Miles Jupp, Bryony Hannah and Cara Theobold lead cast for new detective drama The Detection Club

The drama follows the mysterious society formed by three of Britain’s most celebrated crime writers — Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and G.K. Chesterton

What is The Detection Club

The BBC and BritBox have announced casting as filming begins on new detective drama The Detection Club, a 10-part mystery drama from creator Kit Lambert, inspired by the golden age of detective fiction.

Set against a backdrop of literary glamour, social change and deadly intrigue, it follows the mysterious society formed by three of Britain’s most celebrated crime writers Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers and GK Chesterton, as they are drawn into a series of real-life murder investigations.

It stars Miles Jupp (Belgravia: The Next Chapter, Napoleon) as GK 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 DI Greenway.

It’s an original concept as explained in the press release:

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.

It adds:

Their amateur sleuthing brings them into the path of DI Greenway, an out-of-his-depth young police detective whose determination to prove himself is both helped and hindered by our writers’ extraordinary instincts.

The ten-part series has commenced filming. To us it sounds like ideal material for the Christmas period and into New Year, but given likely timescales, we hope to see this sometime next summer or autumn. We’ll be keeping a lookout for more news.