Sarah Phelps will adapt Agatha Christie’s Endless Night for the screen, coming on BBC iPlayer and BBC One.
Co-commissioned by BritBox International, this will mark the sixth Christie adaptation by Phelps, courtesy of Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited for the BBC. The three-episode series will be globally distributed by Fifth Season.
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Phelps, who has worked on And Then There Were None, The Witness For The Prosecution, Ordeal By Innocence, The ABC Murders, and The Pale Horse, said, “I’m so excited to be teaming up again with ACL, Mammoth Screen and the BBC for Endless Night. One of Agatha Christie’s last novels, this is a chilling story of love, sex, deceit, and death, of how far we’ll go to get our hearts desire and what we’ll do when night falls and the wolves start circling.”
The executive producer of Agatha Christie Limited, James Prichard, remarked, “We are so happy to be continuing our partnership with Mammoth, BBC and Britbox and renewing acquaintance with Sarah Phelps. Endless Night is one of my great grandmother’s best stories. It is also one of my father’s personal favourites. It is an extraordinary feat of writing, made even more impressive by the age at which she wrote it. I cannot wait to see what Sarah and the team produce.”
Rebecca Durbin and Damien Timmer, executive producers affiliated with Mammoth Screen, added, “In 2015 Sarah Phelps won great acclaim for her adaption of And Then There Were None, which launched a new series of standalone Agatha Christie titles for the BBC, and we’re beyond delighted that she’s returning to take on Endless Night, Christie’s late masterpiece from 1967. Episode one of Towards Zero has been watched by 6 million people in the U.K. since March, and is one of BritBox’s biggest launches to date in the US, so we have high hopes this new title will delight Christie fans everywhere!’
Director of drama at the BBC, Lindsay Salt, noted, “We are delighted to team up again with Agatha Christie Limited and Mammoth Screen to announce our next tale from the undisputed Queen of Crime: Endless Night. The phenomenal Sarah Phelps’ previous adaptations have thrilled millions and we could not be happier to have her bring this unique and chilling mystery to BBC iPlayer and BBC One.”
And Robert Schildhouse, president of BritBox North America and general manager of BritBox International, said, “Our partnership with the BBC, Agatha Christie Limited and Mammoth Screen has delivered three outstanding Christie adaptations, all of which have been BritBox hits. Towards Zero debuted at number one, with the largest first week absolute viewership and engagement of any premiere on BritBox ever. We’re so pleased to continue this collaboration with a fourth addition, Endless Night. As BritBox is the home to the largest collection of Agatha Christie titles in North America, we know our audiences—devotees to crime and mystery—will massively enjoy this series. And Sarah Phelps is the ideal match for adapting the compelling classic. In the hands of such a fearless writer, Endless Night will be unforgettable.”
Source: World Screen
