Get Ready for Humor, Hijinks, Quips, and Queries, Agatha Christie’s “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” is Coming to BritBox on April 14th [VIDEO]

Based on Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel, this upcoming mystery might just be the highlight of your spring.Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? is a detective mystery by Agatha Christie, first published in 1935 under the title of The Boomerang Clue, set in Wales and Hampshire. Bobby Jones finds a man dying at his local golf course. A photo he saw in the man’s pocket is replaced, as police seek his identity. Bobby and his friend Lady Frances Derwent have adventures as they solve the mystery of the man’s last words: “Why didn’t they ask Evans?”

The novel was praised as “a story that tickles and tantalises.”

In April 2021, it was announced that Hugh Laurie would be adapting the novel and directing the production for BritBox. The filming took place in Surrey, mainly in the village of Shere, between June and August 2021. In January 2022, Hugh Laurie announced that the post-production has ended and that the three-part series will be available on BritBox on April 14, 2022.

This three-part series boasts an all-star cast with Jim Broadbent and Emma Thompson playing aristocrats Lord and Lady Marcham, who are the parents of Lady Frances. The story follows the vicar’s son Bobby Jones, played by Will Poulter, and his adventurous friend, socialite Lady Frances ‘Frankie’ Derwent (Lucy Boynton), as they dig deep into a murder. But their amateur sleuthing brings no end of trouble their way.

Cast
Will Poulter as Bobby Jones
Lucy Boynton as Frankie Derwent
Maeve Dermody as Moira Nicholson
Hugh Laurie as Dr James Nicholson
Jim Broadbent as Lord Marcham
Emma Thompson as Lady Marcham
Conleth Hill as Dr Alwyn Thomas
Daniel Ings as Roger Bassington-ffrench
Jonathan Jules as Ralph ‘Knocker’ Beadon
Miles Jupp as Henry Bassington-ffrench
Amy Nuttall as Sylvia Bassington-ffrench
Alistair Petrie as Reverend Richard Jones
Paul Whitehouse as the landlord
Morwenna Banks as Mrs Cayman
Joshua James as Dr George Arbuthnot
Richard Dixon as Leo Cayman

	Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
	Network: BritBoxGenre: DramaSeasons: 1Episodes: 3
	Overview A dying man's enigmatic last words send vicar's son, Bobby Jones, and his socialite friend, Lady Frankie Derwent, on a crime-solving adventure.