Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

Overview

Spirited dialogue, posh Roaring '20s style, and devious mysteries abound as Tommy and Tuppence Beresford mix marriage and mystery solving.

Episodes

S01E01 The Secret Adversary

October 9, 1983 7.0 115 min
Childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Prudence Cowley, affectionately known as Tuppence, meet in London at the end of the First World War. Short of money and with no prospects, they decide to become adventurers and...
Affair of the Pink Pearl

S01E02 Affair of the Pink Pearl

October 16, 1983 7.0 51 min
The Beresfords first real case involves the theft of a valuable pink pearl. Among the guests staying at the Kingston-Bruce's are Mr. & Mrs. Hamilton Betts and Lady Laura Barton. While Colonel Kingston-Bruce is trying...
The House of Lurking Death

S01E03 The House of Lurking Death

October 23, 1983 7.0 53 min
After residents of Thurley Grange are poisoned by arsenic in a box of chocolates, owner Lois Hargreaves hires Tommy and Tuppence to investigate the incident. Before they can arrive on the scene another poisoning occurs...
The Sunningdale Mystery

S01E04 The Sunningdale Mystery

October 30, 1983 7.0 49 min
Murder is in the air when Captain Sessle is found dead on a golf course. Tommy is convinced the police have arrested the wrong man, and he and Tuppence set out to find the real...
The Clergyman's Daughter

S01E05 The Clergyman's Daughter

November 6, 1983 7.0 52 min
A clergyman's daughter calls Tommy and Tuppence in to investigate frightening events at a country house. A poltergeist is suspected, but the Beresfords look for a human agent.
Finessing the King

S01E06 Finessing the King

November 27, 1983 7.0 50 min
Tuppence's curiosity about a cryptic message in a newspaper personal column leads her to suspect a romantic rendezvous. Attempting to prove her theory correct she persuades Tommy to attend the Three Arts Ball and later...
The Ambassador's Boots

S01E07 The Ambassador's Boots

December 4, 1983 7.0 52 min
The American Ambassador in London asks Tommy and Tuppence to investigate a strange incident concerning his luggage. They find that crime is afoot.
The Man in the Mist

S01E08 The Man in the Mist

December 11, 1983 7.0 51 min
Tommy and Tuppence have failed to crack a robbery, and they are sitting in a smart hotel drowning their sorrows in cocktails. Suddenly, they have a murder mystery on their hands.
The Unbreakable Alibi

S01E09 The Unbreakable Alibi

December 18, 1983 7.0 50 min
Monty Jones hires the Beresfords to help him win a bet and break a concocted alibi by beautiful Una Drake, who has agreed to marry him if he can.
The Case of the Missing Lady

S01E10 The Case of the Missing Lady

January 1, 1984 7.0 50 min
The polar explorer Gabriel Stavansson asks Tommy and Tuppence to help him find his fiancee, who has vanished without trace while he was away on his latest Arctic expedition. As a result, they find themselves...
The Crackler

S01E11 The Crackler

January 14, 1984 6.5 50 min
Inspector Marriott of Scotland Yard needs Tommy and Tuppence's help to defeat a gang of forgers who appear to move in high society. He suspects that the exclusive Python Club is at the centre of...

Cast

James Warwick
James Warwick
Tommy Beresford
Francesca Annis
Francesca Annis
Tuppence Cowley
Reece Dinsdale
Reece Dinsdale
Albert

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