![]() Here are some highlights: Blackadder, Empire of the Sun, The Crying Game, the 1998 Merlin mini-series, Sleepy Hollow, The Hours, The Phantom of the Opera, Rita Skeeter in the Harry Potter series, An Inspector Calls, Girlfriends and more. When I scrolled through her IMDB page, I got a cramp. The Golden Globe and BAFTA winning actress has had an impressive career. ![]() Emily Brent, played by Miranda Richardson Gorman also currently starred on the PBS series Jamestown. Here’s the short of it: You know Gorman from The Man in High Castle, Torchwood, Game of Thrones, Turn: Washington's Spies, Marple, ITV’s 2009 adaptation of Wuthering Heights, as Guppy on Bleak House and so, so many more. William Henry Blore, played by Burn Gorman So where have you seen Stephens before? On PBS, he's appeared in Poirot, Cambridge Spies, Marple and Inspector Lewis he was Rochester in the BBC television adaptation of Jane Eyre and he starred in Netflix’s Lost in Space. That’s right, Stephens is the son of Dame Maggie Smith, the Dowager Countess herself. While Toby Stephens has had a prolific career full of roles that would make him recognizable to PBS viewers, he also has our hearts because of his connection a certain Masterpiece favorite, Maggie Smith. Edward George Armstrong, played by Toby Stephens ( Poldark returns for a fifth Season on September 29 at 9:00 p.m.) But fans of the swashbuckling hero are probably also familiar with Turner’s work in The Hobbit, Being Human and Desperate Romantics. ![]() Masterpiece fans know Aidan Turner best as Ross Poldark. You probably recognize the young Australian actress from her television roles on The Frankenstein Chronicles and Marcella. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, The Imitation Game and more. You know Dance from Bond films, his role as the Phantom in the 1990 Phantom of the Opera mini-series, the 2001 adaptation of Gosford Park, Mr. The question isn’t where have you seen Charles Dance before, it’s where haven’t you seen him? The Game of Thrones star’s television debut was in a 1974 episode of Father Brown, and he’s been gracing our screens ever since. Judge Lawrence Wargrave, played by Charles Dance Here’s where you’ve seen the And Then There Were None cast before. So, who’s in this star-studded adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic? Don’t worry about trying to place every character, we’ve got you covered. I heard a fellow Anglophile recently joke, “There are only so many British actors.” If this is true, and there is a limited number of British actors, then they’re all appearing in And Then There Were None, airing Tuesday, March 3, at 2:00 p.m. Christie used nursery rhymes and songs for a lot of her titles, she couldn't have known that word would become what it has in modern times.If you’re a fan of British film or television, you have probably noticed that your favorite actors seem to be recycled through every PBS Masterpiece series, Jane Austen adaptation and Harry Potter film. Although it makes sense to change the title now, I can't see where the original would taint anything. It was based on a British song which was very relevant to the plot and the book was written (and titled) in the thirties. Christie) had she titled it 'And Then There Were None' from the beginning. ![]() I think it would have been best for all concerned (including Mrs. Oddly enough, a few decades later it was released in book/play form as 'Ten Little Indians' despite there ,again, being no Native Americans as characters. Christie originally titled it 'Ten Little N-s'! Even taking into account that there were NO people of color as characters, it seemed a needlessly rude title and the term was NOT considered acceptable in polite British society back when she wrote it. While it was a very tautly done, thrilling mystery, one thing that tainted it was the fact that Mrs. Based on the first episode, I have high hopes that this will be an entertaining and very faithful adaptation of the book. The first episode aired on BBC One on Saturday, Dec. Once the true reason for their presence is revealed, the deaths begin - leaving those remaining to try to identify who's responsible and stop the carnage. Armstrong, Miranda Richardson (Mapp & Lucia, Parade's End) as Emily Brent, Charles Dance (Game Of Thrones, Jewel In The Crown) as Judge Wargrave, Sam Neil (Peaky Blinders, Reilly: Ace Of Spies) as General MacArthur and Burn Gorman (Torchwood, The Hour) as William Blore.įor the uninitiated, it's a classic period (set in 1939 for this adaptation) murder mystery involving ten disparate people invited to an isolated location under false pretenses. The cast includes Aidan Turner (Poldark, Being Human UK) as Philip Lombard, Toby Stephens (Black Sails, Cambridge Spies) as Dr. BBC is offering a new 3-part miniseries adaptation of the famous Agatha Christie novel.
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