Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (Season 1)

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (2022) is a British detective miniseries drawn from Agatha Christie's novel, and it's worth watching online for the simple fact that Hugh Laurie adapted and directed it. The setting is 1930s rural England, a cliff-edge golf course, and a chance discovery that sets everything in motion.

Bobby Jones, son of the local vicar, stumbles on a stranger who has fallen from the rocks. With his last breath the man mutters one baffling line about someone named Evans. The phrase lodges in Bobby's head, and together with childhood friend Lady Frankie Derwent he sets out to learn what it means. The trail pulls the pair further afield, into places where polished manners hide other people's secrets.

Will Poulter and Lucy Boynton take the leads, with Laurie himself turning up along the way. All three episodes keep the tone of a cosy period whodunit: light irony, sharp 1930s tailoring, and the thrill of amateur sleuthing rather than grim murder. For Christie fans and lovers of unhurried British puzzles, it's a clean hit. Stream every episode of Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (2022) online on iFILM.