[Lostie!]

The BBC are airing a three-part adaptation of what is probably Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery over three nights from 26th-28th December. I've been excited about this ever since I first heard about this last December, thought I may as well open a thread for it now the airdate has been announced.

Press Release:

1939. As civilization teeters on the brink of war, ten strangers are persuaded to retreat from their troubled lives to Soldier Island, an isolated rock off the Devon coast.

A reckless playboy, a decrepit judge, a nervous businessman, an unhinged Harley Street doctor, a god-fearing spinster, a secretive governess, a guilt-ridden general, a remorseless mercenary and two anxious servants find themselves cut off from the mainland by appalling weather. Their hosts Mr and Mrs U.N. Owen mysteriously absent, the guests are each accused of a unique and terrible crime by a gramophone recording, timed perfectly to deliver its indictments after dinner.

As the assembled guests begin to realise that not one of them has set eyes on the missing Owens, the true reason for their presence on the island becomes horribly clear: they are to be executed, one by one.

But where is the killer hiding? Could it be true that the group harbours a murderer among their number?

Cast List:

Douglas Booth as Anthony Marston
Charles Dance as Justice Lawrence Wargrave
Maeve Dermody as Vera Claythorne
Burn Gorman as William Blore
Anna Maxwell Martin as Ethel Rogers
Sam Neill as General John MacArthur
Miranda Richardson as Miss Emily Brent
Toby Stephens as Dr Edward Armstrong
Noah Taylor as Thomas Rogers
Aidan Turner as Philip Lombard