Alan Carr is to travel across the UK as part of a new travelogue inspired by the works of Agatha Christie.
The three-part series will see the TV star and “life-long Christie fanboy” head off in search of the places that inspired one of the world’s best loved and most read literary figures.
Channel 4 share: “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’s Adventures With Agatha Christie will air on More4 from Sunday, 14 August at 9PM.
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 second-hand book on a caravanning holiday in Devon all those years ago.”
Kate Thomas, commissioning editor for Daytime and Features at Channel 4, 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.”
The series will air on More 4.
