Marble Hall Murders first look footage launched and additional casting introduced

First-look photographs have been launched from Marble Hall Murders, an upcoming drama primarily based on the best-selling novel by Anthony Horowitz, CBE, with additional forged members additionally introduced.

The six-part sequence – coming this yr to BBC iPlayer and BBC One – is written by Horowitz, directed by Rebecca Gatward (Moonflower Murders, Bad Sisters), produced by Suzanne McAuley (Moonflower Murders, Lynley) and govt produced by Jill Green for Eleventh Hour Films. Marble Hall Murders is the ultimate instalment within the Susan Ryeland Mysteries, following the acclaimed Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders.

Returning within the lead roles are Academy Award-nominee Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread, The Crown) as guide editor turned sleuth Susan Ryeland and Tim McMullan (The Crown, Patrick Melrose, The Serpent) as well-known literary detective Atticus Pünd.

Joining them are Jamie Blackley (Outrageous, The Last Kingdom), Mark Bonnar (Ludwig, Guilt, Dept. Q), Daniel Cerqueira (This City is Ours, A Gentleman in Moscow), Patricia Hodge (All Creatures Great and Small, A Very English Scandal), Harry Lloyd (Game of Thrones, I Jack Wright), Rupert Penry-Jones (Whitechapel, Spooks), Anneika Rose (Crossfire, Line of Duty), Danny Sapani (Killing Eve, Harlots, Halo) and Zubin Varla (Andor, A Little Life).

Marble Hall Murders is tailored from the third and remaining novel in Horowitz’s Susan Ryeland sequence, printed in 2025. Editor Susan Ryeland is employed to work on a continuation novel of the Atticus Pünd sequence, written by a troubled younger creator (Blackley). When the job leads Susan into one other homicide case, she unexpectedly finds herself a suspect. In the world of the novel, Atticus Pünd is visiting the island of Corfu when he turns into embroiled within the homicide of Lady Margaret Chalfont (Hodge), whose household he investigates with the help of a Greek detective (Varla).

Filming on Marble Hall Murders came about in Dublin, Corfu and London. In the UK, the sequence will premiere on BBC iPlayer and BBC One.

Marble Hall Murders is made by Eleventh Hour Films in affiliation with Salt Films for PBS MASTERPIECE and the BBC and distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures Television and by PBS Distribution in North America.

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