{"id":17603,"date":"2023-11-08T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T10:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/joburg-north\/?p=17603"},"modified":"2023-11-08T10:18:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T08:18:51","slug":"murder-is-easy-a-first-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/joburg-north\/blog\/2023\/11\/08\/murder-is-easy-a-first-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder is Easy: A first look"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>England, 1954. On a train to London, Fitzwilliam (David Jonsson) meets Miss Pinkerton (Penelope Wilton), who tells him that a killer is on the loose in the sleepy English village of Wychwood under Ashe.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The villagers believe the deaths are mere accidents, but Miss Pinkerton knows otherwise \u2013 and when she&#8217;s later found dead on her way to Scotland Yard, Fitzwilliam feels he must find the killer before they can strike again. Because for a certain kind of person, murder is easy\u2026<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1254649\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1254649\" style=\"width: 744px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1254649 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/caxtondigital.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2023\/11\/3.-Morfydd-Clark-and-Tom-Riley-in-Murder-is-Easy-coming-soon-to-BBC-One-and-iPlayer-744x496.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"496\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1254649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image supplied by BritBox.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Murder is Easy<\/em> (2&#215;60\u2019) is made by Mammoth Screen (part of ITV Studios) and Agatha Christie Limited, and is a co-commission between the BBC and BritBox International. It is adapted by Si\u00e2n Ejiwunmi-Le Berre, directed by Meenu Gaur and produced by Karen Kelly. The casting directors are Karen Lindsay-Stewart and Emily Jacobs. Executive producers are Si\u00e2n Ejiwunmi-Le Berre, James Prichard for Agatha Christie Limited, James Gandhi and Damien Timmer for Mammoth Screen, Danielle Scott-Haughton for the BBC, and Reemah Sakaan and Stephen Nye for BritBox International.<\/p>\n<p><em>Murder is Easy<\/em> is coming soon to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britbox.com\/za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BritBox<\/a> in the US, Canada and South Africa. Get ready for the two-part thriller featuring\u00a0David Jonsson (<em>Industry, Rye Lane<\/em>) as Fitzwilliam, alongside Morfydd Clark (<em>Lord of the Rings, Saint Maud<\/em>) as Bridget; Penelope Wilton (<em>Downton Abbey, After Life<\/em>) as Miss Pinkerton, Tom Riley (<em>The Nevers, Ill Behaviour<\/em>) as Lord Whitfield, Douglas Henshall (<em>Shetland, In Plain Sight<\/em>) as Major Horton, Mathew Baynton (<em>Ghosts, Wonka<\/em>) as Dr Thomas and Mark Bonnar (<em>World on Fire, Guilt<\/em>) as Reverend Humbleby.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1254648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1254648\" style=\"width: 744px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1254648\" src=\"https:\/\/caxtondigital.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2023\/11\/5.-Mark-Bonnar-and-Mathew-Baynton-in-Murder-is-Easy-coming-soon-to-BBC-One-and-iPlayer-744x496.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"496\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1254648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image supplied by BritBox.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Murder is Easy<\/em> will also star Sinead Matthews (<em>Hullraisers, The Crown<\/em>) as Miss Waynflete, Nimra Bucha (<em>Polite Society, Ms Marvel<\/em>) as Mrs Humbleby, Tamzin Outhwaite (<em>The Tower, Ridley Road<\/em>) as Mrs Pierce, Kathryn Howden (<em>River City, Six Four<\/em>) as Mrs Carter, Jon Pointing (<em>Big Boys, Plebs<\/em>) as Rivers, Demmy Ladipo (<em>Dreaming Whilst Black<\/em>, <em>The Last Tree<\/em>) as Jimmy Amaike, Gloria Obianyo (<em>Good Omens, Mission Impossible<\/em>) as Ngozi Ude, and Phoebe Licorish making her screen debut as Rose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England, 1954. 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