Moonflower Murders starts tonight on BBC1!
The long-awaited sequel to Magpie Murders will start tonight on BBC1!
Moonflower Murders is the second adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’s bestselling Susan Ryeland/Atticus Pünd novels. Moonflower Murders is a six-parter that will pick up where the first series Magpie Murders left off.
Who is coming back?
The original cast are set to return; Lesley Manville (The Crown) as sleuthing book editor Susan and Timothy McMullan (The Crown) as renowned literary detective Atticus Pünd. They will be joined by Alexandros Logothetis (The Island) as Andreas, Daniel Mays (Your Christmas or Mine?) as Locke/Chubb, Claire Rushbrook (Home Fires) as Kate, Conleth Hill (Game Of Thrones) as Alan Conway, Matthew Beard (Vienna Blood) as James and Sanjeev Kohli (River City) as Sajid Khan.
New cast members will include Mark Gatiss (Sherlock) as Parris/Berlin, Rosalie Craig (The Queen’s Gambit) as Lisa/Melissa, Pippa Bennett-Warner (Roadkill) as Madeline, and Adrian Rawlins (Mary & George) as Lawrence/Lance.
What is this series about?
After the shocking events of Magpie Murders, Susan Ryeland has moved to Crete with her boyfriend Andreas. However her peaceful life on the island is short-lived when Susan finds herself drawn to investigate a mystery from the past.
Alan Conway, Susan’s difficult former author, once visited a British hotel where a murder had taken place and later wrote a novel based on what happened there. On reading it, Cecily Treherne, who helped manage the hotel, came to the conclusion that the wrong man was behind bars.
When Cecily goes missing, Susan is tasked to investigate her disappearance and identify the real killer, who is cryptically referenced in the book.
Watch the trailer here:
When will it be released?
Moonflower Murders will have its UK premiere on BBC1 and BBCiPlayer on November 16th.
The series had its US premiere on September 15th on MASTERPIECE on PBS.
Magpie Murders is available to stream on the BBC iPlayer in the UK and for viewers with PBS Passport in the US. Moonflower Murders will also be broadcast on PBS Masterpiece Prime Video channel in the US.
Anthony Horowitz’s Magpie Murders novel is available on Amazon.