Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime is a 1983 British television series based onthe short stories of the same name byAgatha Christie. It was directed byPaul Annett, Tony Wharmby andChristopher Hodson, and starredFrancesca Annis andJames Warwick in the leading roles of wife and husband sleuthsPrudence 'Tuppence' and Tommy Beresford.Reece Dinsdale co-starred as Albert in all but two episodes.

The series follows the adventures and exploits of the Beresfords, who have recently taken over the running of adetective agency based inLondon. Each episode features one of the stories from thebook. Among these are a quest for missingjewels, the investigation ofpoltergeists and a story involving poisonedchocolates.^[1]

The series followed the short stories closely with two notable exceptions: First, the detective parodies, although alluded to on occasion, were for the most part dispensed with. Secondly, thestory arc of the blueRussian letters and the search for the agent known as Number 16 were also dispensed with. For this reason three chapters (The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger,Blindman's Bluff andThe Man Who Was No. 16) were not adapted.

The series' original run was immediately preceded by transmission on 9 October 1983 of the same production team's adaptation of Christie's second novelThe Secret Adversary, which also starred Annis and Warwick in the same roles and which acted as an introduction for viewers toAgatha Christie's Partners in Crime.

The series ran for one season between 16 October 1983 and 14 January 1984 with ten episodes. It was poorly received at the time, but was later shown in the United States, whereJohn Tribe, the series graphic designer, won an award at the 1985Emmy Awards for Outstanding Graphic and Title Design in recognition of the programme's title sequence.

As of 2007, the series is regularly aired in the UK on the digital channelITV3. Unavailable on DVD for a long period, it was released byAcorn Media UK on 2 September 2013. In 2025, the series, beginning with "The Affair of the Pink Pearl" episode, is streamed via Britbox.^[2]

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