Agatha Christie's thriller 'The Pale Horse' to be adapted for TV

Agatha Christie's 1961 thriller The Pale Horseis all set to be adapted for television by BBC. A two-part drama series will be adapted by writer Sarah Phelps, who had earlier worked on Christie’s book-adaptations including And Then There Were None and The Witness For The Prosecution.
"Written in 1961, against the backdrop of the Eichmann Trial, the escalation of the Cold War and Vietnam, The Pale Horse is a shivery, paranoid story about superstition, love gone wrong, guilt and grief.It’s about what we’re capable of when we’re desperate and what we believe when all the lights go out and we’re alone in the dark," Sarah Phelps, Writer and Executive Producer, said in an official statement.
The story begins when a list of names is found in a dead woman's shoe. Mark Easterbrook, whose name is on the list, starts investigating how and why his name appeared to be there, and he ends up going to The Pale Horse-- a house of three rumoured witches who can perform black magic.
Talking about the development, James Prichard, Executive Producer and CEO of Agatha Christie Limited, said in the statement, "The Pale Horse was one of the later novels penned by my great grandmother, written as it was in the 1960s. This new drama allows writer Sarah Phelps to continue her exploration of the 20th century through Christie’s stories, with the book’s fantastic, foreboding atmosphere completely suited to Sarah’s unique style of adaptation."
The TV series will be directed by Leonora Lonsdale and produced by Ado Yoshizaki Cassuto. The cast will be announced later.