BBC Moonflower Murders viewers say the same thing minutes into show

On Saturday night, BBC viewers turned in to watch the first instalment of Moonflower Murders, a sequel to Magpie Murders.

BBC viewers were in for a treat on Saturday night as Lesley Manville returned as sleuth Susan Ryeland. However, her life is quite different to the last time fans saw her.

With her editing days behind, she's now running a small hotel in Crete. Although it's clear that Susan is less than happy.

Before catching up with her change in life, the new series kicks off at a wedding in the English countryside. Things quickly take a turn when a housekeeper interrupts speeches.

With her hands covered in blood, she's shaken as people quickly learn that there's been a murder. Jump forward eight years, it then shows Susan's less than peaceful life.

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She gets a visit from the mother and father of the bride who was shown at the beginning of the episode, revealing their daughter has gone missing.

Their daughter read a murder mystery which was loosely based on the crime that was committed on her wedding day, she's convinced the wrong person was arrested after spotting something in the book.

As the novel was edited by Susan, the parents believe she'll be able to spot the same thing in the book as Cecily and find out where she is and who has taken her.

This results in the programme jumping between scenes from the book playing out in Susan's mind and real life as she tries to uncover the mystery.

However, as the episode unfolded, viewers were quick to take to social media with many quick to praise actress Lesley Manville.

One person said: "Anything Lesley Manville is in does be absolutely brilliant the woman is a genius."

Another added: "I really like Lesley Manville, she’s always different in the things I’ve seen her in. Loved her in Mum."

Someone else wrote: "Lesley Manville always looks so good."

"Loved #MagpieMurders tbf, any script Lesley Manville @TeamLManville chooses is good & always enhanced by her," wrote another.

One viewer commented: "The moment I saw starring Leslie Manville and Daniel Mays l knew I would enjoy it. Two incredible character actors. A crime series done the good old fashioned way and all the better for it."

Another replied to a tweet with: "Yeah I've seen #LesleyManville in about 8 different things the last year or so and she's been fabulously different in them all #MoonflowerMurders"

The series, adapted from Anthony Horowitz's novel, expressed his excitement, commenting: "I've been watching the filming of Moonflower Murders with joy.

"We're back with the same cast, including Lesley Manville, Tim McMullan and Danny Mays but this time we've got a whole new box of tricks to present as literary editor Susan Ryeland untangles another book within a book and another series of unfathomable murders. I can't wait to show it to our audience."

A Synopsis for the next episode reads: "Susan re-reads Atticus Pünd Takes the Case, and recalls what inspired Alan Conway to write it - the moment he discovered that Frank Parris had been murdered in the very same Suffolk hotel from which Cecily Treherne has gone missing"

Moonflower Murders is available to watch on BBC iPlayer