**Who stars in Murder Is Easy?**

The two-part thriller has been adapted for the screen by Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre and will be directed by Meenu Gaur (who previously directed the 2019 BBC One war drama World On Fire).

The series will feature David Jonsson (Industry, Rye Lane) as Fitzwilliam, alongside Morfydd Clark (Saint Maud) as Bridget, Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey) as Miss Pinkerton, Tom Riley (Ill Behaviour) as Lord Whitfield, Douglas Henshall (Shetland) as Major Horton, Mathew Baynton (Ghosts, Wonka) as Dr Thomas and Mark Bonnar (Guilt) as Reverend Humbleby.

Speaking about the project, Berre says: “I’ve watched every Agatha Christie adaptation out, because Christie wrote for the world and the whole world loves her back. But somehow I’d never read one of her novels.

“When I first read Murder Is Easy, I couldn’t believe how daring, experimental and furious the book was. Nothing like I’d expected. From the first read, the book was shouting at me how to enter and adapt it, and what’s so exciting is having everyone at Mammoth Screen and ACL jump right in there with me.

“It’s like going on an extended train journey with a genius sitting next to you, whispering the secrets of storytelling into your ear.”

Gaur adds: “I was drawn to the sassy, cool, witty and not-to-be-messed-with women of Murder Is Easy and blown away again by how delightful [Christie’s] characters are.”

Murder Is Easy: watch the trailer for the BBC’s latest Agatha Christie adaptation