Series synopsis
Moonflower Murders is a British mystery crime television series that premiered on BBC One on November 16, 2024. It ended on December 14, 2024. It was created by Anthony Horowitz. It stars Lesley Manville, Tim McMullan, Alexandros Logothetis and Daniel Mays.
Susan has left publishing and is living in Crete with her long-time boyfriend, Andreas. But her idyll is disturbed by the shadow of a murder committed at a British country hotel eight years ago. Alan Conway visited the hotel and wrote a novel based on what happened there. Cecily MacNeil, the young woman who helps run the hotel, read the book and believed the wrong man had been arrested. Now she has disappeared. Can Susan uncover the secret hidden in the book and find Cecily before it is too late ...
Premise
Susan has left publishing and is living in Crete with her long-time boyfriend, Andreas. But her idyll is disturbed by the shadow of a murder committed at a British country hotel eight years ago. Alan Conway visited the hotel and wrote a novel based on what happened there. Cecily MacNeil, the young woman who helps run the hotel, read the book and believed the wrong man had been arrested. Now she has disappeared. Can Susan uncover the secret hidden in the book and find Cecily before it is too late?
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Lesley Manville as Susan Ryeland
- Tim McMullan as Atticus Pünd
- Alexandros Logothetis as Andreas Pataki
- Daniel Mays as Locke / Chubb
- Conleth Hill as Alan Conway
- Mark Gatiss as Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin
- Rosalie Craig as Lisa Treherne / Melissa James
- Pippa Bennett-Warner as Madeline Cain
Supporting cast
- Adrian Rawlins as Lawrence Treherne / Lance Gardner
- Pooky Quesnel as Pauline Treherne / Maureen Gardner
- Will Tudor as Aiden MacNeil / Algernon Marsh
- Joanna Bacon as Gwyneth Endicott / Phyllis Chandler
- Thomas Coombes as Derek Endicott / Eric Chandler
Guest cast
- Claire Rushbrook as Katie Williams
- Jeany Spark as Samantha Collins
- Alec Secăreanu as Stefan Leonida
- Matthew Beard as James Taylor
- Sanjeev Kohli as Sajid Khan
- Wade Briggs as Liam Corby
- Rupert Evans as John Spencer
- Amy Griffiths as Cecily MacNeil
- Liam Garrigan as Leonard Collins
- Tim Plester as Martin Webster
- Kate Ashfield as Joanne Webster
- Martyn Ellis as Edgar Schultz
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 6 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 6 | November 16, 2024 | December 14, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Former book editor Susan Ryeland is in Crete, running a struggling hotel with her partner Andreas when a couple arrive and ask Susan for help finding their missing daughter. They believe her disappearance is connected to a murder which happened at their own hotel in England as well as the Alan Conway novel that was inspired by the case. |
November 16, 2024 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Susan checks into the Treherne's hotel and meets Lisa, Cecily's sister and Aiden, Cecily's husband. As she investigates she learns more from the hotel night manage and spa manager, both of whom indicate that former employee Stefan was correctly found guilty in the murder of Frank Parris. |
November 16, 2024 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Susan decides to go to London to investigate what Alan Conway knew about the Frank Parris murder. DS Locke catches up with Susan and warns her to stay away from the case. |
November 23, 2024 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | BBC One |
|---|---|
| First aired | November 16, 2024 |
| Last aired | December 14, 2024 |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 21:00:00 |