Emma Thompson and Jim Broadbent have joined the cast of BritBox’s new three-part event series adaptation of Agatha Christie’s “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” which premieres in 2022.
Thompson and Broadbent will play British aristocrats Lord and Lady Marcham, joined by Lucy Boynton as their daughter Lady Frankie, Will Poulter as Bobby Jones and Hugh Laurie and as creepy sanitorium director Dr. James Nicholson.
The story follows the local Vicar’s son, Bobby Jones (Poulter), and his whip-smart friend, socialite Lady Frances ‘Frankie’ Derwent (Boynton) on their crime-solving adventure after they discover the crumpled body of a dying man who, with his last breath, gasps the cryptic question of the title.
Armed only with a photograph of a beautiful young woman found in the dead man’s pocket, these amateur detectives pursue, and are pursued by, the answer to the mystery.
Laurie is directing the series which also stars Maeve Dermody, Conleth Hill, Daniel Ings, Jonathan Jules, Paul Whitehouse, Miles Jupp, Amy Nuttall, Alistair Petrie, Morwenna Banks and Joshua James.
Very excited to share the news that Jim Broadbent and Emma Thompson have joined the cast of Why Didn't They Ask Evans? https://t.co/L5WkRX4InE pic.twitter.com/KKOgdK5LQU
— Agatha Christie (@agathachristie) August 3, 2021
Source: BritBox
