Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

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Albert Mere: former gardener to Mr and Mrs Templeton and witness to the last will of "John Savage" (impersonated by Roger) Over to ITV1 for a three-part dramatisation of the 1934 Agatha Christie whodunnit Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? First shown last year on BritBox, it’s written and directed by Hugh Laurie, who also plays a doctor. The unique feature in this adaptation is that there are two Evans. The presence of Claude Evans served as misdirection whereas the real Evans of interest is still the maid Florrie Evans. Henry Bassington-ffrench: wealthy Englishman who lives in Merroway Court in Hampshire, lately a drug addict, who was murdered by his brother

Roger's role in the household is changed: Instead of being Sylvia's brother-in-law, he is the piano player at Castle Savage, and since the Caymans are deleted and there is no photograph for him to take from Carstairs' body, he is not present when the body is discovered. Alex Pritchard: man who died on the cliffs near Marchbolt, revealed to be Alan Carstairs, a friend of John Savage Richard Armitage ( The Stranger) plays William, a married, designer-stubbled surgeon going into politics, while Charlie Murphy ( Happy Valley) is Anna, the enigmatic new squeeze of William’s son Jay (Rish Shah). When William and Anna meet, mutual smouldering ensues. An olive is eaten in a provocative manner. Before long they’re naked, clamped together like erotic Lego, on the fabulous polished floor of a borrowed flat. Elsewhere, they sombrely copulate in toilets; mechanically rut in alleyways. Rarely has a tempestuous affair been made to look like such a chore. Roger's role in the household is changed: Instead of being Sylvia's brother-in-law, he is the resident piano teacher at Castle Savage, and since the Caymans are deleted, and there is no photograph for him to take from Carstair's body, he is not present when the body is discovered. Bobby and Frankie trace the witnesses to the signing of John Savage's will. They are the former cook and gardener of Mr and Mrs Templeton. Mr Templeton is also known as Mr Leo Cayman. The cook says that Gladys, the parlourmaid, was not asked to witness the will, made the night before Savage died. Frankie realises that the cook and gardener did not see Mr Savage before the signing, while the parlourmaid did and would have realised that it was Roger in the "deathbed" who wrote the will and not Mr Savage. The parlourmaid is Gladys Evans, hence the reason for Carstairs' question, "Why didn't they ask Evans?"a b c Marcum, J S (May 2007). "American Tribute to Agatha Christie: The Classic Years: 1935 - 1939" . Retrieved 31 January 2015. a b "Why didn't they ask Evans? / Agatha Christie". Library Hub Discover. Jisc . Retrieved 9 April 2022. Mrs Rivington: friend of John Savage who knows Sylvia Bassington-ffrench, and brought Mr Carstairs to dinner at her home

New Agatha Christie adaptation with Hugh Laurie, Lucy Boynton and Will Poulter films in Shere". Surrey Live. 6 July 2021 . Retrieved 7 February 2022. Hugh Laurie To Adapt Agatha Christie's 'Why Didn't They Ask Evans?' Into BritBox's Biggest Original To Date]". Deadline. 12 April 2021 . Retrieved 5 February 2022.As premises go, it’s preposterous, but that’s all part of the fun. In the two episodes I’ve seen, there’s everything from bathroom mishaps (“sleep-weeing”, anyone?) to waspish co-workers (“Late and intoxicated – the full disco, Ashley”) to eccentric parents (Ashley’s mum about Colin: “Is he broken?”). While Dyer provides left-field moxie, Brammall exudes a Seinfeld-esque straight-man-struggling-amid-kooks vibe. At times the writing needs to be sharper, and not quite so lavatorial, but this is winningly silly, lo-fi, character-led comedy with absurdist panache. Catalan: La cursa del bumerang translator Esteve Riambau, 1996, Barcelona: Columna ISBN 978-8482563008

Interested in the will of the late John Savage, Frankie consults her family's solicitor in London and learns that Carstairs consulted him too. Savage was staying with Mr and Mrs Templeton when he became convinced he had cancer, although one specialist told him he was perfectly well. When he died by suicide, his will left seven hundred thousand pounds to the Templetons, who have apparently since left Britain. Carstairs was on their trail when he was killed. Bobby is kidnapped and Frankie is lured to the same isolated cottage by Roger. They turn the tables on him with the timely arrival of Badger Beadon and find a drugged Moira in the house. When the police arrive, Roger has escaped. This novel has been translated to various languages other than its original English. Twenty-six are listed here, some published as recently as 2014. This is in keeping with the author's reputation for being the most translated author. [14] [15] The time period of the book is shifted from the early 1930s to the late 1950s to match time timeframe used by the rest of the ITV Marple series. Tracing the parlourmaid, they discover she is now the married housekeeper at Bobby's home. Carstairs was trying to find her. Returning to Wales, they find Moira, who claims she is being followed by Roger and has come to them for help. Frankie is not deceived and foils Moira's attempt to poison their coffee, realising that Moira was Mrs Templeton and is Roger's co-conspirator. Moira then attempts to shoot Frankie and Bobby in the café, but is overpowered and arrested. Several weeks later, Frankie receives a letter from Roger, posted from South America, in which he confesses to murdering Carstairs, murdering his brother, and conspiring in all of Moira's past crimes. Bobby and Frankie realise they are in love and become engaged. In April 2021, it was announced that Hugh Laurie would be adapting the novel for BritBox in 2022. [20] The filming took place in Surrey, mainly in the villages of Shere and Albury, between June and August 2021, [21] [22] and at Three Cliffs Bay in Swansea. [23] The three-part series became available on BritBox on 14 April 2022. It was then shown on ITVX and ITV in April 2023. [24]Badger" Beadon: stammering friend of Bobby and owner of a garage in London. He was at Oxford with Roger Bassington-ffrench Obsession is beautifully shot, and via Morgan Lloyd Malcolm and Benji Walters’s script you occasionally get some sense of Anna’s inner life, her motivations, though not nearly enough. It’s left to Indira Varma, as William’s wife, Ingrid, to burn up the screen with emotion. Anna and William are mainly about the sex scenes, which seem to arrive in Bogof batches. Clearly, intimacy coordinators are working overtime, but that’s not the problem. While the obsession is overdone (William, especially, is drenched in it like cloying duty-free aftershave), the sex itself, including what appears to be a beginner’s guide to bondage and submission, seems stilted. It’s like watching AI sex robots attempt to play strip Twister.