S01E01 The Secret Adversary
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...
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
S01E02: Affair of the Pink Pearl
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 to interest Mr. Betts in investing in his company, Mrs. Betts valuable pink pearl has been stolen. Not wanting any adverse publicity, Kingston-Bruce calls in Blunt's International Detective Agency. Colonel Kingston-Bruce feels sure that the thief is daughter Beatrice's inappropriate friend Mr. Rennie, while Mr. Rennie and Beatrice suspect each other. It is also probable that Lady Laura may be a kleptomanic and have taken the pearl. Leaving Tuppence completely in the dark, Tommy rushes off the Scotland Yard with a photo and finger prints of the real thief.
Overview
Spirited dialogue, posh Roaring '20s style, and devious mysteries abound as Tommy and Tuppence Beresford mix marriage and mystery solving.
Episodes
S01E02 Affair of the Pink Pearl
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...
S01E03 The House of Lurking Death
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...
S01E04 The Sunningdale Mystery
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...
S01E05 The Clergyman's Daughter
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.
S01E06 Finessing the King
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...
S01E07 The Ambassador's Boots
The American Ambassador in London asks Tommy and Tuppence to investigate a strange incident concerning his luggage. They find that crime is afoot.
S01E08 The Man in the Mist
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.
S01E09 The Unbreakable Alibi
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.
S01E10 The Case of the Missing Lady
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...
S01E11 The Crackler
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
Tommy Beresford
Francesca Annis
Tuppence Cowley
Reece Dinsdale
Albert
