Alan Carr’s Adventures With Agatha Christie - Channel 4 commissions new three-part series from Boom for More 4

4 May 2022

This summer, Alan Carr, the Chattyman and life-long Christie fanboy is going on a very personal Great British adventure inspired by his literary heroine. In this funny, celebratory and fact-packed travelogue Alan will head off in search of the places that inspired one of the world’s best loved and most read literary figures,  Agatha Christie.

Agatha’s novels are not only clever, twisting, and satisfying - they’re intrinsically British. No other author sums up the idea of a bygone Britishness quite the way she does. From Miss Marple’s genteel, pastoral world of tea with the Vicar to the metropolitan elegance depicted in Poirot, Agatha Christie painted a picture of Britishness that can be hard to find in modern Britain. But Alan is going to try.

Growing up in Northampton in the 1980s, Alan escaped into Christie’s novels finding excitement, glamour, and adventure in her stories.   Now, in this three-part series, from Wales-based Boom, part of ITV Studios,  Alan’s going on a glorious romp of his own, in search of the places immortalised by Christie in her oeuvre. 

Armed with facts about Agatha’s life and his own, this distinctly personal journey will be a celebration of the quintessentially British locations that captivated Agatha and her readers. From trips around quaint West Country villages, countryside and coast to uncovering the glamour of Art Deco London  this series will be a fresh and funny love letter to beautiful and breath-taking British scenery and one of Britain’s greatest writers.

Alan Carr said “I genuinely can’t wait to film this series.  Whether it’s this years star-studded Hollywood remake of 'Death On The Nile' or reruns of David Suchets 'Poirot' on a lazy Sunday afternoon,  I just can’t help getting drawn into Agatha Christie’s world.   I still get just as excited as when I picked up ‘Murder At The Vicarage’ in a secondhand book on a caravanning holiday in Devon all those years ago."

Kate Thomas, who commissioned the series said, “This beautiful series is a celebration of the British landscape, the woman who immortalised it in her writing and the fans around the world who, like Alan Carr,  are captivated by her stories to this day.”

Sam Grace, Creative Director at Boom, said “We are so excited to be working with Alan Carr on this passion project.  Alan’s unique wit and insight will bring a fresh new perspective to the writings of Agatha Christie and offer a glorious romp through her life and work.  From our base in Wales, Boom are delighted to be working with Kate Thomas and Channel 4 on a series that promises to be as compelling and engaging as any of Agatha’s best novels.”

The series was commissioned for More 4 by Kate Thomas, commissioning editor for Daytime and Features at Channel 4. Sam Grace is executive producer and Ryan Daly is series producer.

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Boom Group is one of Wales’ largest production companies, responsible for over 400 hours of programming annually for the BBC, ITV, S4C, Channel 5, Channel 4 and UKTV, with a slate that includes shows such as UKTV’s Big Zuu’s Big Eats, BBC Three and BBC Wales' forthcoming Hot Cakes, BBC’s Daytime series, Dom Delivers, Channel 5’s Skin A&E, S4C’s tense crime drama 35 Diwrnod, produced and adapted into 15 Days for Channel 5, and More 4’s Historic House Rescue. As well as the Boom label, Boom Group also houses production divisions Boom Cymru, Boom Kids and Boom Social, as well as leading Welsh post-production facility Gorilla and Visual Effects and Motion Graphics company, Bait Studio. Boom Group is part of ITV Studios.