Agatha Christie's Unknown Murder Mystery Deserves an Adaptation 82 Years Later

The screen has always been enamored with Agatha Christie. One would imagine nothing less than a rapturous reception for the trailblazer whose 55-year career spanned over 70 novels, short stories, plays, and not one, but two of the world's most famous amateur detectives. Only four of Christie's fiction books have yet to make the jump to film or television: Death Comes as the End, Destination Unknown, Passenger to Frankfurt, and Postern of Fate. In 2019, the BBC announced an upcoming Death Comes as the End miniseries helmed by award-winning screenwriter Gwyneth Hughes. They described the project as "a very different proposition from the recent BBC Agatha Christie adaptations," like the channel's acclaimed And Then There Were None miniseries from 2015. Although the BBC never officially cancelled their plans, seven years without an update isn't an encouraging sign.