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Old 21-12-2016, 19:59
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Anyone else looking forward to this on BBC1 on 26th and 27th? I'm a big fan of the 50's film, so want to see how this compares. But I understand that this is different. Also that both versions are different from the original Christie short story, but that this TV adaption is closest to the story.

Although I probably read the story years ago (as I used to be an avid reader of both her novels and short stories, but never remembered the details afterwards), I'm approaching this with an open mind.
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Old 21-12-2016, 20:13
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Yes, looks very good.
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Old 21-12-2016, 21:32
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Im very much looking forward to this too. If it's anywhere near as good as "And Then There Were None" which was shown last year, then we should be in for a treat.
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Old 21-12-2016, 23:01
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Was it really necessary to cast Toby Jones in yet another drama? He's not even a decent actor.
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Old 21-12-2016, 23:11
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Was it really necessary to cast Toby Jones in yet another drama? He's not even a decent actor.
Toby Jones, winner of 10 acting awards and a nominee for 15 others isn't a decent actor. Right.
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Old 23-12-2016, 10:45
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Last years BBC Christmas Agatha Christie offering And Then There Were None was very hit and miss on here. I enjoyed it. This one looks even better. Are Agatha Christie adaptations going to be an annual Christmas fare from the beeb I wonder.
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Old 23-12-2016, 13:05
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Last years BBC Christmas Agatha Christie offering And Then There Were None was very hit and miss on here. I enjoyed it. This one looks even better. Are Agatha Christie adaptations going to be an annual Christmas fare from the beeb I wonder.
If they are, it won't be for long. There are very few books outside the Poirot and Marple canons and BBC already ate up a couple with the Tommy and Tuppence series. ITV naughtily 'acquired' a couple of independent stories for Marple and Poirot as well. There's no hope of getting permission for The Mousetrap, of course, so it's hard to see how they can even do one next year, let alone annually.
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Old 23-12-2016, 13:12
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If they are, it won't be for long. There are very few books outside the Poirot and Marple canons and BBC already ate up a couple with the Tommy and Tuppence series. ITV naughtily 'acquired' a couple of independent stories for Marple and Poirot as well. There's no hope of getting permission for The Mousetrap, of course, so it's hard to see how they can even do one next year, let alone annually.
It wouldn't surprise me if they do remakes of Murder On The Orient Express, Death On The Nile and Evil Under The Sun with all star casts. There are other like The Seven Dials Mystery, Towards Zero and The Man In The Brown Suit among others.
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Old 23-12-2016, 13:39
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It wouldn't surprise me if they do remakes of Murder On The Orient Express, Death On The Nile and Evil Under The Sun with all star casts. There are other like The Seven Dials Mystery, Towards Zero and The Man In The Brown Suit among others.
They don't have and I'm sure won't get the rights for any Poirot stories. Of the other three only Towards Zero strikes me as potentially suitable for the kind of treatment that these stories are being given. Could be wrong, of course, but it's probably inadvisable to hold one's breath.
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Old 26-12-2016, 19:28
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The BBC have rights to seven more Christie mysteries and they are expected to become a Christmas tradition on BBC1
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Old 26-12-2016, 19:32
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They could adapt some HG Wells, whose works will go out of copyright as we say "Happy New Year".
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Old 26-12-2016, 19:39
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They could adapt some HG Wells, whose works will go out of copyright as we say "Happy New Year".
They did a version of The First Men In The Moon back in 2010

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fi...oon_(2010_film)
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Old 26-12-2016, 19:41
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They could adapt some HG Wells, whose works will go out of copyright as we say "Happy New Year".
Aren't they in the process of adapting "War of the Worlds"? I'm sure I read that earlier this year.
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Old 26-12-2016, 19:54
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The BBC have rights to seven more Christie mysteries and they are expected to become a Christmas tradition on BBC1
Agatha Christie is set to loom even larger in the British TV schedules after BBC One agreed to show seven new adaptations of her classic mysteries.
The books to be filmed over the next four years include Ordeal By Innocence and Death Comes As The End.
Another, The Witness For The Prosecution, has previously been announced - taking the BBC's total of forthcoming Christie dramas to eight.
The commissions follow the long-running and much-loved Miss Marple and Poirot.
They also come on the back of the TV version of her thriller And Then There Were None, which was shown last Christmas.
And David Walliams and Jessica Raine starred in Partners in Crime, based on Christie's Tommy and Tuppence detective novels, on BBC One last year.
Of the seven newly announced adaptations, three titles have been revealed:
Ordeal By Innocence, in which a son is posthumously pardoned of murdering his mother - meaning another member of the family must be guilty
Death Comes As The End, set in Ancient Egypt, in which a young woman suspects her priest father may be tied up in the death of a concubine
The ABC Murders, about a serial killer working his way through the alphabet in 1930s Britain, tracked (in the book at least) by Hercule Poirot
Meanwhile, The Witness For The Prosecution will be a two-part dramatisation of the 1925 short story of the same name, starring Toby Jones, Andrea Riseborough and Kim Cattrall.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37174913
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Old 26-12-2016, 20:45
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Really looking forward tonight and tomorrow night.

