Towards Zero | The BBC Releases The Trailer And Announces The Launch Date For The Agatha Christie Adaptation.
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Featuring an all-star cast, the BBC adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero sees a teaser trailer and launch date announcement released.
The BBC has announced the launch date and released the trailer and new artwork for Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero. All episodes of the three-part drama will arrive on BBC iPlayer from 6 am on Sunda,y 2 March. With episodes airing weekly on BBC One from 9 pm that night.
Based on the classic mystery by the best-selling author of all time, Agatha Christie. The series has been adapted for screen by BAFTA-nominated Rachel Bennette (NW) and directed by the Olivier Award-winning Sam Yates (Magpie). Towards Zero is made by Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited for BBC iPlayer and BBC One. In a co-commission with BritBox International. FIFTH SEASON handles global distribution.
The 30-second trailer takes us to Saltcreek, where we’re introduced to Lady Tressilian (Anjelica Huston). Inspector Leach (Matthew Rhys). Family lawyer Mr Treves (Clarke Peters). British tennis star Nevile Strange (Oliver Jackson-Cohen). The two ladies in his life: ex-wife Audrey (Ella Lily Hyland) and new wife Kay (Mimi Keene). Lady’s companion, Mary Aldin (Anjana Vasan). The estranged Thomas Royde (Jack Farthing). Nevile’s mysterious valet, Mac (Adam Hugill), and Mr Treves’ ward Sylvia (Grace Doherty).
THE PREMISE
England, 1936. After a scandalous celebrity divorce, Nevile Strange and his ex-wife Audrey make the unthinkable decision to spend a summer together at Gull’s Point. Their childhood home and the coastal estate of Nevile’s aunt, Lady Tressilian.
With unfinished business between the former childhood sweethearts. Plus, with the presence of Nevile’s new wife, Kay, tensions are running high. Add to this a long-suffering lady’s companion. A mysterious gentleman’s 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. A 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… Towards Zero.
Towards Zero follows 2023’s hit Christie adaptation Murder is Easy. One of the UK’s most-watched new dramas of the year. Averaging 7 million viewers across both parts.
BEHIND THE SCENES
Agatha Christie’s “Towards Zero” (3×60 min) is a production by Agatha Christie Limited and Mammoth Screen, a division of ITV Studios. It is a co-commission between the BBC and BritBox International. Rachel Bennette adapted it. Directed by Sam Yates and produced by Rebecca Durbin. The executive producer for Agatha Christie Limited is James Prichard. Sheena Bucktowonsing and Damien Timmer for Mammoth Screen. Danielle Scott-Haughton for the BBC. And Jon Farrar, Stephen Nye and Robert Schildhouse for BritBox International.
FILMING
Filming on Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero took place in and around Bristol and on the Devon coast. The series will be available in full on BBC iPlayer from 6 am on Sunday 2 March, with episodes airing weekly on BBC One from 9 pm that night.
Previous Agatha Christie adaptations made by Agatha Christie Limited and Mammoth Screen for the BBC are available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
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