New adaptations of Agatha Christie's 'Partners in Crime,' 'And Then There Were None' to air on BBC
Various new TV programs centering on Agatha Christie's work and life will air on the BBC in 2015 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the author's birth.
Various new TV programs centering on Agatha Christie's work and life will air on the BBC in 2015 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the author's birth.
Agatha Christie鈥檚 characters Tommy and Tuppence Beresford will be at the center of another TV adaptation, with the BBC planning to adapt the short story collection 鈥淧artners in Crime鈥� for Christmas 2015, according to the Telegraph.
鈥淐rime鈥� is the short story collection by Christie which centered on Tommy and Tuppence, a married couple who solve mysteries. Tommy and Tuppence appeared in four of Christie鈥檚 novels as well as 鈥淐rime,鈥� which was released in 1929 and consisted of 15 stories.
It was recently announced that actor David Walliams of the TV show 鈥淏ig School鈥� will star on the six-part BBC series as Tommy.
鈥淚n bringing these thrilling stories to the screen, it is our ambition for Tommy and Tuppence to finally take their rightful place alongside Poirot and Marple as iconic Agatha Christie characters,鈥� Walliams said, according to the Telegraph. 鈥淚 was first drawn to the delicious notion of a married couple solving crimes together, and the more I read of the Tommy and Tuppence novels and short stories I realized they are among Christie's very best work.鈥�
Actors James Warwick and Francesca Annis portrayed Tommy and Tuppence in both the 1982 film 鈥淭he Secret Adversary鈥� and the British television series 鈥淎gatha Christie鈥檚 Partners in Crime,鈥� which aired from 1983 to 1984.
2015 will be the 125th anniversary of Christie鈥檚 birth and other Christie programs are slated to air on the BBC, including a new TV adaptation of her novel 鈥淎nd Then There Were None鈥� and several documentaries about the author.