Set in 1925, the series stars Mia McKenna-Bruce as Lady Eileen 'Bundle' Brent, who becomes an amateur sleuth when a practical joke at a lavish country house party appears to have gone horribly, murderously wrong.
Now, speaking with Radio Times magazine, Chibnall has addressed, the change, and explained why he changed Lord Caterham to Lady Caterham for the adaptation.
Chibnall said: "It’s a really hard part to cast and we needed someone with gravitas and comic timing. John Gielgud previously played him, so that was our benchmark. We changed it to Lady and asked Helena Bonham Carter, which gives a fresh dynamic."
View oEmbed on the source websiteSpeaking with us for The Radio Times Writers' Room, he recently gave his reaction to the most recent Doctor Who episode, and it's final twist which saw Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor regenerate into Billie Piper.
"So I really, actually didn't want to know that Jodie was going to regenerate into David. But they were like, 'You have to know this because you're an exec on this episode.'"
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