{"id":9892,"date":"2022-01-13T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1547951"},"modified":"2022-01-13T10:32:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T09:32:28","slug":"lesley-manville-and-daniel-mays-star-in-trailer-for-unorthodox-crime-drama-magpie-murders","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/lesley-manville-and-daniel-mays-star-in-trailer-for-unorthodox-crime-drama-magpie-murders\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesley Manville and Daniel Mays star in trailer for unorthodox crime drama Magpie Murders"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lidia Molina-Whyte\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 13 January 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The trailer for BritBox\u2019s upcoming \u201cmurder mystery within a murder mystery\u201d series, Magpie Murders, has landed \u2013 and it looks as intriguing as it sounds.<\/p>\n

Based on Anthony Horowitz\u2019s novel of the same name, Magpie Murders stars Lesley Manville, who is set to play Princess Margaret in the upcoming series of The Crown<\/a>, as Susan Ryeland, editor to best-selling writer Alan Conway (Conleth Hill).<\/p>\n

But, when the infamous mystery writer hands over his latest manuscript, the last chapter is missing. Before Susan can get her hands on the missing chapter, Conway is murdered. Naturally, she sets off on a quest to figure whodunnit.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s his last novel, and everyone he knew was in it \u2013 that\u2019s why the last chapter was taken,\u201d she reveals in the trailer, which you can watch below.<\/p>\n\n<p>There are plenty of familiar faces joining Manville in the Magpie Murders cast, including Line of Duty star Daniel Mays, who plays one of the people Conway knew \u2013 and thus featured in his novel.<\/p>\n<p>Foyles War actor Tim McMullan appears as Conway\u2019s hugely popular detective, Atticus P\u00fcnd, with appearances from Pippa Haywood (Bodyguard, Bridgerton) and Michael Maloney (The Crown, The Trial of Christine Keeler) also.<\/p> <p>The characters will appear both in the main storyline\u2019s modern-day setting, and as their literary counterparts, hence the hints of \u201950s fashion in the trailer.<\/p>\n<p>The series is set to premiere exclusively on BritBox in February, and will consist of six episodes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Magpie Murders will premier on BritBox on Thursday 10th February 2022. Looking for something else to watch in the meantime? Check out our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Drama<\/a> coverage or plan your viewing with our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Thursday, 13 January 2022 at 12:00 am The trailer for BritBox\u2019s upcoming \u201cmurder mystery within a murder mystery\u201d series, Magpie Murders, has landed \u2013 and it looks as intriguing as it sounds. Based on Anthony Horowitz\u2019s novel of the same name, Magpie Murders stars Lesley Manville, who is set to play […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":9893,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/lesley-manville-and-daniel-mays-star-in-trailer-for-unorthodox-crime-drama-magpie-murders.jpg",850,567,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/lesley-manville-and-daniel-mays-star-in-trailer-for-unorthodox-crime-drama-magpie-murders-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/lesley-manville-and-daniel-mays-star-in-trailer-for-unorthodox-crime-drama-magpie-murders-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/lesley-manville-and-daniel-mays-star-in-trailer-for-unorthodox-crime-drama-magpie-murders-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/lesley-manville-and-daniel-mays-star-in-trailer-for-unorthodox-crime-drama-magpie-murders.jpg",800,534,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/lesley-manville-and-daniel-mays-star-in-trailer-for-unorthodox-crime-drama-magpie-murders.jpg",850,567,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/lesley-manville-and-daniel-mays-star-in-trailer-for-unorthodox-crime-drama-magpie-murders.jpg",850,567,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Thursday, 13 January 2022 at 12:00 am The trailer for BritBox\u2019s upcoming \u201cmurder mystery within a murder mystery\u201d series, Magpie Murders, has landed \u2013 and it looks as intriguing as it sounds. Based on Anthony Horowitz\u2019s novel of the same name, Magpie Murders stars Lesley Manville, who is set to play…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/9892"}],"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\/9893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}