Moonflower Murders Trailer, Air Date, Cast, Plot & More
The devilishly delightful Moonflower Murders, starring Lesley Manville, picks up where literary whodunit Magpie Murders left off. Watch the trailer and find out about the cast, plot, episodes, and how to watch the Anthony Horowitz-penned mystery-within-a-mystery.
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What is Moonflower Murders?
Susan Ryeland (Lesley Manville) and Atticus Pünd (Tim McMullan) The second of Anthony Horowitz’s adaptation of his own bestselling Susan Ryeland/Atticus Pünd series, Moonflower Murders picks up in the aftermath of Magpie Murder’s riveting finale, as book editor-turned-sleuth (turned hotelier) Susan Ryeland is living in Crete with her longtime boyfriend, Andreas. But her idyll is disturbed by the shadow of a murder committed at a British country hotel eight years ago. Alan Conway, Susan’s prima donna former author, visited the hotel and wrote a novel based on what happened there—a novel that later led Cecily Treherne, who helps run the hotel, to believe that the wrong man is behind bars. Now Cecily has disappeared. Can Susan uncover the secret hidden in the book and find Cecily before it’s too late?
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When Does Moonflower Murders Premiere?
Come for the Grecian sunshine and stay for the murder when Moonflower Murders premiered September 15 at 9pm ET on MASTERPIECE on PBS. Watch new episodes each Sunday at 9/8c through October 20. 2024. Though you don’t need to have seen Magpie Murders to fully enjoy Moonflower Murders, you can stream it along with all six episodes of Moonflowers Murders when you watch with PBS Passport (an added member benefit). Superfans and those who don’t mind spoilers, take note: the Moonflower Murders audiobook is read by star Lesley Manville herself!
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Who’s in the Moonflower Murders Cast?
Mark Gatiss, Lesley Manville, and Rosalie Craig in Moonflower Murders as seen on MASTERPIECE Returning to their Magpie Murders lead roles are Lesley Manville (World on Fire, The Crown, Phantom Thread) as smart and feisty amateur sleuth Susan Ryeland and Timothy McMullan (Patrick Melrose, The Crown) as famous literary detective Atticus Pünd. Viewers will recognize, returning to their single or dual roles, Alexandros Logothetis as Andreas, Daniel Mays (Franklin) as Locke/Chubb, Claire Rushbrook (Home Fires) as Kate, Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones) as Alan Conway, Matthew Beard (Funny Woman, Vienna Blood) as James, and Sanjeev Kohli as Sajid Khan.
New cast members include Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Nolly) as Parris/Berlin, Rosalie Craig (Anatomy of a Scandal, The Queen’s Gambit) as Lisa/Melissa, Pippa Bennett-Warner (Roadkill, Gangs of London) as Madeline, and Adrian Rawlins (Mary & George, Slow Horses) as Lawrence/Lance.
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Watch the Moonflower Murders Trailer
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