It is a cracking story, with Twists only Agatha Christie can do.
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Old 26-12-2016, 21:10
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Kim Cattrall playing a 1920's Samantha.
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Old 26-12-2016, 21:12
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Agatha Christie is set to loom even larger in the British TV schedules after BBC One agreed to show seven new adaptations of her classic mysteries.
The books to be filmed over the next four years include Ordeal By Innocence and Death Comes As The End.
Another, The Witness For The Prosecution, has previously been announced - taking the BBC's total of forthcoming Christie dramas to eight.
The commissions follow the long-running and much-loved Miss Marple and Poirot.
They also come on the back of the TV version of her thriller And Then There Were None, which was shown last Christmas.
And David Walliams and Jessica Raine starred in Partners in Crime, based on Christie's Tommy and Tuppence detective novels, on BBC One last year.
Of the seven newly announced adaptations, three titles have been revealed:
Ordeal By Innocence, in which a son is posthumously pardoned of murdering his mother - meaning another member of the family must be guilty
Death Comes As The End, set in Ancient Egypt, in which a young woman suspects her priest father may be tied up in the death of a concubine
The ABC Murders, about a serial killer working his way through the alphabet in 1930s Britain, tracked (in the book at least) by Hercule Poirot
Meanwhile, The Witness For The Prosecution will be a two-part dramatisation of the 1925 short story of the same name, starring Toby Jones, Andrea Riseborough and Kim Cattrall.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37174913
Excellent. Thank you for that.

We're only a few minutes in and it's already atmospheric.

Now, where have I seen this young chap before?

I love the puddy tat. Looks like it's just stepped out of an advert.
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Old 26-12-2016, 21:13
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Really looking forward tonight and tomorrow night.

It is a cracking story, with Twists only Agatha Christie can do.
This is my favourite Agatha Christie (by all accounts - it was her own personal favourite too). Seen the film with Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power and Marlene Deitrich and its perfect. I've also seen a few theatre productions - its one of those that you should NEVER reveal the end to anyone who hasn't seen it before.

On another note - I'd love to see Jane Danson (Corrie's Leanne) and Kim Cattrall play mother and daughter at some point - they're the absolute image of each other.
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Old 26-12-2016, 21:14
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Kim Cattrall playing a 1920's Samantha.
Sex in The City of London.

You'd think she'd be tired of playing this part by now.

....

Bloody Pussy. That's a bloody pussy....
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Old 26-12-2016, 21:15
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Agatha Christie is set to loom even larger in the British TV schedules after BBC One agreed to show seven new adaptations of her classic mysteries.
The books to be filmed over the next four years include Ordeal By Innocence and Death Comes As The End.
Another, The Witness For The Prosecution, has previously been announced - taking the BBC's total of forthcoming Christie dramas to eight.
The commissions follow the long-running and much-loved Miss Marple and Poirot.
They also come on the back of the TV version of her thriller And Then There Were None, which was shown last Christmas.
And David Walliams and Jessica Raine starred in Partners in Crime, based on Christie's Tommy and Tuppence detective novels, on BBC One last year.
Of the seven newly announced adaptations, three titles have been revealed:
Ordeal By Innocence, in which a son is posthumously pardoned of murdering his mother - meaning another member of the family must be guilty
Death Comes As The End, set in Ancient Egypt, in which a young woman suspects her priest father may be tied up in the death of a concubine
The ABC Murders, about a serial killer working his way through the alphabet in 1930s Britain, tracked (in the book at least) by Hercule Poirot
Meanwhile, The Witness For The Prosecution will be a two-part dramatisation of the 1925 short story of the same name, starring Toby Jones, Andrea Riseborough and Kim Cattrall.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37174913
So there will be a BBC version of Poirot? It will be weird without David Suchet, I always picture him now.

Omg that cat is beautiful. Ok the blood isn't pretty.
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Old 26-12-2016, 21:15
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Excellent. Thank you for that.

We're only a few minutes in and it's already atmospheric.

Now, where have I seen this young chap before?

I love the puddy tat. Looks like it's just stepped out of an advert.
Here you are: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6247071/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_2

BTW, £5 in 1923 would be worth £250 today
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Old 26-12-2016, 21:17
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The cat did it. It looked really sinister licking it's bloody paws.
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Old 26-12-2016, 21:18
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Here you are: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6247071/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_2

BTW, £5 in 1923 would be worth £250 today
Thank you mrbernay.

Cider With Rosie! That's where I've seen him.

I think I take that back about the cat. Good acting though.
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Old 26-12-2016, 21:18
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Sex in The City of London.

You'd think she'd be tired of playing this part by now.

....

Bloody Pussy. That's a bloody pussy....
Sex and the kitty.
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Old 26-12-2016, 21:21
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Sorry, but that copper is a complete cliché.
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