The Agatha Christie short story collection Partners in Crime was adapted as a 13-part radio serial broadcast on the BBC's London, Midland and Scottish Home Service and transmitted from Monday, April 13 to Monday, July 13, 1953. The half-hour episodes starred Richard Attenborough as Tommy and Sheila Sim as Tuppence, taking advantage of the actors' then-current starring roles in The Mousetrap. Oscar Quitak appeared in all episodes as Albert. Aside from a 1948 adaptation of Ten Little Niggers, this was the first adaptation of a Christie book for radio in the UK.
Adaptors: Rex Rienits and Colin Willock Music composed and conducted by: Alan Paul Producer: Audrey Cameron
Episodes Episode 1: Meet the Beresfords. Transmitted: Monday, April 13, 1953 at 7.30pm Additional Cast: Noel Coleman as Colonel Carter John Stevens as Inspector Marriott
Episode 2: The Mysterious Stranger. Transmitted: Monday, April 20, 1953 at 7.45pm Additional Cast: John Stevens as Inspector Marriott Norman Shelley as Dr. Carl Bower Russell Napier as Dymchurch Philip Ray as Coggins John Warrington as Sergeant
Episode 3: The House of Lurking Death. Transmitted: Monday, April 27, 1953 at 7.45pm Additional Cast: John Stevens as Inspector Marriott Cecile Chevreau as Lois Hargreaves Lockwood West as Inspector Berkshire Molly Rankin as Mary Chilcott Joan Young as Hannah Mary O'Farrell as Miss Logan
Episode 4: The Man in the Fog. Transmitted: Monday, May 4, 1953 at 7.45pm Additional Cast: Bryan Coleman as Bulger Grizelda Hervey as Gilda Glen Ronan O'Casey as Benjamin Reilly Philip Ray as Taxi Driver Peter Claughton as Constable Ann Codrington as Mrs Wilcott Molly Rankin as Ellen Oskar Quitak as Waiter
Episode 5: The Ambassadors Boots. Transmitted: Monday, May 11, 1953 at 7.30pm Additional Cast: John Stevens as Inspector Marriott Jimmy Dyrenforth as Randolph Bryant Arthur Hill as Richards Cecile Chevreau as Cecilia March Martin Benson as Pietro
Episode 6: The Thin Woman. Transmitted: Monday, May 18, 1953 at 7.45pm Additional Cast: John Stevens as Inspector Marriott Richard Williams as Local Inspector Rex Palmer as Doctor Duncan McIntyre as Robert Campbell Gwenda Wilson as Doris Evans
Episode 7: A Stab in the Back. Transmitted: Monday, May 25, 1953 at 7.45pm Additional Cast: John Stevens as Inspector Marriott Peter Claughton as Max Payne Molly Rankin as Secretary Noel Coleman as Colonel Carter Felix Felton as Morton Marjorie Westbury as Trina Geoffrey Wincott as William Hill John Gabriel as Walter Eccles
Episode 8: The Man with the Gold Tooth. Transmitted: Tuesday, June 9, 1953 at 7.00pm Additional Cast: Betty Hardy as Monica Dean Mary O'Farrell as Mrs Deane Elsa Palmer as Mrs Crockett Stephen Jack as Gardener
Episode 9: The Crackler. Transmitted: Monday, June 15, 1953 at 7.45pm Additional Cast: John Stevens as Inspector Marriott Betty Baskcomb as Marguerite Laidlaw Robert Ayres as Hank Ryder Keith Pyott as Monsieur Heroulade and a Croupier Oskar Quitak as Barman and a Sergeant
Episode 10: In Camera. Transmitted: Monday, June 22, 1953 at 7.45pm Additional Cast: John Stevens as Inspector Marriott Pamela Galloway as Beatrice Kingston Ine Cameron as Mrs Kingston Laidman Browne as Colonel Kingston Mavis Villiers as Mrs Hamilton Betts Olwen Brookes as Lady Laura Lewis Stringer as George Rennie Betty Huntley-Wright as Elise
Episode 11: Finessing the King. Transmitted: Monday, June 29, 1953 at 7.10pm Additional Cast: John Stevens as Inspector Marriott Deryck Guyler as Sir Arthur Merivale Molly Rankin as Catherine Merivale John Warrington as Waiter
Episode 12: The Unbreakable Alibi. Transmitted: Monday, July 6, 1953 at 7.45pm Additional Cast: John Stevens as Inspector Marriott Gwenda Wilson as Una Drake
Episode 13: The Man who was Number Sixteen. Transmitted: Monday, July 13, 1953 at 7.45pm Additional Cast: Noel Coleman as Colonel Carter Geoffrey Wincott as Wilson Humphrey Morton as Pendlebury John Warrington as Myers Maurice Denham as Vladirovsky
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