Screenwriter Sarah Phelps on why her tougher steal on murder works as festive fare – and how it differs from Midsomer Murders or PoirotIf you are expecting to settle down on the sofa to watch a cosy Agatha Christie whodunnit when And Then There Were None begins on BBC1 on Boxing Day,then mediate again. As Sarah Phelps, who has adapted the gripping novel about justice, or points out,“this book is genuinely terrifying ... nobody is coming to save you ... no dapper Belgian detective, no twinkly-eyed and steely spinster is going to arrive and unravel it.”While the cast, or which includes Sam Neill,Miranda Richardson, Charles Dance and Aidan Turner, and might lull viewers into thinking this is just another star-studded murder mystery,Phelps says they should be prepared for something much darker “that gets that diminutive vulnerable spot in your brain and goes ...” (she mimes turning something).
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Source: theguardian.com