica Huston said in a statement: \u201cI have long been a fan of Agatha Christie and the murder-mystery genre and always love the opportunity to film in England.<\/p>\n \u201cI am thrilled to be working with director Sam Yates and this wonderful cast, and excited to play the clever and dignified Camilla, Lady Tressilian.\u201d<\/p> Meanwhile, Lindsay Salt, director of BBC drama said: \u201cFor a writer whose work remains globally famous yet quintessentially British, it feels incredibly fitting that Towards Zero has attracted such a dazzling array of UK talent on both sides of the camera, alongside some exciting international names and Hollywood royalty.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s an honour to partner with Agatha Christie Limited and Mammoth Screen to bring this tense, surprising and magnetic new adaptation to BBC iPlayer and BBC One.\u201d<\/p>\n Last year\u2019s Agatha Christie adaptation, Murder Is Easy, aired over the Christmas period in 2023, and averaged 7 million viewers across both of its episodes.<\/p>\n Agatha Christie\u2019s Towards Zero will air on BBC One.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.\u00a0For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ella Lily Hyland and Anjelica Huston are among an all-star cast for the new adaptation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":52715,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/bbc-adapting-agatha-christies-towards-zero-with-sherwood-call-the-midwife-stars-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/bbc-adapting-agatha-christies-towards-zero-with-sherwood-call-the-midwife-stars-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/bbc-adapting-agatha-christies-towards-zero-with-sherwood-call-the-midwife-stars-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/bbc-adapting-agatha-christies-towards-zero-with-sherwood-call-the-midwife-stars-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/bbc-adapting-agatha-christies-towards-zero-with-sherwood-call-the-midwife-stars-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/bbc-adapting-agatha-christies-towards-zero-with-sherwood-call-the-midwife-stars-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/bbc-adapting-agatha-christies-towards-zero-with-sherwood-call-the-midwife-stars-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ella Lily Hyland and Anjelica Huston are among an all-star cast for the new adaptation.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/52714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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