MATTHEW RHYS AND ANJELICA HUSTON STAR IN AGATHA CHRISTIE’S TOWARDS ZERO, A SEDUCTIVE NEW ADAPTATION OF A CHRISTIE FAVOURITE
John Simm and Nikki Amuka-Bird lead Bingeworthy Family Inheritance Drama: I, Jack Wright
An explosive love triangle, a formidable matriarch, and a house party of enemies. All compelled… Towards Zero. Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero, BritBox’s new prestige Agatha Christie adaptation, directed by Olivier award-winning director Sam Yates, will premiere April 16 on BritBox.
Premiering April 24, I, Jack Wright is a propulsive, darkly comic, moving murder mystery following the twists, turns and drama, of a family filled with treachery and hidden agendas.
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March 20, 2025: Ludwig S1 | BritBox Original, North American Premiere | 6 x 60’ | 2x on release, weekly following
When John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor’s (David Mitchell, Peep Show) identical twin, James, disappears off the face of the earth, John takes over his brother’s identity in a quest to discover his whereabouts. John has never married, never had a family and never really ventured further than his own front door. Without a computer, mobile phone or even a television, he lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living, under the nom-de-plume of ‘Ludwig’. However, filling the shoes of your identical twin is one thing – when your twin also happens to be a successful DCI leading Cambridge’s busy inner-city major crimes team the stakes are much higher. John may be a master of all things cryptic, but can he crack the biggest puzzle of his life? Joining David Mitchell in the ‘case-of-the-week’ crime comedy-drama is Anna Maxwell Martin (Motherland, Line of Duty), as Lucy Betts-Taylor, John’s sister-in-law and wife of his missing brother James. Also joining the cast are Dipo Ola (Landscapers, We Hunt Together), Gerran Howell (Catch-22, Suspicion), Izuka Hoyle (Boiling Point, Big Boys), Dylan Hughes (Malory Towers, Maternal), and Dorothy Atkinson (Mum, The Gold).
Full April listings below:
April 1, 2025: Would I Lie to You? S17 | North American Premiere | 12 x 30’ | All at Once
A hilarious comedy panel show that present unbelievable truths and believable lies, with celebrity guests having to bluff about their deepest secrets. All the teams must do is convince each other into believing that what’s fake is true and what’s true is not. The two teams then compete head-to-head with each player, revealing incredible facts and embarrassing personal tales as the opposing team determine if the statement is true or a lie.
April 8, 2025: Hustle S1 | New to BritBox | 6 x 60’ | All at Once
From the makers of BAFTA-winning MI-5 comes a slick, action-packed drama full of humor and intrigue. Hustle follows the fortunes of a gang of five expert con artists let loose on the streets of London. They are specialists in the ways of the grifter and all are keen to liberate cash from the amoral and undeserving.
April 15, 2025: Hustle S2 | New to BritBox | 6 x 60’ | All at Once
The gang are back in town, and despite his better judgement, Mickey gives Danny a chance to employ his own unique brand of grift sense in running a scam. However, the mark, Howard Jennings, has a habit of sending con men to jail – so the risks for the gang are high. And it doesn’t make them feel any better to discover that Danny plans to convince Jennings, a savvy property developer that there’s a goldmine in the heart of London..
April 16, 2025: Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero (Pictured)| BritBox Original, North American Premiere | 3 x 60’ | Daily – Episode 2 airs April 17 & Episode 3 airs April 18
England, 1936. After a scandalous celebrity divorce, British tennis star Nevile S Strange (Oliver Jackson-Cohen, The Invisible Man) and his ex-wife Audrey (Ella Lily Hyland, Black Doves) make the unthinkable decision to spend a summer together at Gull’s Point, their childhood home and the coastal estate of Nevile’s aunt, Lady Tressilian (Anjelica Huston, The Grifters).With unfinished business between the former childhood sweethearts, plus the presence of Nevile’s new wife Kay (Mimi Keene, Sex Education), tensions are running high. Add to this a long-suffering lady’s companion, a mysterious gentleman’s valet, an exiled cousin with a grudge, a venerable family lawyer, an inquisitive orphan and a French con man, and soon there will be murder. A troubled detective must rediscover his purpose to untangle a toxic web of jealousy, deceit and dysfunction. Can he solve the crime before another victim meets their death? An explosive love triangle, a formidable matriarch and a house party of enemies. All compelled… Towards Zero.
April 21, 2025: This Farming Life S7 | North American Premiere | 12 x 60’ | 3 episodes weekly
In desperately uncertain times, follow five Scottish farming families experiencing the joys and hardships of a life on the land. Brexit, the war in Ukraine, the pandemic, the cost of living crisis and climate change mean that our farmers face more uncertainty than ever. All that these five Scottish families can be sure of are the bonds that hold them together, the virtues of hard work and the spectacular landscape they get to call their office. These are powerful stories of dedication and resilience in a hostile environment and a changing world.
April 23, 2025: The Cleaner S3 I North American Premiere I 6 x 30’ I 2x on release, weekly following
Wicky the crime-scene cleaner (Greg Davies, Taskmaster) is back for a new series, encountering even stranger people and even messier situations. Some jobs involved more than their fair share of blood, sweat, and tears. Armed with chemicals, scrubbing brushes and cleaning rags, Wicky cleans up crime scenes. But being a sociable type, he also likes to chat to whoever he encounters there – victims’ relatives, employers, neighbors and occasionally even the murders themselves. Steve Pemberton (Inside No.9), Sharon Rooney (My Mad Fat Diary), Ben Willbond (Ghosts) and Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones) join cast for the third season of Greg Davies’s hit comedy, which has stunned critics with its originality and ambition.
April 24, 2025: I, Jack Wright S1 | BritBox Original, North America Premiere | 6 x 45’ | 2x on release, weekly following
Jack Wright (Trevor Eve, A Discovery of Witches) is a powerful and successful businessman who leaves his family in disarray when they learn of his suicide. When the provisions of Jack’s final will and testament are made known, his third wife, Sally (Nikki Amuka-Bird, Avenue 5) and two sons, Gray (John Simm, Grace) and John (Daniel Rigby, Flowers) are shocked to discover they have been largely cut out of Jack’s enormous fortune. As DCI Morgan (Harry Lloyd, The Theory of Everything) and DC Jones (Liz Kingsman, Hijack) delve further into the case, they realize Jack’s cause of death was in fact murder. Their sights turn to the Wright family, where the mother of all feuds is beginning. As each family member becomes more reckless and desperate in their bid to own a piece of Jack’s legacy, dark secrets and resentments are revealed with explosive consequences.
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