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January 10, 2026

AGATHA CHRISTIE'S SEVEN DIALS CREATOR CHRIS CHIBNALL JOINS STARS MIA MCKENNA-BRUCE, EDWARD BLUEMEL AND MARTIN FREEMAN TO TALK ABOUT THIS LATEST ADAPTATION. BY YOLANTHE FAWEHINMI

DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL

AFTER actress Mia McKenna-Bruce welcomed her son Leo to the world in 2023, she was not sure how she would balance her rising career with motherhood.

But when she was offered the lead role of Lady Eileen “Bundle” Brent in Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel, The Seven Dials Mystery - which also stars the likes of Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown), Martin Freeman (The Office) and Nabhaan Rizwan (Film Club) - she tried not to think too much about it.

“Oh my God. I just went with it and had the most fun. We had the best cast, the best crew, and the hours were demanding)’ says Mia, 28, who won a British Independent Film Award and the Bafta Rising Star Award for her performance in 2023 film How to Have Sex.

“T had an eight-month-old baby at the time. So when we first started, I wasn’t sure how I was going to do it, because it was the first time I had to learn lines word for word, and not ad-lib or dance around what we were saying.

“But once we were in the swing of it, it was just about using a bit of muscle memory. That was the most nerve-wracking thing for me, I think, making sure I got all that dialogue right.”

In Agatha Christie's Seven Dials, a practical joke goes horribly wrong at a lavish country house party in 1925 England, where the most unlikely people - including Mia's character - unravel a mysterious plot that changes the trajectory of her life forever.

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