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Timothy Spall has dropped out of PBS/BritBox crime series Magpie Murders due to a scheduling clash and has been replaced by Tim McMullan (The Serpent). White Lines and Code 404 actor Daniel Mays has also joined the cast. McMullan will star as the clever and complex detective Atticus Pünd in the six-part series about…

Mr Turner and Summer Of Rockets actor Timothy Spall has joined Lesley Manville to headline PBS/BritBox crime series Magpie Murders, which goes into production next week in Suffolk and Ireland. The five-time BAFTA nominee will star as the clever and complex detective Atticus Pünd in the six-part series about editor…

Sony-backed Eleventh Hour Films has signed up The Crown star Lesley Manville to lead the cast of its PBS/BritBox crime series Magpie Murders, while The Full Monty helmer Peter Cattaneo has been set as the director. Oscar and BAFTA-nominated Manville will star as Susan Ryeland, an editor who is given an unfinished…

The BBC and ITV’s joint-venture streamer BritBox has pulled the curtain back on its first slate of UK drama originals, just weeks after Deadline revealed that Damian Lewis and Dominic West will star in an adaptation of A Spy Among Friends for the streamer. Building on the Kim Philby espionage thriller, which BritBox…

EXCLUSIVE: PBS' Masterpiece is set to co-produce and broadcast murder mystery Magpie Murders, a six-part drama series based on Foyle’s War creator Anthony Horowitz’s bestselling novel. An air date has not been announced. Adapted by Horowitz for television, Magpie Murders revolves around the character Susan Ryeland, an…