Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue is the brand new thriller from Anthony Horowitz. It starts 9.25pm this Saturday on BBC One and iPlayer. It’s certainly an interesting title, so what’s it about?
Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue is described as “a strikingly original and taut thriller series with a jaw-dropping reveal waiting at the end. A light aircraft carrying 10 people crashes in the Mexican jungle – and nine of them survive. But when, one after another, they begin to die in strange and violent ways they begin to realise that, for some inexplicable reason, somebody wants them dead.
As the story unfolds in flashback, we meet the survivors as they fight against the heat, a shortage of supplies, the many dangers of the jungle – and each other. The setting becomes increasingly tense and claustrophobic until finally the identity of the killer and the truth are revealed.”
Speaking about the series, writer Anthony Horowitz said: “It often occurred to me that an airplane is a very interesting environment for a murder mystery. When you’re sitting on a plane you could well find yourself next to a complete stranger for five, ten or fifteen hours. He or she may seem charming: a doctor, an entrepreneur, a teacher…or a murderer.
And now let’s imagine that the plane crashes into the jungle and you manage to survive. Suddenly your relationship with the other passengers becomes even more critical. You’re in a completely hostile environment. You don’t have very much food or water. Everything is against you. And then, suddenly you realise that one of those complete strangers is a psychopathic killer. What do you do next? That was the start of the idea”.
He adds “The title came quite late. I knew this was going to be an extreme show with a very unusual, high concept twist coming at the end. It’s something I don’t think anyone will have ever seen before in a TV drama. There were also plenty of shocks along the way. So I realised that I needed a big, bold title and Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue more or less fell into my head”.
The series stars Eric McCormack, David Ajala, Lydia Wilson, Jan Le, Adam Long, Siobhán McSweeney, Peter Gadiot, and Ólafur Dario Ólafsson.
Fans in the US can stream the series on MGM+