A&E Mysteries: Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

Greetings to the remainder of A&E Mysteries this week and again I do apologize for being gone for the first three days.  Today I thought we would look into some more colorful and flamboyant characters of Agatha Christie, a married couple of the names of Tommy and Tuppence.   This couple hails from the 1920’s as Tommy is a veteran of WWI vibrant in his 20’s enjoying the Jazz Age.  To relieve the boredom of a well to do life our heroes buy out a defunct international detective agency to help those in need.  This is Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime

Excellent Title Card

Phyllis Betts: Tell me, just how spoiler are you, Mr. Blunt?

Our series follows the adventures of the Beresfords, a husband and wife sleuth team sink their money in a failing detective agency for something to do but they find out they have a knack for this line of work from anything from missing jewels, femme fatales and even a few murders as well.  

House Atreides shall never relinquish the spice!

Tommy (James Warwick of The Terracotta Horse, Rock Follies, The Bell, Doctor Who, Iron Man and Star Wars: Obi-Wan) and Tuppence (Francesca Annis of Run with the Wind, Great Expectations, Madame Bovary, Krull, Dune, Headhunters and Reckless) muse over each unique case and the repercussions that could or more likely will occur.   Unlike most Christie characters and themes this is a lot more lighthearted and whimsical in this era.  Our flatfoots enjoy a bit of cosplay in their various disguises to fool their prey allowing them that much closer to the truth. 

Of course what well oiled machine would operate without their faithful confidant?  Enter young Albert (Reese Dinsdale of A Private Function, The Storyteller, Home to Roost, Haggard, Full Stretch, Hamlet and Coronation Street) their gopher and all around assistant juggling bills, dry-cleaning and clients in the registry.   And no Christie benevolent bloodhounds would be complete without interaction with John Law or in this case Inspector Marriott (Arthur Cox of A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery, The Zero Option, Agatha Christie: Poirot, The House of Eliott, Girl from Rio and Christmas Carol: The Movie) and his fine chain of low cost high quality hotels.

Now I had a few critiques about the show itself.   I was most vexed finding out it was two seasons totaling 10 episodes.   As you know, the British do not rob your life with 14 to 22 episodes a season and while that is time saving you are also left wanting more.  Go figure, the audience demands more entertainment yet again.  Coupled with the fact that three of the anthology DID not get to see the light of the small screen I was a bit sadden that they were not given a chance.  They were “The Man that was No. 16, The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger and Blindman’s Bluff.  

Again, this is a highly captivating series with the right amount of tongue-in-cheek humor and for all ages to revel in.   Besides, any parent not bringing kids up on a wonderful writer the likes of Agatha Christie needs a proper thumping.

I deduce this champer is divine!