45 h. ago Why we still love the overripe, absurd stories of Agatha Christie

Leave any expectations of subtlety or restraint at the door, says Phil Harrison, and there’s plenty to enjoy in the BBC’s new adaptation of Towards Zero

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46 h. ago Anjelica Huston brings Hollywood charisma to ripe, rich Agatha Christie adaptation Towards Zero

Leave any expectations of subtlety or restraint at the door and there’s plenty to enjoy in this BBC three-parter

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61 h. ago Anjelica Huston's life and famous family as she stars in Agatha Christie's Towards Zero

Anjelica Huston has had an incredible career in TV and film

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67 h. ago BBC Towards Zero director explains why there's no murder in first episode

The BBC's latest Agatha Christie adaptation Towards Zero has divided viewers after the first episode omitted the murder

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3 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Towards Zero on BBC1: A superlative adaptation of one of Christie's overlooked masterpieces

Agatha Christie did it first. Whatever fiendish plot device, impossible solution or dazzling denouement a mystery writer comes up with, you can be sure the Queen of Crime invented it.

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3 d. ago BBC Towards Zero viewers all have same complaint as Agatha Christie drama airs

BBC One's Towards Zero, starring the likes of Mimi Keene, Ella Lily Hyland, Oliver Jackson Cohen and Anjelica Huston, has left viewers all making the same complaint

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3 d. ago Towards Zero viewers all make same complaint as BBC airs Agatha Christie adaptation

The BBC One series is the latest Agatha Christie adaptation to hit our screens with a huge cast

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3 d. ago Toward Zero review: hardboiled Agatha Christie adaptation is a winner

Mimi Keene and Anjelica Huston lead a stand-out cast in this noirish adaptation of the classic novel

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3 d. ago BBC Towards Zero's 'insane' filming location had a 'strict' evacuation plan

Agatha Christie drama Towards Zero was filmed on an island with multiple production implications for the cast and crew.

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3 d. ago Towards Zero star Matthew Rhys on why he's the 'Eeyore of drama' and his surprising 'source of pride' away from acting

Cardiff actor Matthew Rhys is well-used to co-starring with mega famous actors including Tom Hanks, Sally Field, Bradley Cooper but his role in the BBC drama Towards Zero by Agatha Christie had him nervous once more next to Hollywood royalty

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3 d. ago Towards Zero cast in full as new Agatha Christie adaptation airs on BBC

The new Agatha Christie adaptation of Towards Zero is coming to BBC One, with several popular stars among the cast

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3 d. ago Towards Zero star details 'interesting' love triangle in new Agatha Christie drama

Towards Zero star Mimi Keene has opened up about the show's unique relationship dynamics.

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4 d. ago EastEnders star Mimi Keene 'terrified' to work with Hollywood legend on new BBC drama

Mimi Keene is currently starring in the BBC's Agatha Christie adaptation Towards Zero where she stars alongside Hollywood legend Anjelica Huston - but she was terrified at first

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6 d. ago Detective series set for TV comeback as Agatha Christie's great

A beloved detective television series centred on an "underestimated" protagonist may make a comeback years after it was removed from our screens.

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6 d. ago 'One of the most famous' detective series with 'underestimated' character returning to screens

Popular detective TV series Miss Marple could be set to return to screens, with the great-grandson of author Agatha Christie teasing a reboot

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8 d. ago BBC accused of poaching Traitors concept by Agatha Christie’s great

James Prichard, chairman of the late author’s estate, believes popular BBC reality show was heavily inspired by Christie’s 1939 story ‘And Then There Were None’

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1 week ago BBC star 'scared' after meeting Hollywood icon on set of new Agatha Christie drama

EXCLUSIVE: Former EastEnders actress turned Towards Zero star Mimi Keene has opened up about working with Hollywood legend Anjelica Huston

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1 week ago ‘When the chips are down, Jack Nicholson is there’: Anjelica Huston on love, loss and legal drama

From being told she couldn’t act to winning an Oscar, the Hollywood star has had a wild life. She talks old flames, being tucked up in bed for her new Agatha Christie mystery, and why she’s happiest when surrounded by donkeysGiven that Lady Tressilian rarely leaves her boudoir, it was an enjoyable role. “I was very happily in bed, one of my favourite places, generally,” says Anjelica Huston, of the regal aristo she plays in the new BBC adaptation of the 1944 Agatha Christie mystery Towards Zero. Despite the fact she is mostly horizontal, occasionally at a chair by the window and peering through a telescope at the Devon bay beyond, Tressilian is a domineering character, presiding over the younger relations she has assembled at her seaside home and making her displeasure known at their various life choices. There will, of course, be murders.Huston was reminded of the older women she had known from her childhood in Ireland, “mostly on the hunting field, but occasionally in their bedroo...

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1 week ago Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero BBC release date, cast and episode count as trailer drops

Set in the 1930s, the adaption was filmed on the beautiful Devon coast

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