“IT’S ABOUT INVESTIGATING THEIR MOTIVES FOR MURDER ” MORVEN If there’s one thing you can guarantee with an Agatha Christie adaptation, it’s that there will be lots of famous faces in the cast. The BBC’s latest three-parter, Ordeal By Innocence , truly delivers on that score, starring Anna Chancellor, Bill Nighy, Morven Christie and Poldark’s Eleanor Tomlinson.
The story concerns the murder of wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll, for which her adopted son Jack was arrested, despite insisting his innocence. Eighteen months later, Dr Arthur Calgary visits the family home claiming to have an alibi to exonerate Jack – but Jack has since died in prison. However, if Dr Calgary is telling the truth, then…