Why Didn't They Ask Evans? review — Easter escapism from Agatha Christie via Hugh Laurie

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? Britbox ★★★★☆

It must be hard for an actor when their one and only line is the title of the show. The cringiest part of any film, if you ask me, is when the title is spoken aloud, Secrets & Lies being a memorable example. But when it’s your one shot — mate, the pressure. I’d give an actor a 1 per cent chance of not making that line sound hammy. And, alas, our poor chap splatted at the bottom of the cliff in Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? wasn’t one of the 1 per cent. Grasping the arm of Will Poulter’s Bobby Jones (everyone used his full name) the character’s last cryptic words, “Why didn’t they ask Evans?”, had