Agatha and the Midnight Murders

*Agatha and the Midnight Murders*
Agatha and the Midnight Murders
Genre	Crime; Mystery;
Written by	Tom Dalton
Directed by	Joe Stephenson
Starring	Helen Baxendale; Blake Harrison; Jacqueline Boatswain; Gina Bramhill; Daniel Caltagirone; Thomas Chaanhing; Scott Chambers;
Composer	Blair Mowat
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Emily Dalton; Sebastian Cardwell;
Producers	Carol Harding ; Tom Dalton
Cinematography	Birgit Dierken
Editor	Fiona Brands;
Running time	93 Minutes
Production companies	Darlow Smithson Productions; Factual Fiction
Original release
Network	Channel 5
Release	5 October 2020

Agatha and the Midnight Murders is a 2020 British

Channel 5 in the United Kingdom on 5 October 2020,^[1] and on PBS in the United States 25 May 2021.^[2] It was directed by Joe Stephenson.^[3]

Plot

Christie is having trouble collecting the American royalties on her published works. In a bid to make a private cash sale of a manuscript, therefore, she decides to kill off her most famous character, Hercule Poirot. She hires a low-life man to accompany her as a bodyguard for a cut of the price. The action takes place in a hotel where Christie expects to complete the transaction. Christie and her bodyguard encounter the prospective buyers and a varied group of hotel guests. The suspense builds as a series of murders takes place in the hotel.

Cast

Helen Baxendale as Agatha Christie
Blake Harrison as Travis Pickford
Jacqueline Boatswain as Audrey Evans
Gina Bramhill as Grace Nicory
Daniel Caltagirone as Eli Schneider
Thomas Chaanhing as Frankie Lei
Scott Chambers as Clarence Allen
Vanessa Grasse as Nell Lewis
Jodie McNee as PC O'Hanauer
Elizabeth Tan as Jun Yuhuan
Morgan Watkins as Rocco Vella
Alistair Petrie as Sir Malcolm Campbell

Production

Filming took place in Malta, back-to-back with Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar.^[4]

Reception

The show was poorly received by critics. Writing in The Guardian, Euan Ferguson said: "It was a mess: ill-plotted, playing bits for laughs or for horror without ever achieving either."^[5] Anita Singh of The Daily Telegraph gave the show 2 out of 5 stars, writing: "All of the characters' behavior felt a little weird, and it was not clear if that was by accident or design. Some were caricatures while others were barely there."^[3]