Everything you need to know about Agatha Christie's Towards Zero

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Everything we know about BBC's Towards Zero BBC

If you're anything like us and can't get enough of Agatha Christie novels and crime dramas, then you're in luck as an adaptation of Towards Zero is coming to the BBC this year.

The best-selling mystery novel from the beloved author follows a fateful summer featuring a shocking event, false theft charge, and a tennis star's love life which surprisingly begin to connect, resulting in the revelation of a murder plot.

So, get ready for a sordid summer soirée as from the rumoured release date to cast and more, here is everything you need to know about BBC's adaptation of Agatha Christie's Towards Zero.

BBC's Towards Zero: Plot

The official plot for the upcoming drama is as follows, "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." We're already hooked!

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BBC's Towards Zero: Cast

The cast for the murder mystery features familiar faces as well as new names, and is as follows:

  • Anjelica Huston as Camilla, Lady Tressilian

  • Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Nevile Strange

  • Ella Lily Hyland as Audrey Strange

  • Mimi Keene as Kay Elliott-Strange

  • Jack Farthing as Thomas Royde

  • Clarke Peters as Mr Treves

  • Matthew Rhys as Inspector Leach

  • Anjana Vasan as Mary Aldin

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BBC's Towards Zero: Release date

While a release date for the series is yet to confirmed, we're hoping Towards Zero will come to BBC sometime in 2025.

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