Marble Hall Murders first look pictures released and further casting announced

First-look images have been released from Marble Hall Murders, an upcoming drama based on the best-selling novel by Anthony Horowitz, CBE, with further cast members also announced.

The six-part series - coming this year to BBC iPlayer and BBC One - is written by Horowitz, directed by Rebecca Gatward (Moonflower Murders, Bad Sisters), produced by Suzanne McAuley (Moonflower Murders, Lynley) and executive produced by Jill Green for Eleventh Hour Films. Marble Hall Murders is the final instalment in the Susan Ryeland Mysteries, following the acclaimed Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders.

Returning in the lead roles are Academy Award-nominee Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread, The Crown) as book editor turned sleuth Susan Ryeland and Tim McMullan (The Crown, Patrick Melrose, The Serpent) as famous literary detective Atticus Pünd.

Joining them are Jamie Blackley (Outrageous, The Last Kingdom), Mark Bonnar (Ludwig, Guilt, Dept. Q), Daniel Cerqueira (This City is Ours, A Gentleman in Moscow), Patricia Hodge (All Creatures Great and Small, A Very English Scandal), Harry Lloyd (Game of Thrones, I Jack Wright), Rupert Penry-Jones (Whitechapel, Spooks), Anneika Rose (Crossfire, Line of Duty), Danny Sapani (Killing Eve, Harlots, Halo) and Zubin Varla (Andor, A Little Life).

Marble Hall Murders is adapted from the third and final novel in Horowitz’s Susan Ryeland series, published in 2025. Editor Susan Ryeland is hired to work on a continuation novel of the Atticus Pünd series, written by a troubled young author (Blackley). When the job leads Susan into another murder case, she unexpectedly finds herself a suspect. In the world of the novel, Atticus Pünd is visiting the island of Corfu when he becomes embroiled in the murder of Lady Margaret Chalfont (Hodge), whose family he investigates with the assistance of a Greek detective (Varla).

Filming on Marble Hall Murders took place in Dublin, Corfu and London. In the UK, the series will premiere on BBC iPlayer and BBC One.

Marble Hall Murders is made by Eleventh Hour Films in association with Salt Films for PBS MASTERPIECE and the BBC and distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures Television and by PBS Distribution in North America.

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