The BBC‘s newest Agatha Christie adaptation concluded final evening neck-and-neck within the rankings with ITV‘s Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? from over the Easter Weekend.
Agatha Christie’s Homicide is Straightforward, starring Business’s David Jonsson as an beginner sleuth working with Rings of Energy star Morfydd Clark, was watched by 2.7M viewers final evening, dropping 800,000 from Wednesday’s opener.
One of many flagship reveals of the BBC Christmas schedule, Homicide is Straightforward was the sixth Christie adaptation over the previous decade after a landmark cope with Agatha Christie Productions Restricted, and the primary to not be penned by Sarah Phelps, with Siân Ejiwunmi-Le Berre taking over writing duties.
Homicide is Straightforward adopted Luke Fitzwilliam (Jonsson), a Nigerian attaché on his solution to Whitehall when he meets the mysterious Miss Pinkerton (Penelope Wilton) on a prepare and is led to a sequence of deaths within the small village of Wynchwood-Beneath-Ashe.
The common viewers over the 2 nights was nearly consistent with ITV’s Hugh Laurie-starrer Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? from over Easter, which was co-produced for BritBox. The earlier BBC Christie adaptation, February 2020’s The Pale Horse, was watched by 5M in what was albeit a barely totally different panorama for in a single day viewing.
Homicide Is Straightforward comfortably overcame competitors from ITV’s Helena Bonham Carter-starring Nolly final evening, which accrued simply 800,000, though that present launched on streamer ITVX a number of months in the past.
On Christmas Day, rankings had been dominated by King Charles III’s Christmas Message, adopted by Physician Who.
The subsequent main BBC drama to launch can be The Vacationer Season 2 on New 12 months’s Day, whereas tonight the pubcaster is airing a feature-length drama concerning the invention of viagra, produced by Russell T. Davies.
