"Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime" (1983) TV series

Director:

John A. Davis

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

29 November 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Dame Agatha Christie 's husband-and-wife sleuthing team take on a series of short whodunits.

Plot Keywords:

Detective Agency | Husband And Wife Sleuths | Murder | Soap | Theft

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Francesca Annis	...	Tuppence Beresford (10 episodes, 1983-1984)
James Warwick	...	Tommy Beresford (10 episodes, 1983-1984)
Reece Dinsdale	...	Albert (9 episodes, 1983-1984)

Series Directed by
Christopher Hodson		(5 episodes, 1983-1984)
Paul Annett		(3 episodes, 1983-1984)
Tony Wharmby		(2 episodes, 1983)
John A. Davis		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Agatha Christie		(10 episodes, 1983-1984)
Jonathan Hales		(3 episodes, 1983-1984)
Gerald Savory		(3 episodes, 1983-1984)
Paul Annett		(2 episodes, 1983)
David Butler		(2 episodes, 1983)

Series Produced by
Jack Williams	....	producer (4 episodes, 1983)

Series Original Music by
Joseph Horovitz		(4 episodes, 1983)

Series Film Editing by
Ray Helm		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Corinne Rodriguez		(4 episodes, 1983)

Series Production Design by
Bryan Bagge		(1 episode, 1983)

Series Costume Design by
Penny Lowe		(2 episodes, 1983)

Series Makeup Department
Pauline Boulton	....	makeup artist (4 episodes, 1983)

Series Production Management
Jeremy Canney	....	location production manager (2 episodes, 1983)

Series Art Department
John Tribe	....	graphic designer (4 episodes, 1983)

Series Sound Department
Paul Faraday	....	sound supervisor (3 episodes, 1983)
Bill Cross	....	sound (2 episodes, 1983)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Tim Piper	....	camera operator (3 episodes, 1983)
Paul Stripp	....	vision controller (3 episodes, 1983)
Tony Maynard	....	senior camera operator (2 episodes, 1983)

Series Editorial Department
Clayton Parker	....	editor: video tape (4 episodes, 1983)
Anne Gurney	....	vision mixer (2 episodes, 1983)

Series Other crew
John Quilty	....	floor manager (4 episodes, 1983)
Ken Ward	....	stage manager (4 episodes, 1983)
Teena Steel	....	stage manager (2 episodes, 1983)

Production Companies

• London Weekend Television (LWT)

Distributors

• Elephant Films (2007) (France) (all media)
• Independent Television (ITV)
• Mystery!
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Runtime:

45 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Company:

London Weekend Television (LWT)

Trivia:

Three of the stories in the original PARTNER IN CRIME mystery story anthology were not made into TV shows; they were "The Man Who was No. 16," "The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger," and "Blindman's buff."

Movie Connections:

Follows The Secret Adversary (1982) (TV)

winner

Being an Agatha Christie fan,it bothers me when someone adapts one of her works and never bothers to read the source material. This outing has an enjoyable cast,crisp direction,nice period touch in the sets,cars and costumes. Much to my amazement,they actually followed the original stories. Francesca Annis is fun as Tuppence,James Warwick muskies a great Tommy and Reese Dimsdale is fun as Albert,the office mainstay. It's a glance at English Life in the twenties in the upper brackets. Manor houses,servants,costume balls,things that are out of date nowadays but fun to look at. Too bad Francesca and James never reteamed for N or M,or By the Pricking of my Thumbs. The other adaptions I liked were "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?" with Francesca and James,and "The Seven Dials Mystery" with Jame Warwick,all of them excellent.