Poppy St Albans

Poppy St Albans is a non-canonical character who was created for the TV adaptation of The Ambassador's Boots in LWT's Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime. She is a friend of Tuppence from World War I days when they served together in the VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment). Tuppence was having lunch with Poppy and two other VAD friends when she received a message from Tommy delivered by Albert Batt. This told her that he expected trouble at Cicely March's cosmetic salon and that it could be a matter of life and death. Instead of just calling the police, Tuppence decided to go to the salon herself. Her VAD friends, including Poppy, decided to go along to help.

Poppy is married to an up and coming politician who is seldom at home because of his work. She found peactime life boring and looked fondly on her VAD days when she did nursing and also served as a general's driver. Tuppence diagnoses that Poppy misses the companionship in the VAD when they were all working together for a common cause. Thus, when Tommy needed help, Poppy and the other VAD friends saw it as an opportunity to recapture the camaraderie of the old days.

Poppy Sy Albans is portrayed by Tricia George. This character does not occur in the original story. There, Tuppence summons the police and she joins them in rescuing Tommy.