BBC share first look at Agatha Christie mystery with Anjelica Houston filmed in Devon

The BBC has announced details of upcoming series Towards Zero, which is a three-part adaptation of the popular novel by best-selling author Agatha Christie

Details of new series Towards Zero have been released by the BBC including first-look photographs. The new programme, due to be released next year, is a three-part adaption based on the classic mystery novel by author Agatha Christie.

Adapted for screen by Rachel Bennette and directed by Sam Yates, Towards Zero follows on from 2023’s hit Christie adaptation Murder is Easy. Filming took place in and around Bristol and on the Devon coast and has now wrapped.

Towards Zero will star Anjelica Huston as Lady Tressilian, Matthew Rhys as Inspector Leach, Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Nevile Strange, Ella Lily Hyland as Audrey and Mimi Keene as Kay.

Other actors due to appear in the series include Clarke Peters, Anjana Vasan, Jack Farthing, Jackie Clune, Grace Doherty, Khalil Gharbia and Adam Hugill.

The BBC's official synopsis reads: "England, 1936. After a scandalous celebrity divorce, Nevile Strange and his ex-wife Audrey make the unthinkable decision to spend a summer together at Gull’s Point, their childhood home and the coastal estate of Nevile's aunt, Lady Tressilian.

"With unfinished business between the former childhood sweethearts, plus the presence of Nevile’s new wife Kay, tensions are running high. Add to this a long-suffering lady’s companion, a mysterious gentleman’s valet, an exiled cousin with a grudge, a venerable family lawyer, an inquisitive orphan and a French con man, and soon there will be murder. A troubled detective must rediscover his purpose to untangle a toxic web of jealousy, deceit and dysfunction. Can he solve the crime before another victim meets their death?

"An explosive love triangle, a formidable matriarch and a house party of enemies. All compelled… Towards Zero."

Writer, Rachel Bennette, said: “These are among the richest and most complex of Christie's characters, and I was captivated from the first by the charisma, in particular, of her female characters. It has been thrilling to bring them all to life in this disturbing tale of truth and lies, love and hate, a story which unfolds amidst the dark, cinematic glamour of the 1930s, yet feels startlingly of our time.”

Director, Sam Yates, said: “It has been an honour to bring this most psychological and sensual of Agatha Christie's stories to vibrant life with a peerless cast of actors and an extraordinary team. Audiences are in for a propulsive, intoxicating ride into the dark hearts of some of Christie's most irresistible characters.”