Ordeal by Innocence

Ordeal by Innocence

2018
Ordeal by Innocence
Ordeal by Innocence

Ordeal by Innocence

7.2 | TV-MA | en | Drama

The black sheep of the Argyll family, Jack Argyll, was accused of murdering their matriarch a year ago, but now a man shows up on their doorstep claiming Jack’s innocence. The family must come to terms with this news and the fact that the real killer might still be among them.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP3  Episode 3
Apr. 15,2018
Episode 3

The devastating events that led up to Rachel's murder are revealed, and the true identity of her killer is finally unmasked.

EP2  Episode 2
Apr. 08,2018
Episode 2

Calgary is determined to prove that Jack died an innocent man, but his alibi puts him in perilous danger of his own.

EP1  Episode 1
Apr. 01,2018
Episode 1

Heiress Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate. Eighteen months later, as her widower prepares to marry again, the identity of the murderer is thrown in doubt.

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7.2 | TV-MA | en | Drama , Crime , Mystery | More Info
Released: 2018-04-01 | Released Producted By: Mammoth Screen , Agatha Christie Limited Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09ytrgg
Synopsis

The black sheep of the Argyll family, Jack Argyll, was accused of murdering their matriarch a year ago, but now a man shows up on their doorstep claiming Jack’s innocence. The family must come to terms with this news and the fact that the real killer might still be among them.

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Cast

Bill Nighy , Anthony Boyle , Anna Chancellor

Director

John Lee

Producted By

Mammoth Screen , Agatha Christie Limited

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Reviews

thdoctor-29664 This was great, and obviously well acted, written, and directed. Unlike some of the other reviewers, I love Christie, but I'm not so much of a purist that the changes to the book offended me...perhaps the writer had an original idea floating around and then adapted it to become similar to Christie's book. The third act, in which all the flashbacks and hints come together to reveal what really happened, is tremendous.
monicaserrano-99806 I thought this was terrible. The show was boring and slow moving and the ending was quite predictable and unsatisfying. I also caught a couple of mistakes (bright red blood after 18 months oxidizing, really?) and thought some of it didn't make much sense. Just had to write a review, because I wish I had known how bad it was before spending 3 hours of my life watching this show...
stephwagg I really enjoyed the stylised approach to the filming and sets. The colours were fantastic. Also the actors were pretty decent, I really hated a good few of them (as we were meant to). To pre-empt the next bit, I liked Phelps' attempt at 'And then there were none'. Normally I wouldn't rate something so low on script alone, but I thought it was a bit of a car crash. How unimaginative to have swear words and graphic sexual gestures littering the script. It was boring and disgusting. At least Christie didn't have to resort to that kind of sensationalism. What else did Phelps need - some kind of ridiculous ending that couldn't hope to hold a candle to authentic Christie : We must of course have a bit of high level corruption (because the policeman is a homosexual paeodophile) leading to the murder of your bastard son (result of a different paedophilic rape) to cover up your own murder of your wife, because she threatens to divorce you when she finds you 'tupping' the secretary.This is exactly why I relax reading Agatha Christie for her subtle understanding of humanity, engagement with language and a good puzzle that is hard to work out but all comes together in the end. I got a tiny proportion of that in this. Please would you just write a new tv series altogether if you can't manage to adapt Christie well and want to cut it up and sew it back together in a Frankenstein's monster attempt.
joshgibbs-35276 It is sad to see writers take classic works and completely ruin the premise and foundation of it. This is NOT a reinterpretation, It IS reinvented with completely different plot twists and ending that ruined the the foundation of this classic work. Other than that, it might have been ok if they just did something different with different characters unrelated to Christie's novel.