First-look at Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero - with screen icon Anjelica Huston leading stellar BBC cast

Murder enigma fans are successful for a dainty with a caller lavish BBC adaptation of Agatha Christie's transgression thriller Towards Zero connected the skyline - with Anjelica Huston, Matthew Rhys and Oliver Jackson-Cohen successful the cast

The Americans prima Matthew Rhys is moody and focused portion acting fable Anjelica Huston is mislaid successful thought successful the first-look images of the BBC's lavish caller Agatha Christie adaptation.

An all-star formed volition look successful the 3 portion play based connected Agatha's 1944 transgression thriller Towards Zero. Welsh histrion Matthew, 49, plays Inspector Leach who is pulled into a execution probe portion The Witches icon Anjelica, 73, plays Lady Tressilian.

The stars are joined by The Haunting of Hill House prima Oliver Jackson-Cohen, 37, who plays tennis prima Nevile Strange who causes ungraded by spending clip with his ex-wife Audrey, played by 25-year-old Ella Lily Hyland, and his caller woman Kay, played by Mimi Keene, 26. Adapted for surface by BAFTA-nominated Rachel Bennette and directed by the Olivier Award-winning Sam Yates, the lavish play includes scenes filmed successful Bristol and the Devon coast.

The authoritative BBC synopsis reads: "England, 1936. After a scandalous personage divorce, Nevile Strange and his ex-wife Audrey marque the unthinkable determination to walk a summertime unneurotic astatine Gull’s Point, their puerility location and the coastal property of Nevile's aunt, Lady Tressilian.

"With unfinished concern betwixt the erstwhile puerility sweethearts, positive the beingness of Nevile’s caller woman Kay, tensions are moving high. Add to this a long-suffering lady’s companion, a mysterious gentleman’s valet, an exiled relative with a grudge, a venerable household lawyer, an inquisitive orphan and a French con man, and soon determination volition beryllium murder.

"A troubled detective indispensable rediscover his intent to untangle a toxic web of jealousy, deceit and dysfunction. Can helium lick the transgression earlier different unfortunate meets their death? An explosive emotion triangle, a formidable matriarch and a location enactment of enemies. All compelled… Towards Zero."

Writer, Rachel Bennette, says: “These are among the richest and astir analyzable of Christie's characters, and I was captivated from the archetypal by the charisma, successful particular, of her pistillate characters. It has been thrilling to bring them each to beingness successful this disturbing communicative of information and lies, emotion and hate, a communicative which unfolds amidst the dark, cinematic glamour of the 1930s, yet feels startlingly of our time.”

Director, Sam Yates, says: “It has been an honour to bring this astir intelligence and sensual of Agatha Christie's stories to vibrant beingness with a peerless formed of actors and an bonzer team. Audiences are successful for a propulsive, intoxicating thrust into the acheronian hearts of immoderate of Christie's astir irresistible characters.”

An nonstop merchandise day is yet to beryllium revealed. Towards Zero is made by Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited for BBC iPlayer and BBC One - who were down the 2023 Agatha Christie enigma thriller Murder Is Easy which was unleashed past Christmas.

It starred Industry hunk David Jonsson, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power quality Morfydd Clark, and legendary histrion Penelope Wilton. The two-part play attracted affirmative reviews and pulled successful astir 7 cardinal viewers erstwhile it aired implicit the 2023 festive season.

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