Articles about Mammoth Screen
Stopping at nothing
The team behind Towards Zero, the BBC’s latest Agatha Christie adaptation, explain why this ‘sexy’ show may surprise viewers who think they know what to expect from the celebrated author’s stories.
BBC, Britbox countdown to Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero
TRAILER: Anjelica Huston, Matthew Rhys and Clarke Peters lead the cast of Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero, the latest BBC adaptation from the Queen of Crime. The three-part drama debuts on Sunday, March 2.
Masterpiece heads down the aisle with The Forsyte Saga
FIRST LOOK: Here’s Doctor Who star Millie Gibson and Joshua Orpin (Titans) in the first image released from The Forsyte Saga, a new adaptation of John Galsworthy’s Forsyte novels.
BBC, Britbox head Towards Zero
Anjelica Houston, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ella Lily Hyland and Mimi Keene head an ensemble cast for Towards Zero, the BBC’s latest Agatha Christie adaptation made in partnership with Britbox International.
Masterpiece revisits The Forsyte Saga
Francesca Annis, Jack Davenport, Tom Durant Pritchard, Jamie Flatters and Millie Gibson head the cast of The Forsyte Saga, a new adaptation of John Galsworthy’s Forsyte novels.
Killer adaptation
As Agatha Christie adaptation Murder is Easy arrives on the BBC, director Meenu Gaur and executive producer James Prichard discuss making this two-part murder mystery and why the celebrated author’s work remains timeless.
Keeping the Fire burning
World on Fire stars Jonah Hauer-King, Julia Brown and new cast member Ahad Raza Mir preview the second season of Peter Bowker’s BBC wartime drama, discuss its focus on ordinary people in extraordinary times and reveal how the Sahara Desert was recreated in Belfast.
Job Description: Costume designer
Laura Smith speaks to DQ about working with writer and director Hugh Laurie to create the 1930s costumes for the characters in BritBox’s adaptation of Agatha Christie mystery Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?.
Constructing The Tower
Writer Patrick Harbinson joins stars Gemma Whelan and Tahirah Sharif and executive producer Damien Timmer to take DQ inside ITV crime drama The Tower, which follows events after two people fall to their deaths from the top of a building in London.
Scaling The Serpent
Director Tom Shankland, writer Richard Warlow and exec producers Preethi Mavahalli and Damien Timmer take DQ along the 1970s ‘Hippie Trail’ to reveal the long journey to making BBC and Netflix drama The Serpent.
Storm brewing
The cast and crew of lavish period drama The Singapore Grip welcome DQ to Malaysia, where the weather serves up a taste of events to come in this adaptation of JG Farrell’s novel.
In the saddle
Director Leonora Lonsdale takes DQ behind the scenes of The Pale Horse, the fifth Agatha Christie adaptation from the BBC and writer Sarah Phelps.
Being Morse
As Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour returns for a seventh season, star Shaun Evans talks to DQ about keeping the detective series fresh, avoiding impersonations and stepping into the director’s chair.
Fired up
Peter Bowker, the writer behind BBC drama World on Fire, and executive producer Helen Ziegler open up about making the epic series and how they aimed to tell the story of the conflict from multiple perspectives.
Fire starter
World on Fire aspires to be the definitive Second World War drama. DQ reveals how writer Peter Bowker has taken the global conflict and reduced it to a domestic level, weaving an emotionally tangled web of multi-national characters whose ordinary lives intersect through love, hope and tragedy.
Pol position
As Poldark returns for its fifth and final season, series creator and writer Debbie Horsfield tells DQ how the period drama departs from its source material and outlines her approach to bringing the saga to a close.
Easy as ABC
The ABC Murders is the latest Agatha Christie novel to be reinvented for the BBC by writer Sarah Phelps and producer Mammoth Screen. The creative team behind the project gathered at Content London 2018 to discuss the adaptation process and casting John Malkovich as Poirot.
Reinventing Agatha Christie
Mammoth Screen MD Damien Timmer talks about the company’s approach to adapting Agatha Christie novels, with its fourth miniseries, Poirot thriller The ABC Murders, coming to BBC1 this Christmas.
Cracking the Morse code
British actors Dakota Blue Richards and Lewis Peek tease the return of Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour for a fifth season, while also discussing life on set and the impact of the #MeToo campaign.
Family matters
Emmy-winning actor Archie Panjabi stars alongside Jack Davenport in espionage thriller Next of Kin. She tells DQ about taking the lead in her first British drama and explains why she thinks the series will provoke a timely discussion among viewers.