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Magpie Murders

Magpie Murders
★ 7.1/10•2022•44m•TV-14•Drama•Mystery•Crime
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An editor gets drawn into a web of intrigue and murder when she receives an unfinished manuscript.

Anthony Horowitz · Writer

Peter Cattaneo · Director

StatusEnded
Runtime44m
LanguageEN
First Air DateFeb 10, 2022

Episodes

Episode 1 - Episode 1E144m

Episode 1

Editor Susan Ryeland is eagerly awaiting the manuscript from Clover Books' number one best-selling author Alan Conway, whose hero Atticus Pünd regularly solves murder mysteries in the fictional village of Saxby on Avon. Susan is drawn into her own mystery when she and her boss realise that the final chapter is missing and Conway is found dead in his shrubbery.

Feb 10, 2022

Episode 2 - Episode 2E244m

Episode 2

Staying with her sister Katie while searching for the missing last chapter, Susan visits Abbey Grange, the grand home of Alan Conway, where she discovers that his notes are also missing. Meanwhile, Atticus Pünd and his faithful assistant Fraser are in Saxby on Avon investigating the murder of Sir Magnus Pye.

Feb 10, 2022

Episode 3 - Episode 3E344m

Episode 3

Susan finds herself under pressure to make decisions as CityWorld need to know if she wants to be CEO, but Andreas wants to go back to Crete. She is still determined to find the missing last chapter of Alan Conway's book, and her suspicions are further aroused about his untimely end.

Feb 10, 2022

Episode 4 - Episode 4E444m

Episode 4

As Susan and Charles attend the funeral of Alan Conway, his creation Atticus Pünd and his faithful secretary Fraser are also attending the funeral of Sir Magnus Pye. Much to Susan's horror, she realises that her world and Conway's fiction have more in common than mere coincidence.

Feb 10, 2022

Episode 5 - Episode 5E544m

Episode 5

Susan confronts Andreas about the incriminating photograph that has been e-mailed to her. In Saxby on Avon, Atticus Pünd assists Inspector Chubb in the investigation of the murders of Mary Blakiston and Magnus Pye by suggesting that police divers search the lake.

Feb 10, 2022

Episode 6 - Episode 6E644m

Episode 6

Susan is put under more pressure by Charles, who tells her that he has approached someone else for the CEO job at Clover Books, but she is seemingly no closer to finding the missing chapter. Atticus Pünd is confident that he has at last discovered the identity of the Saxby on Avon murderer.

Feb 10, 2022

Actors

Conleth Hill

Conleth Hill

Alan Conway

Lesley Manville

Lesley Manville

Susan Ryeland

Jude Hill

Jude Hill

Young Sam

Ian Lloyd Anderson

Ian Lloyd Anderson

Brent / Writer

Karen Westwood

Karen Westwood

Mary Blakiston

Tim McMullan

Tim McMullan

Atticus Pünd

Matthew Beard

Matthew Beard

James Taylor / Fraser

Alexandros Logothetis

Alexandros Logothetis

Andreas Patakis

Harry Lawtey

Harry Lawtey

Robert Blakiston

Pippa Haywood

Pippa Haywood

Claire Jenkins / Clarissa Pye

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