‘Towards Zero’ review: The real murder is what they did to the Agatha Christie original

‘Towards Zero’ review: The real murder is what they did to the Agatha Christie original

Why adapt a murder mystery if you don’t care about the mechanics of the story to begin with? I ask myself this often when it comes to the work of Agatha Christie, and the question was ever-present throughout the three-part series “Towards Zero” on BritBox. I’ve been making my way through Christie’s books for the past year or so (70-plus novels, not even counting the short stories) and the qualities that make her such a fun read — or fun listen; …

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero’ On BritBox, About A Love Triangle, A Murder, And A Burned-Out Detective In A British Seaside Town

While recent adaptations of Agatha Christie novels have taken a lot of liberties with the mustery author’s stories, they still tend to hew to a traditional structure: We meet the players, a murder is committed — maybe more than one — then the story’s protagonist figures out who did it. Towards Zero is a little different. But is it a little too different? AGATHA CHRISTIE’S TOWARDS ZERO: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT? Opening Shot: A closeup of a man in a …

'Towards Zero' review: The real murder is what they did to the Agatha Christie original

Why adapt a murder mystery if you don’t care about the mechanics of the story to begin with? I ask myself this often when it comes to the work of Agatha Christie, and the question was ever-present throughout the three-part series “Towards Zero...

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BURLINGTON — Unless one lives under a rock, it’s almost impossible for a writer to be unaware of British mystery master Agatha Christie, creator of iconic detectives like Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Like most, Lee Clark knew of Christie but had never read one of her books. That was until she bec

Stream It Or Skip It: 'Agatha Christie's Towards Zero' on BritBox,...

The limited series stars Matthew Rhys, Anjelica Huston, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Clarke Peters, Ella Lily Hyland and Mimi Keene.