Murder Is Easy (TV series)
2023 British television drama
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Murder Is Easy is a British mystery thriller television serial. It is based on the 1939 Agatha Christie novel of the same name. It is adapted by Siân Ejiwunmi-Le Berre and directed by Meenu Gaur. It premiered on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on 27 December 2023.
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| Written by | Siân Ejiwunmi-Le Berre |
| Directed by | Meenu Gaur |
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| Music by | Segun Akinola[1] |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
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| Producer | Karen Kelly |
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| Release | 27 December – 28 December 2023 |
Premise
In 1954, Luke Obiako Fitzwilliam (Jonsson) is a Nigerian attaché on his way to Whitehall when he meets the mysterious Miss Lavinia Pinkerton (Wilton) on a train to London. Pinkerton discusses with him a series of deaths in the village of Wychwood-Under-Ashe which are not accidental and there's a killer on the loose. Later, Miss Pinkerton is killed in a hit-and-run, and Fitzwilliam steels himself to discover the murderer.[2][3]
Cast
- David Jonsson as Luke Obiako Fitzwilliam
- Morfydd Clark as Bridget Conway
- Penelope Wilton as Miss Lavinia Pinkerton
- Sinead Matthews as Miss Honoria Waynflete
- Tom Riley as Lord Whitfield
- Douglas Henshall as Major Horton
- Mathew Baynton as Dr Thomas
- Mark Bonnar as Reverend Arthur Humbleby
- Nimra Bucha as Mrs Humbleby
- Tamzin Outhwaite as Mrs Pierce
- Jon Pointing as Rivers
- Phoebe Licorish as Rose Humbleby
- Joe Fagan as the Butler
- Holly Howden Gilchrist as Amy Gibbs
Episodes
| No. | Episode | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) |
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| 1 | Episode 1[4] | Meenu Gaur | Siân Ejiwunmi-Le Berre | 27 December 2023 | 6.82 |
| 2 | Episode 2[5] | Meenu Gaur | Siân Ejiwunmi-Le Berre | 28 December 2023 | 5.68 |
Production
Produced by Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited, it was a co-commission between the BBC and BritBox International. The Agatha Christie novel of the same name is adapted by Siân Ejiwunmi-Le Berre and directed by Meenu Gaur. It was produced by Karen Kelly. Executive producers are Ejiwunmi-Le Berre, James Prichard for Agatha Christie Limited, James Gandhi and Damien Timmer for Mammoth Screen, Danielle Scott-Haughton for the BBC and Reemah Sakaan and Stephen Nye for BritBox International.[6]
Locations
Murder Is Easy was filmed on location in Scotland in the summer of 2023 on the two-part drama series.[7][8] First-look images from the production were released in November 2023.[9]
Filming took place in Tyninghame (and especially the village hall and the Tyninghame Smithy cafe), Preston Mill in East Linton, Stirlingshire, Forbes Place in Paisley, Sorn Castle in Ayrshire, and Birkhill Station on the Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway.[10][11][12]
Waterloo Station in London can be seen briefly as the train carrying Miss Lavinia Pinkerton and Luke Fitzwilliam approaches and enters Waterloo Station.[citation needed]
Birkhill Station
Tyninghame Smithy cafe
Tyninghame village hall
Preston Mill
Sorn Castle
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Broadcast
Reception
Rebecca Nicholson in The Guardian awarded it three out of five stars, praising its promising reworkings but finding the second episode unfocused, and that it "both overexplains and underexplains what is going on".[15] Nick Hilton in The Independent awarded it two out of five stars.[16]
