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BritBox North America Orders Agatha Christie Adaptation
BritBox North America has commissioned the limited series
Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?, an adaptation of the Agatha Christie mystery with Hugh Laurie on board.
Laurie will adapt the story as a three-part miniseries, also serving as director and executive producer.
Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? will make its global debut on BritBox in the U.S. and Canada in 2022.
Produced by Agatha Christie Limited and Mammoth Screen,
Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? follows the amiable Bobby Jones and his whip-smart friend, socialite Lady Frances “Frankie” Derwent. On the hunt for a lost golf ball, unsuspecting Jones discovers the crumpled body of a dying man who, with his last breath, gasps the cryptic question of the series’ title.
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Beechgrove Gardening Series Set for BritBox North America
Beechgrove and its countryside magazine series
Landward.
Both series will be available to view for BritBox subscribers in the U.S. and Canada shortly after they have aired to viewers in Scotland. This will be the first time they have been broadcast for viewers outside the U.K.
Produced by Tern TV,
Beechgrove in its 43rd year will be shown first on Thursdays on the BBC Scotland channel, then on BBC Two across the U.K. on Sunday mornings, and then each episode will also be screened on BritBox North America.