Ordeal By Innocence: BBC mini series by Agatha Christie novel

I read everything by Agatha Christie but I'll have to watch the show to jog my memory. I'm waiting for all the parts to come out so I can binge it.

How's the acting, production design, camerawork... so far? Anything or anyone outstanding to keep an eye out?

Production design, camerawork. are absolutely terrific . You should not expect anything less from BBC One in terms of production design, camera work etc.

For acting different people may have different opinion

But for me Bill Nighy as Leo Argyll was very good.

Morven Christie was good .

Some people may find acting of Anthony Boyle[ Jack Argyll] and Matthew Goode[Philip Durrant] as hyper but I liked them .

Rest of star cast was strictly OK

Only Luke Treadways 'who is twin brother of former DL fave Harry Treadway was bit underwhelming . But I blame director for that not the actor .

One of the big problem this series has is that first episode is very slow and not very intriguing so people who have very less patience may find it boring and may be drop it after episode 1. However show pick up the pace in episode 2 and final episode[]episode 3] It becomes very good .

I have not read any of AC novel so I didn't have any sort of expectation from the series . So I liked a lot in total. However many AC die hard fans are complaining about this TV series .

This often happen to me . I love the movies " On the Road" and "Mysteries of Pittsburgh since I have not read the novesl but die hard fans of the books hated those movies

r2 Thanks. I see now that the third and final episode aired yesterday so I'll probably watch all of it tonight.

Where is it/will it be available in the US?

I want to watch it, too, r4, but like you, I'm in the US. I must see everything Matthew Goode is in.

I gather it's supposed to be on Amazon, but I can't find anything on their site indicating when this might happen.

Does Miss Marple's pussy stink?

I think it smells like mothballs and cobwebs.

I finished watching it tonight and I quite enjoyed it. I loved Anthony Boyle, and he showed his cute butt. Anna Chancellor was terrific as Mommie Dearest.

Is this the Glenn Close one? Or the one with the Treadaway? Those weren't the same show were they?

Anyway, I'm delighted this thread was started by some kind of troll and then a misogynist troll jumped in.

Ah, the Agatha Christie loving family of trolls!

Is your hair on purpose?

R9, Crooked House starred Glenn Close. This one, starring Bill Nighy, Luke Treadaway, and Matthew Goode, is different. I like Ordeal better than Crooked.

Oh, I preferred Crooked House. Besides having GLEN! it also had Christina Hendricks and an incredible over the top wig game from Gillian Anderson.

I mean, it was the same level as her wig game on Gods and Heroes. In a less CGI way.

I really liked Matthew Goode. I thought Treadaway did fine with what he had to work with. There wasn't anyone I didn't like, really. Could have done with some dong from both Matthew and Anthony Boyle.

The entire family premise felt odd. Do people adopt like that today?

I found the very last scene less-than-satisfying. Did it end that way in every version, including the book?

The entire story is quite changed from the 2007 Miss Marple version (with DL fave Richard Armitage.) But I think it's probably closer to the original novel.

Just watched it based on this thread and enjoyed it. The guy who played the brother Michael/Mickey was the eye candy for me. I saw the previous version, I didn't remember the ending but I'm pretty sure this version differs. I'm going to check out Crooked House next. Any other recommendations?

Kirsten and Rachel were lezzies, right?

I agree, r11 Crooked House is better. Gillian's role was so camp, I loved it!

r14 That was the part that was originally to be played by Ed Westwick. All of his scenes had to be re-shot with the new guy (who is gorgeous, by the way.)

Thanks to this thread and the series being mentioned in the British Murder Mystery thread I binge watched it and loved every minute of it. What a feast for the eyes. I vaguely remember a previous version that took place at some place you could only reach by boat (which was used as an explantion for why the witness had to stay at the family mansion, I believe).

I love the opening title sequence (loved the recent "And Then There Were None" opening title sequence as well).

Call me Mary! but I do think both mini series are masterpieces.

r17 The version where the boats/island came into play was the Miss Marple version (with DL fave Richard Armitage.)

Matthew Goode is awful.

I think Christian Cooke is in this.

He had to take over after the Ed Westwick rape allegations.

He's a hot piece of British ass (although apparently straight).

Naked ass is always welcome.

I just got a free month of Amazon Prime, so I binge watched this. Liked the cast mostly. The ending and the identity of the murderer are changed from the original Christie novel and the Marple version. In fact, Arthur Calgary is really drastically changed from the novel where he ends up with Hester and is a ordinary guy hero-amateur detective. The script by Sarah Phelps really changes the character drastically with an entirely different backstory. There are a lot of repetitive flashbacks but the final half hour has built up a momentum that the repeats are now more powerful because of what we know. Christian Cooke is a cutie pie.

[quote]Christian Cooke is a cutie pie.

Yes -- he was cutest in his twink days when he was showing his perky ass.