>> Stephen: HEY EVERYBODY WE'RE BACK WITH THE DIRECTEDDER
AND STAR OF WHY DIDN'T THEY ASK EVANS ON BRITBOX MR. HUGH
LAURIE, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THERE SERIES AVAILABLE HERE IN
THE STATES ON BRITBOX.
AND I ALREADY HAVE BRITBOX, I ALREADY KNOW BRITBOX BECAUSE I'M
MARRIED TO A WILD ANGLOP FILE, SHE ABSOLUTELY LOVES YOU BRIT,
AND YOU HAVE ADAPTED, DIRECTED AND STARRED IN A NEW MINI SERIES
CALLED WHY DIDN'T THEY ASK EVANS FROM THE 1934ING AATEA CHRISTIE
NOVEL.
HAVE I NEVER READ THIS NOVEL. >> GOOD.
>> WHY IS THAT.
>> IT IS GOOD BECAUSE THE STORY WILL-- WITNESSES TRUES TO NOVEL.
>> IS THIS A LONG TIME LOVE OF YOURS?
>> IT SAY LONG TIME LOVE THERE IS THE CENTRAL-- THIS IS
WHATTING AATEA CHRISTIE DID BETTER, THE MYSTERY PLOLT, I
STILL THINK IS ONE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS T MAKES YOU
SHIVER EVEN NOW REMEMBERING THE FIRST TIME I READ IT I MEAN WHEN
I WAS VERY YOUNGZ.
>> Stephen: ABOUT HOW OLD.
>> WELL, PEOPLE ALWAYS LIKE TO BOAST ABOUT HOW YOUNG THEY WERE
HOW PRECOCIOUS THEY WERE.
I WAS FOUR.
>> Stephen: YOU WENT TO CAMBRIDGE.
>> LATE FOUR.
AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.
AND THIS CENTRAL MYSTERY SO BEAUTIFULLY REVEALED, SO
BEAUTIFULLY WORKED OUT BUT I ALSO FELL IN LOVE WITH THE MAIN,
ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS, THE CHARACTER FRANKIE PLAYED BY LUCY
WHO WAS MY FIRST SORT OF CRUSH REALLY AS A YOUNG LAD I FELL IN
LOVE WITH THE FICTIONAL CHARACTER.
>> GREAT CHARACTER, WONDERFUL ACTRESS PLAYING.
>> AND THE SHOW IS JUST, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GIVE IT
PROPER-- IF STAY GREAT MYSTERY, MYSTERY STRKS FUNNY, IT IS
CHARMING T IS JUST AN ABSOLUTE DELIGHT.
I WATCHED ONE EPISODE, ONLY THREE.
I SAVED IT BECAUSE I WANT TO WATCH THE REST WITH EVVIE
BECAUSE AGAIN SHE IS WEAK FOR YOU PEOPLE FSM HI A BRITISH
ACCENTOR, WOULDN'T THAN LOVELY.
IT WOULD BE LIKE ME HAVING ABS, THAT IS HOW MUCH SHE LOVES YOU
PEOPLE.
>> YEAH, NOW WE HAVE A CLIP HERE, A MURDER MYSTERY IT CAN
YOU EXPLAIN WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS CLIP.
>> ARE YOU IN THIS CLIP.
>> AM I?
>> YES.
>> EXCELLENT.
>> YES, THIS IS WHERE LUCY BOYNTON HER CHARACTER FRANKIE
HAS-- INTO THE HOUSE ENVAG ELED HERSELF.
>> Stephen: WHAT.
>> ENVAGELED HERSELF, WE WILL WORK ON THAT IN LESS ON THREE.
SHE HAS TALKED HER WAY IN TO THE HOUSEHOLD AS OF THE PRINCIPAL
SUSPECT AND THIS VERY SINNISTER CHARACTER WHO IS ACTUALLY A
PSYCHIATRIST TURNS UP, PLAYED BY WELL I WAS ALL THEY COULD GET SO
PLAYED BY ME.
THIS IS THE CHARACTER WHO PLEDLY HAS SUSPICIONS ABOUT HER WHAT
SHE IS DOING THERE AND WHY, HE SMELLS A RAT.
AND THAT'S JUST IT.
>> JIM ENVAGEL US.
>> FRANKIE, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO MEET-- NICHOLSON AND THIS IS
DR. NICHOLSON.
>> HOW DO YOU DO, I HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT YOU.
>> AND I YOU?
>> REALLY?
YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED, YOUR ACCIDENT CAUSED QUITE A STIR IN
THE VILLAGE.
>> OH.
PERHAPS BECAUSE IT WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: VERY TENSE.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK BUT WHEN WE COME BACK I WILL ASK
HUGH ABOUT 57 PIECES OF MAIL THAT HE SENTS ME.
STICK AROUND.