Reviews
DAILY MAIL *****
EVENING STANDARD ****
FINANCIAL TIMES ****
DEN OF GEEK ****
CBR 7/10
EMPIRE ***
THE TIMES ***
THE TELEGRAPH ***
METRO ***
IRISH INDEPENDENT ***
SCREEN RANT 6/10
Seven Dials proves itself to be as relevant as Bundle in its outlook, with plenty to say about modernity in how it relates to women and the cost of war. It’s also just a spiffing good yarn, even if it doesn’t match up to some of Agatha Christie’s greatest work.
David Opie, Empire ***
The show is highly bingeable, with a fun setting and location, and allows an unlikely protagonist to drive the narrative and the series’ perspective.
Aramide Tinubu, Variety
Seven Dials is just tremendous fun. The plot is silly, but manages to skirt the edge of absurdity – or at least, it encourages us to dip a toe in, because the water’s actually nice and warm. The costumes are gorgeous, the grand old houses are the ultimate in property porn and the plot romps along at the speed of a good ol’ steam train.
It’s pure escapism, tailor-made for American audiences, and slightly less cynical British ones. How utterly charming.
Vicky Jessop, Evening Standard ****
Anchored by outstanding performances and a no-frills approach to the story, which, on balance, make for a moreish, witty and perfectly cosy murder mystery.
Rebecca Nicholson, Financial Times ****
From the basic building blocks of Christie’s novel, Chibnall fashions an ending that’s as moving as it is surprising. Three hours or not, I’d have gladly sat through more.
Alison Rowat, The Herald (Scotland)
It’s well executed in classic Christie style; awash with aristo porn (mansions, titles, cut-glass accents), rooted in postwar unease and enlivened by a game cast.
Barbara Ellen, The Observer
Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials is a well-paced, traditional Christie adaptation with a fun-to-watch young protagonist at its center, which is rare in the world of the classic mystery novelist’s stories.
Joel Keller, Decider
It’s also a surprisingly contemporary adaptation, reframed in a way that speaks to all-too-timely issues of empire, expansion, and the long-tail impact of trauma, even blatantly paying homage to Christie herself by setting its climactic final confrontation in the aisles of a moving train. These are all characters who have been irreparably shaped by the events of war and conquest, from displaced Cameroonian scientist Dr Cyril Matip (Nyasha Hatendi) to Gerry’s co-workers from the Foreign Office, who all clearly still live with the ghosts of what happened to them abroad.
Lacy Baugher, Den of Geek
There’s something thrillingly modern about the whole affair, and it feels as though you could pluck the plot and drop it in 21st-century England, which I found rather compelling.
Asyia Iftikhar, Metro
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