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TV tonight: Our highlights for Friday, May 19

Black Ops is just one of the gems on TV tonight.

WhatToWatch

UK island and hotel made famous by Agatha Christie up for sale – for £15m

Purchase includes 25-room art deco hotel where famed author stayed

The Independent UK

A Haunting in Venice: Jamie Dornan and Kenneth Branagh star in new trailer

The supernatural thriller based upon the novel “Hallowe’en Party” by Agatha Christie stars Kenneth Branagh as famed detective Hercule Poirot

Belfast Live

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A Haunting In Venice Trailer Teases A Spooky New Adventure For Kenneth Branagh's Hercule Poirot

The first teaser for Kenneth Branagh's A Haunting In Venice is among us, adding a deadly supernatural flair to Hercule Poirot's latest case.

Cinemablend

Why The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd Needs To Be A Future Agatha Christie Film Adaptation

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is one of Agatha Christie's best novels. So, it could become one of the great Agatha Christie movies. Let me explain.

Cinemablend

48 Hours in Istanbul by Simon Calder

A city steeped in history, and which brings humanity together: Istanbul is a crossroads for the world, where Europe meets Asia and where the Mediterranean is linked to the Black Sea through the Bosphorus.

The Independent UK

Wagatha Christie play bosses vow show will go on despite Rebekah Vardy trademarking term

Producers behind the play based on the sensational Wagatha Christie trial have said the show will continue, after Rebekah Vardy trademarked the term 'Wagatha Christie', following her loss to Coleen Rooney

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Rebekah Vardy gets unexpected legal win over 'Wagatha Christie'

The WAG has had a victory after losing the high profile court case

Liverpool Echo

Woman sues for £3.2m after she broke her back falling through trapdoor at theatre

A director working on an Agatha Christie play is suing a theatre for more than £3 million after a fall through an unopened trapdoor left her 'partially paraplegic', her lawyers say

Daily Mirror

Publisher Omits Expression from French Translations of Agatha Christie’s Novels

The French translations of Agatha Christie’s novels are revised “to omit the terms and expressions seen as offensive or referring to the bodies or origins of the characters, and to bring them into line with other international editions,” the spokesperson to Masque, the publisher of Christie’s novels in French, told…

Asharq Al-Awsat

The week in TV: Obsession; Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?; Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields; Colin from Accounts – review

The sexed-up Obsession is unlikely to be anyone’s turn-on; Hugh Laurie delivers Agatha Christie 101; and an absorbing documentary makes you wonder how Brooke Shields held on to her sanity

The Guardian - UK

Orient Express to axe UK section after 41 years due to Brexit

Luxury train operator cuts service ahead of biometric passport checks so passengers will have to join train in Paris

The Guardian - UK

How many episodes of Why Didn't They Ask Evans? are there on ITV?

The Agatha Christie adaptation, which was filmed in many locations across the UK, made its ITV debut on Easter Sunday - but how many episodes are in the murder mystery and how can you watch it? Here are all the details

Wales Online

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? review – a classic whodunnit with delight in every scene

Written and directed by Hugh Laurie, this adaptation of Agatha Christie’s coastal mystery has it all: tight dialogue, a starry cast and exquisite 1930s nostalgia

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Meet the Why Didn't They Ask Evans? cast: who's who in the Agatha Christie series

Here's who's who in the Why Didn't They Ask Evans? cast, a new Agatha Christie adaptation helmed by Hugh Laurie.

Wales Online

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Cast, plot, locations and how to watch

The new three-part Agatha Christie murder-mystery is getting its network TV release on ITV on Easter Sunday

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Hugh Laurie’s juicy adaptation of an Agatha Christie classic

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans is a fun murder mystery. Plus: Fashion Reimagined could be a life-changing documentary. Here’s what to watch this evening

The New Daily

The Ferguson Report: Greens save $10b on housing so they can spend $10b on housing later

The Greens have shut the front door on Labor's $10 billion public housing fund because it lacks a rooftop veggie patch. "Trust us," said a Green. "Zero

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Review: Sandler, Aniston Reteam in ‘Murder Mystery 2’

You would have a hard time defending the limp plotting, the bland action-adventure set pieces or the Agatha Christie-light whodunit twists of the first “Murder Mystery.” And, yet, it was kind of good. “Murder Mystery,” one of Netflix's most-streamed films, was chock full of exotic settings and mysterious murders. But…

WhatToWatch

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?: release date, cast, interviews, plot, trailer and all about the new Agatha Christie adaptation

Agatha Christie's Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? on ITV1, ITVX and BritBox is directed by and starring Hugh Laurie, along with Will Poulter and Lucy Boynton.

The Times of India

Agatha Christie's novels edited to remove likely offensive language

'Queen of Crime' Agatha Christie is best known for her detective novels, particularly Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple series. The English writer wrote between 1920 to 1976, and her works are widely read across the world even today. Now news is that several of her novels are edited to remove…

Reason

Agatha Christie Books Get Woke Makeover, Join Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming

Books by the acclaimed mystery author have been edited, ostensibly to comport with modern sensibilities.

Reason

Internet Archive Loses Lawsuit Over National Emergency Library, Will Appeal

Plus: "Sensitivity readers" rewrite Agatha Christie, a Little Free Library battle, and more...

The Independent UK

Agatha Christie books, including Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries, to be rewritten for modern sensitivities

The n-word and the term ‘Oriental’ are among the language being removed from new editions

Wales Online

Agatha Christie novels being rewritten due to 'modern sensitivities'

Poirot, Miss Marple and other characters no longer used the N-word, the term ‘Oriental’ or 'native' in the Queen of Crime's mysteries

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