tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post6549502964996630754..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Magpie Murders - Britbox TV reviewMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-32652610778744002942022-02-16T17:47:30.374+00:002022-02-16T17:47:30.374+00:00Yes, I agree, my wife & I both thought it was ...Yes, I agree, my wife & I both thought it was excellent. I've read the book but hadn't really remembered much (a regular failing, I'm afraid!) so it was like watching something new anyway. I've got 'Moonflower Murders' in my 'to read' pile but the length is a bit daunting, so I might just wait for BritBox to adapt that as well!! (As an aside, Magpie Murders reminded me a bit of a lost ITV play from the mid-eighties called "Murder by the Book", with Peggy Ashcroft as Agatha Christie and Ian Holm as Hercule Poirot - there's a cast for you! - which played around with the author/character relationship in a very amusing way. What we'd now call 'meta', I suppose. It's not totally lost, someone has uploaded it to YouTube in 4 chunks - worth seeking out even if the picture quality is a bit iffy.)Mike Campbellnoreply@blogger.com