{"id":22112,"date":"2025-01-30T09:46:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T14:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-picks-up-latest-anthony-horowitz-murder-mystery\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T15:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T20:12:08","slug":"bbc-picks-up-latest-anthony-horowitz-murder-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-picks-up-latest-anthony-horowitz-murder-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Picks Up Latest Anthony Horowitz Murder Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC has picked up <em>Marble Hall Murders<\/em>, an adaptation of the third and final installment in Anthony Horowitz&#8217;s Susan Ryeland series.<\/p>\n<p>A follow-up to <em>Moonflower Murders<\/em> and <em>Magpie Murders<\/em>, <em>Marble Hall Murders<\/em> will be made by Eleventh Hour Films in association with Salt Films for PBS MASTERPIECE and the BBC. Anthony Horowitz is adapting, with Jill Green as executive producer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rebecca Gatward returns to direct, and Suzanne McAuley returns as producer.<\/p>\n<p>Reprising their roles, Lesley Manville (<em>The Crown<\/em>, <em>Phantom Thread<\/em>) stars as Susan Ryeland, a book editor who all too often finds herself involved in baffling murders. Tim McMullan (<em>Patrick Melrose<\/em>, <em>The Crown<\/em>) plays Atticus P\u00fcnd, the literary detective who steps out of the books to help Susan unravel the real-life mystery of who killed Miriam Crace, the most famous children\u2019s author in the world.<\/p>\n<p><em>Moonflower Murders<\/em> averaged 4.9 million viewers across the series, making it one of the BBC&#8217;s most-watched acquired scripted series in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Horowitz said: \u201cI\u2019m so happy to bring the team back\u2014stars, director, producers and crew\u2014for a third installment of what has been a fantastically successful TV series. I have a feeling this could be the best yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Green added: \u201cAnthony has once again brought his unique and original perspective to the world of murder mystery.<em> Marble Hall Murders<\/em> completes the trilogy, and the scripts and lead actors are once again at the top of their game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sue Deeks, head of BBC program acquisition, said: \u201cWe are so delighted that there is going to be another adaptation of the intricately plotted and brilliantly entertaining Susan Ryeland murder mystery series for BBC viewers to enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC has picked up Marble Hall Murders, an adaptation of the third and final installment in Anthony Horowitz&#8217;s Susan Ryeland series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":22115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[768,237,7722,10222,10223,10224],"class_list":["post-22112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-anthony-horowitz","tag-bbc","tag-lesley-manville","tag-marble-hall-murders","tag-susan-ryeland","tag-tim-mcmullan","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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