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 Ni**ers, 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