How to watch Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials in New Zealand
It’s another cozy murder mystery from the grand dame of the form.
Audiences are clamouring for cozy mysteries at the moment, but Rian Johnson and Kenneth Branagh can only do so much between them. Luckily, Agatha Christie wrote an absolute shedload of books over the course of her career, so there’s no shortage of material to adapt for the screen, big or small. In this case, small.
How to watch Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials in New Zealand
Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials is streaming in New Zealand exclusively on Netflix from January 15, 2026.
What is Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials about?
Based on Agatha Christie’s 1929 novel, The Seven Dials Mystery, the series lays its scene in the English countryside, circa 1925, where a practical joke at a lavish country house party appears to have gone horribly wrong, leaving the visiting Gerry Wade dead as a doornail. Of course, it’s not an accident at all—it was murder, and luckily for us the “fizzingly inquisitive” Lady Eileen “Bundle” Brent is on hand to unravel the dastardly plot and uncover the true culprit(s).
The source novel is actually a sequel, Lady Eileen and her supporting cast having already shown up in 1925’s The Secret of Chimneys. But it seems we’re skipping that one to dive right into the action of the second book.
The cast of Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials
Mia McKenna-Bruce is Lady Bundle Brent; Helena Bonham Carter is Lady Caterham; Martin Freeman is Superintendent Battle; Edward Bluemel is Jimmy Thesiger; Nyasha Hatendi is Dr. Cyril Matip; Corey Mylchreest is Gerry Wade; Guy Siner is Tredwell; and Alex Macqueen is George Lomax.
Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials trailer
Why we’re excited about Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials
This may be a tad formulaic, but it’s a formula that works: put a stacked cast in a picturesque location, bump a few of them off, and stir. Sure, the human cost may be horrific, but the cucumber sandwiches are amazing.
