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Two-part drama based on Agatha Christie's novel. Mayhew's case teeters on defeat after Romaine turns on him. But another shadowy player soon turns the entire case on its head.

Romaine, whose testimony was the one hope to save Leonard from the gallows, has turned on him, leaving Mayhew's case hopeless and Leonard's fatal verdict imminent. Nonetheless Mayhew's firm belief in Leonard's innocence spurs him on with a steely conviction. Mayhew desperately tries to discredit Romaine and even to lay the blame on Emily's obsessive housekeeper Janet, whose word is the bulwark of evidence keeping Leonard behind bars. His efforts stall, leaving Mayhew on the verge of defeat. But there is another, shadowy player in this vicious game, one who turns the entire case on its head and changes both his and Leonard's life forever.

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Fri 30 Mar 201803:00

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  • DJ Shadow

    Ashes To Oceans (feat. Matthew Halsall)

Credits

RoleContributor
John MayhewToby Jones
Romaine HeilgerAndrea Riseborough
Emily FrenchKim Cattrall
Sir Charles CarterDavid Haig
Janet McIntyreMonica Dolan
Leonard VoleBilly Howle
TrippPaul Ready
Sir Hugo MeredithTim McMullan
Alice MayhewHayley Carmichael
Detective BreemDorian Lough
Justice Greville ParrisRobert East
ClerkAdam Jowett
DoraCarla Langley
BernieTed Robbins
Clifford StarlingAndrew Havill
Parslow KCNick Sampson
Christine MoffatMiranda Nolan
Stage ManagerPaul Dallison
WriterSarah Phelps
ProducerColin Wrattan
DirectorJulian Jarrold
Production CompanyMammoth Screen

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