The Clergyman's Daughter is the fifth episode of the television series Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime, first broadcast on 27 November 1983. The episode was adapted and directed by Paul Annett and is an adaptation of the Agatha Christie short story of the same name.
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Cast[]
- Francesca Annis as Tuppence Beresford
- James Warwick as Tommy Beresford
- Reece Dinsdale as Albert Batt
- Jane Booker as Monica Deane
- Bill Dean as Edmund Hove
- David Delve as Percival Smart & Dr O'Neill
- Geoffrey Drew as Norman Partridge
- Alan Jones as Gerald Rush
- Elspeth MacNaughton as Bella Hove
- George Malpas as Frank Mulberry
- Pam St. Clement as Crockett
- Ben Stevens as Mr Cockwell
- Janet Hampson as Mrs Cockwell
- Uncredited actors as The Busbys
The storyline in this episode was expanded by having the character of Mrs. Crockett's nephew in the house while Tommy and Tuppence investigated Monica's case, he and his aunt overhearing the solution of the anagram being read out and then holding up the Beresford's at gunpoint when they had dug up the 'buried treasure', only for Albert to rescue them.