{"id":15353,"date":"2021-08-05T09:49:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T13:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/britboxs-murder-provence-adds-patricia-hodge-geff-francis-cast\/"},"modified":"2021-08-05T09:50:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T13:50:33","slug":"britboxs-murder-in-provence-adds-patricia-hodge-geff-francis-to-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/britboxs-murder-in-provence-adds-patricia-hodge-geff-francis-to-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"BritBox&#8217;s Murder in Provence Adds Patricia Hodge &amp; Geff Francis to Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BritBox UK and BritBox North America have commenced production in the U.K. and France on <em>Murder in Provence<\/em>, with\u00a0Patricia Hodge and\u00a0Geff Francis joining the cast.<\/p>\n<p>The series follows Antoine Verlaque (Roger Allam), an investigating judge in Aix-en-Provence, and criminal psychologist and romantic partner Marine Bonnet (Nancy Carroll) as they investigate the murders, mysteries and dark underbelly of their idyllic home.\u00a0Hodge\u00a0has been cast\u00a0as Florence Bonnet, Marine\u2019s mother; and Geff Francis\u00a0has taken the role of Police Commissioner Fran\u00e7ois Roussel.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the books by M.L. 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