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PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON AGATHA CHRISTIE'S 'ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE' MINI SERIES WITH BILL NIGHY, MATTHEW GOODE, ELEANOR TOMLINSON, LUKE TREADAWAY, CHRISTIAN COOKE

   'ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE'
NEW AGATHA CHRISTIE SERIES
The series starts this Easter Sunday
Although we thought Sarah Phelps' adaptation of Witness for the Prosecution was ghastly bad last year at BBC, we did absolutely adore And Then There Were None the year before it, so we are ready to give ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE her latest Agatha Christie project a go when it starts airing Easter Sunday at BBC. It was originally supposed to air at Christmas but it underwent a 12 day reshooting in order to replace Ed Westwick with Christian Cooke in 35 scenes in which he appears in the three part mini series. The reshooting wasn't easy as they had to book the ensemble cast again and shoot in winter instead of summer while also booking all the locations and costumes
Bill Nighy leads the cast as the victim's widower!
again too. They have also changed the ending from the one in Christie's novel for which they've got a special permission from Agatha Christie's estate.

DEATH IN FAMILY & MURDERER IS STILL AMONG THEM 
Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll (Anna Chancellor) is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll (Anthony
Rachel's children and Alice Eve as their future stepmother
Boyle), a young delinquent, is arrested for her murder. He vehemently protests his innocence. Eighteen months later, Dr Arthur Calgary (Luke
Christian Cooke was cast to replace Ed Westwick in 32 scenes
Treadaway), a mysterious scientist, walks onto the velvety lawns of Sunny Point claiming to have just returned from an expedition to the Arctic. Even
Poldark's Eleanor Tomlinson plays one of Rachel's daughters
more extraordinary is his claim to hold the alibi that can prove Jack�s innocence. But Jack died in prison before the case could come to trial, and the Argyll family is reluctant to dig up the secrets of the past. Rachel�s widower
Matthew Goode is secretly attracted to his wife's sister in the series
Leo (Bill Nighy) is about to remarry his secretary Gwenda (Alice Eve) and none of Rachel�s other adopted children Mary (Eleanor Tomlinson), Mickey (Christian Cooke), Tina (Crystal Clarke) or Hester (Ella
Luke Treadaway returns from Arctic and brings mystery with him
Purnell), nor long standing housekeeper Kirsten (Morven Christie), is willing to reopen that most horrendous chapter of their lives. However, the shattering implications of Calgary�s story are too big to avoid; if he is telling
Alice Eve plays Bill Nighy's secretary and future wife
the truth then the wrong person was arrested for Rachel�s murder. And if Jack is innocent, then it must have been somebody else at Sunny Point. Somebody still out there�Matthew Goode plays Mary's disabled husband Philip.

STARZ ORDERS 'SPANISH PRINCESS' WHITE QUEEN & WHITE PRINCESS FOLLOW UP EPIC SERIES! 'ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE' TRAILER WITH BILL NIGHY, MATTHEW GOODE, ELEANOR TOMLINSON! 'YOUNG & HUNGRY' CANCELLED EMILY OSMENT TO LEAD '25' SITCOM! TONE BELL, NINA DOBREV TO LEAD 'FAM' SITCOM

  'THE SPANISH PRINCESS' 
STARZ ORDERS NEW EPIC SAGA
TV day today, starting with an amazing piece of news for all of you who loved Starz' brilliant epic series White Princess last year! The follow up to
This will be third series based on Gregory's books
BBC's White Queen will now get its own follow up in THE SPANISH PRINCESS based on Philippa Gregory�s best selling books The Constant Princess and The King�s Curse.
THE SPANISH PRINCESS will follow Catherine of Aragon, the beautiful young princess of Spain who was promised the English throne since she was a child. She arrives in a grey, rain lashed England with her glorious and diverse court including her lady in waiting Lina � an African Moor. She is Princess of Wales now, but when her husband Prince Arthur dies suddenly, the throne seems lost to Catherine. Until she claims her marriage was never consummated and that as a virgin she may set her sights on the new heir, the charismatic and headstrong Prince Harry who will one day rule as King Henry VIII.

  MULTICAM SITCOM PILOTS 
EMILY OSMENT TO LEAD '25' 
Emily Osment is moving to 25 at CBS
Good and bad news from the TV comedy world. Sad news is that Freeform is ending its sitcom Young and Hungry with the remaining ten episodes of the fifth season which will air from June 20th. The good news is that its star Emily Osment has booked a lead role in new CBS multicam sitcom pilot 25 which follows twenty something Kyle (Matt Shively), who comes to Austin to finally convince his old best friend from camp, Kate (Osment), that they are perfect for each other. Unfortunately, she just got engaged. A lot of guys would give up; Kyle is not one of those guys. But to Kyle�s surprise, even though he came to town looking for �the one,� he might end up with much more than that.

TONE BELL AND NINA DOBREV TO LEAD 'FAM' SITCOM AT CBS
Another of our favourite comedians Tone Bell, whose Disjointed has just been cancelled, will take the lead in CBS multicam sitcom FAM next to Nina
Tone Bell also starred in Truth Be Told sitcom
Dobrev who plays a woman whose dreams of an upstanding life with her new fianc�, Jay (Tone Bell), and his upstanding family are dashed when her train wreck younger half sister (Odessa Adlon) comes to live with her to escape their train wreck of a father. Bell's Jay is a sophisticated NYU history professor who comes from old money but is refreshingly unaffected and down-to-earth despite his refined background. Deeply in love with Clem (Dobrev), he proposes to her � much to the delight of his parents, Walt (Brian Stokes Mitchell) and Rose (Sheryl
Nina Dobrev will take the female lead in Fam CBS sitcom pilot
Lee Ralph), who think Clem is a real catch. But he learns that Clem has not been completely honest about a few key elements in her life: For example, her father isn�t actually dead � and it drives a wedge of mistrust between them that might not be easily mended.

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BBC MINI SERIES TRAILER!
Over across the pond, BBC has released trailer for Agatha Christie's ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE three part mini series which was postponed so that Edd Westwick's scenes could be reshot with Christian Cooke! Also
Click on the photo to see the whole cast in bigger size
starring Bill Nighy, Matthew Goode, Eleanor Tomlinson, Luke Treadaway, it is set at Christmas 1954. Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll is
Bill Nighy leads the stellar cast in the new mini series
arrested for her murder. He vehemently protests his innocence. The mysterious Dr Arthur Calgary returns from a trip to the Arctic claiming he has proof Jack is innocent. And if Jack was not the killer, then it must have been somebody else at Sunny Point. But who?