Former Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall's new Netflix series, The Seven Dials Mystery, has found its central cast, with the Agatha Christie adaptation officially being led by Mia McKenna-Bruce.
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The actress, who recently won the BAFTA Rising Star Award following her performance in How to Have Sex, will play Bundle, the show's lead and a young, determined sleuth.
She will be joined in the series by Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown) as Lady Caterham and Martin Freeman (The Responder) as Battle, while further casting is yet to be announced.
McKenna-Bruce said: "Chris Chibnall’s scripts are brilliant, and I am thrilled to be part of this new interpretation of the iconic Agatha Christie's storytelling."
Mia McKenna-Bruce for The Seven Dials Mystery. Netflix
The official synopsis for the series, which is set in 1925 England, says: "At a lavish country house party, a practical joke appears to have gone horribly, murderously wrong.
"It will be up to the unlikeliest of sleuths - the fizzingly inquisitive Lady Eileen 'Bundle' Brent - to unravel a chilling plot that will change her life, cracking wide open the country house mystery.
The Seven Dials Mystery isn't the only Agatha Christie adaptation on the way this year - the BBC also has a new adaptation of Towards Zero on the way, which will star Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ella Lily Hyland and Anjelica Huston.
James Hibbs is a Drama Writer for Radio Times, covering programmes across both streaming platforms and linear channels. He previously worked in PR, first for a B2B agency and subsequently for international TV production company Fremantle. He possesses a BA in English and Theatre Studies and an NCTJ Level 5 Diploma in Journalism.
