This week is basically a cross between the Famous Five, Scooby Doo and Miss Marple. Any show which features plucky amateurs in a spooky cave in full evening wear ducking every time a bat flies past is all right by me.

Things take more of an Enid Blyton turn when the Beresfords venture into a very dark smugglers’ cave (it’s always smugglers), which eventually turns into a secret tunnel leading back to the guesthouse.

These two rarely sneak into a room without being discovered and their cover stories are generally awful, but they get away with it somehow. While Tommy is waylaid on a spurious bird-watching trip, Tuppence is caught by Mrs Sprot, rifling through her things. What are those two up to?Ĭarter and Albert arrive on the scene to provide a sensible perspective and a handy nudge to the plot by explaining that the Russian agent demands the release of certain prisoners or the thermonuclear device will be detonated, wiping out a fair bit of Norwich at the very least. Denim and Mrs Sprot are both back at the guesthouse early and looking as shifty as anything, but Denim seems genuinely shocked at the news about the major and shoots Mrs Sprot a meaningful look. Set in a 1950s Britain rising from the ashes of the Blitz into the grip of a new Cold War, our beekeeping duo stumble into a world of murder, undercover agents and Cold War conspiracy. Tuppence is a woman who sees adventure round every corner, throwing herself head first into every mystery with passion and fervour, determined to get to the truth no matter what it takes, much to the dismay of her more cautious husband Tommy.And so to the veterans’ ball where, of course, it all kicks off when the major disappears upstairs with a concealed weapon and is found, moments later, dead, apparently from suicide. The following three, 'N or M?' are adapted by Claire Wilson, ( Where There Is Darkness, Twist).Īgatha Christie’s Partners In Crime is an adventure series with espionage and humour at its heart. The show premiered on BBC One in the UK in 2016, with the married crime-fighting duo brought to life by Executive Producer David Walliams ( Little Britain, Big School) and Jessica Raine ( Call the Midwife, Wolf Hall), in six episodes based on two Christie novels: The Secret Adversary and N or M?ĭirected by Edward Hall ( Restless, Downton Abbey), episodes 1-3, 'The Secret Adversary', are adapted for the screen by award-winning author, playwright and director Zinnie Harris, ( Spooks, Born With Two Mothers, Richard Is My Boyfriend). Partners in Crime is a series based on Agatha Christie's classic Tommy and Tuppence stories.

Tommy and tuppence partners in crime