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TV News: Lifetime Presents Agatha Christie’s <i>AND THEN THERE WERE NONE</i> A Two-Night Miniseries Event Beginning Mar 13

I am a huge fan of Agatha Christie. I fell in love with her writing after watching the film adaptation of her novel “Death On the Nile,” and have devoured her books ever since. One of my favorite characters is spinster sleuth Miss Jane Marple; her brilliance and deductive reasoning are astonishing. Of course, the infamous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is also quite astute in his findings when presented with a perplexing mystery.

There are so many stories written by Christie to try and sink your teeth into and discover the identity of the murderer before the very end. I’ve only been able to riddle out a few. The suspense is magnificent! And while I’ve read “And Then There Were None” (which has had quite a few interesting title changes) at least three times, I still find something I missed every single time I read it. I’m beyond excited to see this adaptation. The all-star cast is extraordinary!

 

In a press release:

 

GLOBAL BEST-SELLING CRIME MYSTERY AGATHA CHRISTIE’S AND THEN THERE WERE NONE PREMIERES AS A TWO-NIGHT EVENT ON LIFETIME BEGINNING MARCH 13

 

LOS ANGELES, CA (February 8, 2016) – The Lifetime miniseries Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, based on one of the best-selling crime novels of all time with 100 million copies sold worldwide, makes its US premiere in two parts on Lifetime, Sunday, March 13 and Monday, March 14 at 9pm ET/PT. The miniseries stars Douglas Booth (Great Expectations, The Riot Club), Emmy® Award nominee Charles Dance (Game of Thrones, The Imitation Game), Maeve Dermody (Black Water, Beautiful Kate), Burn Gorman (The Dark Knight Rises, Torchwood), BAFTA winner Anna Maxwell Martin (The Bletchley Circle, Death Comes to Pemberley), Emmy and Golden Globe® Award nominee Sam Neill (Peaky Blinders, The Tudors), Academy Award® nominee Miranda Richardson (Mapp & Lucia, Parade’s End), Toby Stephens (Black Sails, Jane Eyre), Screen Actors Guild Award® nominee Noah Taylor (Peaky Blinders, Game of Thrones) and Aidan Turner (Poldark, The Hobbit Trilogy).

Set in 1939 while Europe teeters on the brink of war, And Then There Were None follows ten strangers with dubious pasts who are lured to Soldier Island, an isolated rock near the Devon coast in southern England. Cut off from the mainland, with their hosts mysteriously absent, they are each accused of a terrible crime, and when members of the party start to mysteriously die, they all realize they may be harboring a murderer among their number. Who will survive? And who is the killer?

The miniseries premiered December 26th on BBC One in the UK, garnering rave reviews from both audience and critics. The series averaged 8.7 million total viewers, with 9.5 million people tuning into the first night.

And Then There Were None is a co-production for BBC One and Lifetime. A+E Networks will handle international sales for And Then There Were None under the A+E Studios International banner. Sarah Phelps (The Casual Vacancy, Great Expectations) is writer and executive producer, the director is international award-winning Craig Viveiros (The Liability, Ghosted) and Abi Bach (The Honorable Woman) produced. The executive producers are Mathew Prichard and Hilary Strong for Agatha Christie Productions Ltd, Karen Thrussell and Damien Timmer for Mammoth Screen and Matthew Read for the BBC.

Trailer: And Then There Were None

 

 

Source: ©2016 Lifetime Networks, a division of A&E Networks. All Rights Reserved.

 

 

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Judy Manning

Dream chaser extraordinaire! Judy tends to be a tad sarcastic and kind of goofy! She is an avid admirer of all things supernatural, paranormal, celestial and mystical. She loves to read, write, and watches way too much TV. She enjoys many genres of film and music (and let's be honest, most music from the 80s). She also has a wicked sweet tooth. Cupcakes beware.

Judy Manning

Dream chaser extraordinaire! Judy tends to be a tad sarcastic and kind of goofy! She is an avid admirer of all things supernatural, paranormal, celestial and mystical. She loves to read, write, and watches way too much TV. She enjoys many genres of film and music (and let's be honest, most music from the 80s). She also has a wicked sweet tooth. Cupcakes beware.