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Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 1983 - 1984
Episode 1
The Affair of the Pink Pearl
Sun, Oct 16, 1983 60 mins
The Beresfords first real case involves the theft of a valuable pink pearl. Among the guests staying at the Kingston-Bruce's are Mr. & Mrs. Hamilton Betts and Lady Laura Barton. While Colonel Kingston-Bruce is trying to interest Mr. Betts in investing in his company, Mrs. Betts valuable pink pearl has been stolen. Not wanting any adverse publicity, Kingston-Bruce calls in Blunt's International Detective Agency.
Episode 2
The House of Lurking Death
Sun, Oct 23, 1983 60 mins
After residents of Thurley Grange are poisoned by arsenic in a box of chocolates, owner Lois Hargreaves hires Tommy and Tuppence to investigate the incident. Before they can arrive on the scene another poisoning occurs with deadly results leaving Tommy and Tuppence the task of discovering the murderer among the remaining suspects.
Episode 3
The Sunningdale Mystery
Sun, Oct 30, 1983 60 mins
Murder is in the air when Captain Sessle is found dead on a golf course. Tommy is convinced the police have arrested the wrong man, and he and Tuppence set out to find the real killer.
Episode 4
Clergyman's Daughter
Sun, Nov 6, 1983 60 mins
A clergyman's daughter calls Tommy and Tuppence in to investigate frightening events at a country house. A poltergeist is suspected, but the Beresfords look for a human agent.
Episode 5
Finessing the King
Sun, Nov 27, 1983 60 mins
Tuppence's curiosity about a cryptic message in a newspaper personal column leads her to suspect a romantic rendezvous. Attempting to prove her theory correct she persuades Tommy to attend the Three Arts Ball and later to visit a cafe suspected to be a meeting point. Hearing a cry from an adjoining room, Tuppence investigates and discovers Lady Merivale.
Episode 6
The Ambassador's Boots
Sun, Dec 4, 1983 60 mins
The American Ambassador in London asks Tommy and Tuppence to investigate a strange incident concerning his luggage. They find that crime is afoot.
Episode 7
The Man in the Mist
Sun, Dec 11, 1983 60 mins
Tommy and Tuppence have failed to crack a robbery, and they are sitting in a smart hotel drowning their sorrows in cocktails. Suddenly, they have a murder mystery on their hands.
Episode 8
An Unbreakable Alibi
Sun, Dec 18, 1983 60 mins
Monty Jones hires the Beresfords to help him win a bet and break a concocted alibi by beautiful Una Drake, who has agreed to marry him if he can.
Episode 9
Case of the Missing Lady
Sun, Jan 1, 1984 60 mins
The polar explorer Gabriel Stavansson asks Tommy and Tuppence to help him find his fiancee, who has vanished without trace while he was away on his latest Arctic expedition. As a result, they find themselves embroiled in curious events at The Grange.
Episode 10
The Crackler
Sat, Jan 14, 1984 60 mins
Inspector Marriott of Scotland Yard needs Tommy and Tuppence's help to defeat a gang of forgers who appear to move in high society. He suspects that the exclusive Python Club is at the centre of the fraud, so the Beresfords go there armed with money to gamble...
