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Agatha and the Midnight Murders is a 2020 British alternative history television drama film about crime writer Agatha Christie. The film premiered on 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]
| Agatha and the Midnight Murders | |
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| Written by | Tom Dalton |
| Directed by | Joe Stephenson |
| Starring |
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| Composer | Blair Mowat |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
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| Producers | Carol Harding Tom Dalton |
| Cinematography | Birgit Dierken |
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| Running time | 93 Minutes |
| Production companies | Darlow Smithson Productions Factual Fiction |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 5 |
| Release | 5 October 2020 |
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.
Filming took place in Malta, back-to-back with Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar.[4]
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]
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