Never really warmed up to Tuppence and Tommy in print nor in their prior televised adventures. Somehow this one oddly clicks. Perhaps it has been helped by recent revelations about how poorly the British ran their spy business. In that regard, James Fleet is perfect as the sort of bumbling club member who managed to get a job in MI-5 or whatever passed for British Intelligence at the start of the Cold War. Jessica Raine (Tuppence) is a mystery fanatic who learned her craft by reading Conan Doyle, Margery Allingham, Josephine Bell, Ngaio Marsh, and Dorothy L. Sayers. That is too say, she has no training. David Walliams (Tommy) is more bumble bee than aspiring spy master but finds himself dragged into the game by his meddlesome spouse. The feel and look go the 50's is nicely captured but there isn't much Christie here except for the claim in the title of the series. Nonetheless, the episodes are a comfortable way to spend an hour with a television cozy. Don't look for the wit of David Suchet's Poirot; more like the ease of Jim Hutton's Ellery Queen. (You can catch that series on Hulu).
In their first outing, Tuppence and Tommy are on their return from France when a girl on their train goes missing and Tuppence is convinced it was foul play. Mostly by accident, they stumble into a possible assassination being orchestrated by a Russian agent. Assisted by a friend of Tommy's, Albert (Matthew Steer), who is a sort of chemistry teacher cum free agent employed in the spy business, they manage to wrap up their first mystery—The Secret Adversary—in three episodes.
In their first outing, Tuppence and Tommy are on their return from France when a girl on their train goes missing and Tuppence is convinced it was foul play. Mostly by accident, they stumble into a possible assassination being orchestrated by a Russian agent. Assisted by a friend of Tommy's, Albert (Matthew Steer), who is a sort of chemistry teacher cum free agent employed in the spy business, they manage to wrap up their first mystery—The Secret Adversary—in three episodes.