“Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?‎” Review: Cleverly Conceived Suspense Drama

Another British mystery novel queen Agatha Christie’s novel has been adapted into a play.

Agatha Christie, Seichō Matsumoto from Japan and Arthur Conan Doyle from England are also known as the three great masters of mystery novels in the world.

Her work is very popular all over the world.

In 2015, on the occasion of the 125th birthday of Agatha Christie, the BBC launched the TV series “And Then There Were None”, which was adapted from Agatha Christie’s novel of the same name.

In 2016, the BBC launched the TV series “The Witness for the Prosecution‎”, which added a new twist based on the original story of Agatha Christie’s novel.

In April 2018, the BBC launched the drama version of “Ordeal by Innocence‎”, which captured the hearts and minds of any scene.

During Christmas 2018, another work by Agatha Christie, “The ABC Murders”, came out, with a chilling setting of killing people in alphabetical order.

In the winter of 2020, Agatha Christie’s “The Pale Horse‎” also completed the adaptation and officially launched, a list of evils, and a series of bizarre deaths.

This year, Agatha Christie is still not absent.

Streaming platform BritBox has launched yet another production of Agatha Christie – “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?‎”.

The streaming media platform BritBox is a compromise and cooperation made by various British TV giants in response to the strong impact from American streaming media platforms such as Netflix, Amazon, Apple TV+, Disney+, and HBO Max.

The partners include the four major British TV stations, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5. The investors are jointly held by ITV and the BBC. As a result, British audiences can watch a large number of film and television content through the BritBox platform.

“Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?‎” is also one of the original series incubated by BritBox.

Hugh Laurie himself took the lead, gave full play to his talents, wrote, directed and acted himself, and this drama was born.

Young actor Will Poulter plays Bobby Jones, a golf boy.

Lucy Boynton plays the heroine Miss Frankie in the play, and she is even more beautiful in the play. Every frown and smile can attract people to savor.

The story begins with a golf course.

Caddy Bobby and Dr. Thomas were chatting and playing golf when they suddenly heard a loud cry that cut through the sky, and they followed the direction of the sound to the cliff.

At the bottom of the cliff, there was a man lying down.

When Bobby reached the bottom of the cliff, the man was dying, squeezed Bobby’s arm with the last of his strength, shouted “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?”, and died.

This sentence is also the origin of the name of the play.

Strange as it may be, young Bobby didn’t think much of it until he nearly died of poisoning at the carnival when he realized that someone wanted his life.

And Miss Frankie, who was Bobby’s childhood playmate, has grown up now, and has a very beautiful personality and a ghostly personality.

After hearing about the golf course’s fall from a cliff, and after Bobby’s statement to the deceased before his death, he was full of interest and thought that there must be a lot of articles in it.

The two summed up all kinds of clues, planned an action, and successfully penetrated into the target object.

Also caught in all kinds of dangers: idyllic life hidden in crisis, newly opened mental sanatorium, evil doctor, drug-addicted husband, scandal in the corner…

Two young men, Bobby and Frankie, one is the son of the vicar and the other is the daughter of the earl. Although they have very different backgrounds, they have participated in the same adventure together. As amateur detectives, the purpose is to Find the culprit.

Although it is dangerous, it also endows it with a lot of romance, which is unique to this pair of hot and passionate young people.

As the heroine in the play, Frankie is also endowed with handsome, cute and bold personality traits. Duojin is not arrogant, bold but steady, brave and proportionate, if there is such a person around us Girl, how can you not be likable?

As for the solution and setting of the murder case, whether it is advanced or not, it has a strong Agatha Christie style. You may have guessed the answer when you saw the second episode.

The operation of BritBox’s launch of “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?‎” is also very open. Just like Netflix, it does not ink or spoil the audience’s appetite. All three episodes of the season are launched at one time.

Audiences who like Agatha Christie, don’t miss it.

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