Agatha and the Midnight Murders

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Awful! I'd have thought the estate would have had to have given permission for Christie's name to be used, but clearly not. Can't even say it was so bad that at least it gave me a laugh. It was torture. OK I watched it recorded on TV, so could fast forward a few bits to see if it improved any, but after 2/3rds scrolled through till last 5 minutes. Helen Baxendale - I hope you got very well paid. Plot - dialogue - phony accents; it portrayed several different nationalities in pretty horrific stereotypes, (including English toffs) but not it seemed in comic fashion a la Borat. Aaaahhhhh!

This would have made a better stage production with it's minimal set. Helen Baxendale and Blake Harrison (who was so good in Prime Suspect 73) made the best of a not so good script. Jodie McNee as the 'Police Woman' over acted and made her character unbelievable so I was suspicious of her from the start. Another give away was the so called air raid, sirens only go before and after a raid, not during a raid as happened when both the the policewoman and Travis were out of the room. It was also a very quiet air raid, even in a cellar it would have been heard, especially if you hear the siren, which would be a lot quieter. Another give away was when Jun was murdered and Travis was left alive, why would the killer leave a witness? So he had to be in on it. I still found it enjoyable even if it was a bit predictable