Agatha Christie star Oliver Jackson-Cohen unveils gruelling conditions on set of BBC show

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Oliver Jackson-Cohen, star of the BBC's adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1944 novel, Towards Zero, still gets chills recalling the filming experience.

The actor, 38, stars as renowned tennis player Nevile Strange in the three-part series, set to air on BBC One on March 2, 2025.

In the show, Oliver Jackson-Cohen is at the height of his fame - but his love life is in shambles. After a highly publicised divorce from his wife Audrey, his aunt, Lady Tressilian, invites him and his new wife Kay to Gull's Point, setting the stage for a murder mystery when Lady Tressilian (played by Anjelica Huston) is found bludgeoned to death.

Inspector Leach, played by Matthew Rhys, is brought in to uncover the truth. Despite the drama being set in summer 1936, Oliver and co-stars Mimi Keene and Ella Lily Hyland faced harsh conditions while filming in Devon. "It wasn't a time to get into the sea, and we do it a lot in this," Oliver recalls, adding that you can see his discomfort as he steps into the freezing water.