Honeysuckle Weeks plays Agatha Christie

I'm quite happy to confess that I was perhaps premature (or just dead wrong) to predict the end of the acting career of Honeysuckle Weeks. I was alerted to the fact that Honeysuckle Weeks has been contracted by the creators of the hugely successful Canadian-based 'Frankie Drake Mysteries' to appear in (just) one episode.

Frankie Drake (the name of a character that was written into the story of Agatha Christie's 'Hallowe'en Party' in the latest movie adaptation) is a female private detective living in Toronto in the 1920s. Drake started the 'Drake Detective Agency' and – along with her partner Trudy Clarke – tries to solve cases the police can't, won't, or hesitate to investigate. The series is created by the same team that was also responsible for the acclaimed 'Murdoch Mysteries'.

Honeysuckle Weeks will not have to travel to Canada because, in this particular episode of the 'Frankie Drake Mysteries', Drake and Clarke will cross the Atlantic to meet Agatha Christie, played by Honeysuckle Weeks. The Episode is entitled 'No Friends Like Old Friends'.

Honeysuckle Weeks and Agatha Christie do share a common bond. Not only has Honeysuckle Weeks performed in several of Agatha Christie's plays and appeared in 'Agatha Christie's Poirot: Cards on the Table' as Miss Rhoda Dawes, but she also unintentionally emulated Agatha Christie's anxiety-driven disappearance.

Life can be circular.

[Update 09 September 2019] Maybe we can appeal to the BBC to stop producing the horrid adaptations (and I am stretching the meaning of the word 'horrid' to its absolute breaking point) of Sarah Phelps ('Witness for the Prosecution', 'Ordeal by Innocence', 'The ABC Murders', and the 'The Pale Horse').

Instead, the BBC should consider producing a series of original scripts featuring a Young Miss Jane Marple, played by Honeysuckle Weeks.