Created by Anthony Horowitz.
Marble Hall Murders premiered on September 6, 2026, in the United States.
Distributed by PBS Distribution.
Marble Hall Murders TV Series Review
Marble Hall Murders (2026) delivers a stylish mystery that blends classic detective storytelling with a clever story-within-a-story structure.
Lesley Manville returns as Susan Ryeland, while Tim McMullan brings the eccentric Atticus Pünd to life as two mysteries gradually begin to mirror one another.
The series benefits from beautiful Corfu locations, strong performances, and carefully placed twists that keep the investigation engaging.
The dual-role approach adds an intriguing layer, although the similarities between the two cases can occasionally become confusing.
Overall, Marble Hall Murders is a charming and atmospheric mystery drama with enough suspense, humor, and clever storytelling to satisfy fans of cozy crime.
CR Rating: 8/10.
Marble Hall Murders Actors
Lesley Manville as Susan Ryeland
DOB: March 12, 1956.
Bio: Lesley Ann Manville was born in Brighton, East Sussex, and was raised in nearby Hove as the youngest of three daughters.
Her mother, Norma, was a former ballet dancer, while her father, Ron, worked as a taxi driver.
Manville began training as a soprano singer at the age of eight and twice became the under-18 soprano champion of Sussex.
Role: Susan Ryeland is the central character of Marble Hall Murders and a former book editor who repeatedly finds herself drawn into real-life mysteries connected to fictional detective Atticus Pünd.
In this third story, Susan is hired to work on a posthumous continuation of the Atticus Pünd series, written by young author Eliot Crace.
Episodes: 6.
Interesting facts: Manville returns as Susan Ryeland for the third and final installment of the Susan Ryeland series, following Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders.
Notable Works: Magpie Murders, Moonflower Murders, Sherwood, Mum, The Crown.
Tim McMullan as Atticus Pünd
DOB: June 30, 1963.
Bio: English actor with extensive experience in television and theatre.
He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and subsequently developed a career that has included classical theatre, contemporary drama and television mysteries.
McMullan is particularly well suited to roles requiring precise dialogue and understated humour.
Role: Atticus Pünd is the fictional German-born detective at the heart of the mystery Susan is helping to develop.
He investigates a complicated crime in Corfu in 1955, using his characteristic methodical approach to questioning suspects and examining seemingly insignificant clues.
Episodes: 6.
Interesting facts: McMullan’s portrayal of Pünd continues a role that he originated in Magpie Murders and reprised in Moonflower Murders.
Notable Works: Magpie Murders, Moonflower Murders, The Crown, The Fifth Element, The Hollow Crown.
Rupert Penry-Jones as Jonathon Crace / Jeffrey Chalfont
DOB: September 22, 1970.
Bio: English actor who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
He developed a substantial career in British television, theatre and drama, becoming particularly recognisable for playing authoritative, intelligent and sometimes morally complicated characters.
Role: Penry-Jones plays two characters in Marble Hall Murders, Jonathon Crace in the modern-day storyline and Jeffrey Chalfont in the 1955 Atticus Pünd mystery.
Jonathon is part of the Crace family surrounding Susan Ryeland’s investigation, while Jeffrey is a member of the wealthy Chalfont family whom Pünd questions during his investigation in Corfu.
Episodes: 6.
Interesting facts: Penry-Jones comes from a family of actors, with both his parents working in the profession and his brother Laurence also becoming an actor.
Notable Works: Spooks, Whitechapel, Silk, The Strain, The Five, The Last Weekend, Persuasion, The 39 Steps.
Mark Bonnar as Edward Crace / Elmer Waysmith
DOB: November 19, 1968.
Bio: Scottish actor from Edinburgh, Scotland, and spent part of his childhood in Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire, after his family moved around because of his father’s work as a town artist for Scottish New Towns.
He attended Townhead Primary School in Stonehouse before pursuing acting. Bonnar trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London
Role: Edward Crace is part of the wealthy and complicated Crace family in the present-day storyline, while Elmer Waysmith is his counterpart in the fictional 1955 mystery.
