Britbox has announced a new detective drama, The Detection Club, a 10-part mystery series. It's just begun filming, so no news on when it will air, but the show looks very promising. As well as talented actors and writers, it has a terrific premise. Who doesn't love a golden age mystery? Hats off, too, to our friend Simon Brett for the original idea!
Set against a backdrop of literary glamour, social change and deadly intrigue, The Detection Club follows the mysterious society formed by three of Britain's most celebrated crime writers Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and G.K. Chesterton, as they are drawn into a series of real-life murder investigations.
Produced by BBC Studios Drama Productions and filming across the West Midlands, The Detection Club stars Miles Jupp (Belgravia: The Next Chapter, Napoleon) as G.K. Chesterton, Bryony Hannah (Call the Midwife, Rivals) as Agatha Christie, Cara Theobold (Downton Abbey, The Syndicate) as Dorothy L. Sayers with Viraj Juneja (Little English, Get Duked!) as detective D.I. Greenway.
Created for television by Kit Lambert (Father Brown, Cooper & Fry, Whitstable Pearl) and based on an original idea by acclaimed author Simon Brett, the series, set in 1930s London, follows the legendary crime writers as they hone their craft within the hallowed walls of a secret London location. After receiving an invitation that leads them to their first real murder case, our famous trio work together to solve a series of exciting mysteries.
Their amateur sleuthing brings them into the path of D.I. Greenway, an out-of-his-depth young police detective whose determination to prove himself is both helped and hindered by our writers’ extraordinary instincts.
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THE ORIGINAL DETECTION CLUB:
The Detection Club was formed in 1930 by a group of British mystery writers and still exists to this day. They meet up several times a year to socialize, compare notes and share ideas. Historically, the Detection Club not only helped each other with technical aspects of their individual writings, but they also wrote a number of works together, with members of the club contributing one or more chapters in turn. G.K. Chesterton was the original president from 1930. Dorothy L. Sayers was President of the Detection Club from 1949 until 1957. She was followed by Agatha Christie who held the post until her death in 1976.
