Partners in Crime (1953 radio series)

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 actor's 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:
"Brian 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