Bonnar’s dual performance helps connect the two narrative timelines.
Episodes: 6.
Interesting facts: Bonnar is part of the unusual dual-casting structure of Marble Hall Murders, in which actors portraying members of the modern-day Crace family also play corresponding characters in the fictional 1955 story.
Notable Works: Line of Duty, Unforgotten, Shetland, Guilt, Catastrophe, Casualty, Psychoville, Apple Tree Yard.
Amelia Bullmore as Elaine Clover
DOB: January 31, 1964.
Bio: English actress, writer and playwright born in Chelsea, London, to advertising executive Jeremy Bullmore and gardening writer Pamela Bullmore.
She studied drama at the University of Manchester and began her career on stage as part of the Red Stockings cabaret group.
Role: Elaine Clover is the wife of Charles Clover, a character connected to Susan Ryeland’s past.
In Marble Hall Murders, Elaine is part of Susan’s present-day world and presents herself as wanting to be Susan’s friend.
Episodes: 6.
Interesting facts: Bullmore is one of the series’ actors whose character remains in the contemporary storyline rather than being given a separate 1955 counterpart.
Notable Works: Scott & Bailey, This Life, I’m Alan Partridge, Ashes to Ashes, Twenty Twelve, Happy Valley, The Syndicate.
Zubin Varla as Frederick Turner / Achilles Vassilikos
DOB: 1970.
Bio: British actor and singer who trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1992.
He began his professional career in theatre and has worked extensively across stage, television and musical productions.
Role: Varla plays Frederick Turner in the present-day storyline and Achilles Vassilikos in the fictional 1955 mystery.
Frederick is connected to the contemporary events surrounding Susan Ryeland and the Crace family.
Episodes: 6.
Interesting facts: Varla won the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for playing Jerry Falwell in Tammy Faye.
Notable Works: Andor, Little Dorrit, Our Girl, Strike Back, Spooks, Holby City.
Danny Sapani as DI Ian Blakeney
DOB: November 15, 1970.
Bio: British actor born in London and raised in Hackney as one of six children of Ghanaian immigrant parents.
His interest in acting began at school after a teacher encouraged him to participate in a school play.
Role: DI Ian Blakeney is the detective investigating the modern-day events surrounding Susan Ryeland and the Crace family.
In Episode 4, Blakeney arrives at Susan’s home with the news that Eliot Crace has been deliberately struck by a car and critically injured.
Episodes: 3.
Interesting facts: Sapani’s early acting opportunities came through the Weekend Arts College, a programme that provided arts training to young people in London.
Notable Works: Penny Dreadful, Misfits, Harlots, Black Earth Rising, The Crown, Killing Eve, Halo, Black Panther.
Harry Lloyd as Roland Crace / Robert Waysmith
DOB: November 17, 1983.
Bio: English actor and the great-great-grandson of writer Charles Dickens.
He studied English literature at Oxford University before developing a professional acting career.
Lloyd has become known for performances in British historical drama, mystery and fantasy productions.
Role: Lloyd plays Roland Crace in the present-day story and Robert Waysmith in the 1955 mystery.
Roland is connected to the troubled Crace family, while Robert exists within the fictional world of Atticus Pünd.
Episodes: 2.
Interesting facts: Lloyd connection to Dickens has also appeared in his professional work, as his first television role was in the 1999 adaptation of David Copperfield.
Notable Works: Game of Thrones, Robin Hood, Doctor Who, Wolf Hall, Counterpart, Legion.
Patricia Hodge as Miriam Crace / Lady Margaret Chalfont
DOB: September 29, 1946.
Bio: Patricia Hodge is an English actress with an extensive career in British television and theatre.
She trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and became a highly respected stage performer before establishing herself as a familiar television presence.
Role: Hodge plays Miriam Crace in the present-day storyline and Lady Margaret Chalfont in the fictional 1955 mystery.
