A nervous young stranger called Dr Arthur Calgary (a fine and unexpectedly moving, in Agatha’s customarily affectless world, performance by Luke Treadaway) turns up with a suitcase and a claim that he can alibi Jack. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Cast members (left to right) Luke Treadaway, Anna Chancellor, Bill Nighy and Morven Christie. Photograph: James Fisher/Joss Barratt/BBC/Mammoth Screen/ACLLike Christie on one of her husband’s archeological digs, the next hour is spent sifting the mingled sands of truth and lies. The audience’s innocence has been too battered by the ordeals of the past few years, perhaps, for them to pass muster now. We get the Agatha Christie adaptations, we need, it seems – and, in the last three outings at least, better than we deserve.

Source: The Guardian April 01, 2018 21:00 UTC