| Uniform Title |
Ordeal by innocence (Television mini-series : 2018) |
| Title |
Ordeal by innocence. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia, ©2019. |
| ©2018 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (173 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : DP95057. |
| Originally broadcast on the BBC television network as a TV mini-series during April 2018. |
| Based on 'Ordeal by innocence' by Agatha Christie. |
| Credits |
Director Sandra Goldbacher ; writer Sarah Phelps ; producer Roopesh Parekh. |
| Performers |
Bill Nighy, Anthony Boyle, Anna Chancellor, Morven Christie, Crystal Clarke, Christian Cooke, Alice Eve, Matthew Goode, Ella Purnell, Eleanor Tomlinson, Luke Treadaway. |
| Summary |
Christmas 1954. Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll, a young delinquent, is arrested for her murder. He vehemently protests his innocence. Eighteen months later, Dr Arthur Calgary (Luke Treadaway), a mysterious scientist, walks onto the velvety lawns of Sunny Point claiming to have just returned from an expedition to the Arctic. Even 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 Leo (Bill Nighy) is about to marry 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 Purnell), nor longstanding 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 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... |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : MA15+. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround ; PAL ; Regions 2, 4 ; Anamorphic widescreen 2.00:1. |
| Language note |
English. [CC] English Captions: (Descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired). |
| Subjects |
Christie, Agatha, -- 1890-1976 -- Film adaptations |
| Philanthropists -- Drama |
| Murder -- Drama |
| Murder -- Investigation -- Drama |
| Families -- Drama |
| Fathers and sons -- Drama |
| Television series -- Great Britain |
| Television programs, British |
| Genre |
Detective and mystery television programs |
| Thrillers (Television programs) |
| Historical television programs |
| Television adaptations |
| Fiction television programs |
| Television mini-series |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Television adaptation of (work): Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976. Ordeal by innocence. |
| Goldbacher, Sandra director. |
| Phelps, Sarah, 1966- screenwriter. |
| Parekh, Roopesh producer. |
| Nighy, Bill, 1949- actor. |
| Boyle, Anthony actor. |
| Chancellor, Anna actor. |
| Christie, Morven, 1979- actor. |
| Clarke, Crystal actor. |
| Cooke, Christian, 1986- actor. |
| Eve, Alice, 1982- actor. |
| Goode, Matthew, 1978- actor. |
| Purnell, Ella, 1996- actor. |
| Tomlinson, Eleanor, 1992- actor. |
| Treadaway, Luke, 1984- actor. |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
See Also:
Authors:
- Boyle, Anthony .
- Chancellor, Anna .
- Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976. Ordeal by innocence .
- Christie, Morven, 1979- .
- Clarke, Crystal .
- Cooke, Christian, 1986- .
- Eve, Alice, 1982- .
- Goldbacher, Sandra .
- Goode, Matthew, 1978- .
- Nighy, Bill, 1949- .
- Parekh, Roopesh .
- Phelps, Sarah, 1966- .
- Purnell, Ella, 1996- .
- Tomlinson, Eleanor, 1992- .
- Treadaway, Luke, 1984- .
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