Miriam is a successful children’s author whose family becomes central to Susan’s investigation.
Her counterpart, Lady Margaret, belongs to the mysterious Chalfont family in the Atticus Pünd story.
Episodes: 2.
Interesting facts: Hodge originally trained as a teacher before changing direction and pursuing acting at LAMDA.
Notable Works: Miranda, All Creatures Great and Small, A Very English Scandal, Rumpole of the Bailey.
Jamie Blackley as Eliot Crace
DOB: July 8, 1991.
Bio: British actor born in Douglas, Isle of Man, and was raised in London by his parents, Martin and Marina Blackley, alongside his older sister, Holly-Anna.
He became interested in acting as a teenager and made his professional stage debut as Hanschen in the London production of Spring Awakening.
Role: Eliot Crace is a troubled young member of the Crace family and one of the people at the centre of Susan’s investigation.
His relationship with the family and his personal difficulties make him an important figure in the mystery.
Episodes: 2.
Interesting facts: Blackley made his first major stage appearance in Spring Awakening before moving into screen acting.
Notable Works: If I Stay, The Fifth Estate, Snow White and the Huntsman, U Want Me 2 Kill Him?, The Halcyon, The Last Kingdom.
Yasmine Al Massri as Leila Crace / Lola Chalfont
DOB: November 21, 1978.
Bio: Lebanese-Palestinian actress and dancer born in Beirut, Lebanon, to a Palestinian father and an Egyptian mother.
She moved to Paris at the age of 20 to pursue her studies and graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 2007, where she studied multimedia and live performance.
Role: Al Massri plays Leilah Crace in the present-day storyline and Lola Chalfont in the fictional 1955 Atticus Pünd mystery.
Leilah is a member of the Crace family whose circumstances become part of Susan Ryeland’s investigation surrounding Eliot Crace and his manuscript.
Episodes: 6.
Interesting facts: Al Massri is also a trained dancer and was a member of the Souraya Baghdadi Dance Company in Paris before establishing herself as an actress.
Notable Works: Quantico, Crossbones, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Ian Porter as Harrison Carter
DOB: N/A.
Bio: Ian Porter is a British actor whose television career includes appearances in contemporary drama and mystery productions.
He has worked mainly in supporting and character roles, bringing an understated style to ensemble casts.
Role: Harrison Carter is a retired professor of classical archaeology who becomes involved in the 1955 Atticus Pünd mystery.
He tells Pünd that before the Second World War he lectured in classical archaeology at Stanford University and later joined the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives section, commonly known as the Monuments Men.
Episodes: 6.
Interesting facts: Porter investigation into stolen Greek antiquities ultimately becomes connected to the murder case that Atticus Pünd is trying to solve.
Notable Works: The Crown, Doctor Who, Wake Up Dead Man, Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
More Actors
• Luke Lambert as Young Roland Crace.
• Katie Clarkson-Hill as Gillian Crace.
• Phoenix Laroche as Young Eliot Crace / Cedric Chalfont.
• Nia Brown as Young Julia Crace / Julia Grace.
FAQ – Marble Hall Murders TV Series
What is Marble Hall Murders about?
Marble Hall Murders follows book editor Susan Ryeland as she becomes involved in a new mystery surrounding the fictional detective Atticus Pünd. The story moves between Susan’s world and Pünd’s investigation in Corfu.
Is Marble Hall Murders based on a book?
Yes. The series is adapted from Anthony Horowitz’s Susan Ryeland series and is the third and final installment of the television adaptation.
Is Marble Hall Murders connected to Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders?
Yes. It is the third installment following Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders, with Lesley Manville returning as Susan Ryeland.
How many episodes does Marble Hall Murders have?
The series has six episodes in its first season.
Where can I watch Marble Hall Murders?
In the United States, the series is available to stream through PBS Website and the PBS app.
Conclusion
Marble Hall Murders is a charming mystery series with strong performances, beautiful settings, and clever twists.
Its layered storytelling makes it an enjoyable choice for fans of classic crime dramas.