"Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime"
The Man in the Mist (1983)

Director:

Christopher Hodson

Writers:

Agatha Christie (novel) and
Gerald Savory (adaptation)

TV Series:

"Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime" (1983)

Original Air Date:

18 December 1983 (Season 1, Episode 8)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Having been unsuccessful in solving their most recent case, Tommy and Tuppence find themselves trying to solve the murder of Gilda Glenn...

Plot Keywords:

Husband And Wife Sleuths | Detective Agency | Murder | Soap | Theft

Cast

James Warwick	...	Tommy Beresford
Francesca Annis	...	Tuppence Beresford
Reece Dinsdale	...	Albert
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tim Brierley	...	James Reilly
Mark Farmer	...	Page Boy
Geoffrey Greenhill	...	Police Sergeant
Constantine Gregory	...	Bulger Estcourt
Christopher Johnston	...	Police Constable
Roger Kemp	...	Detective Inspector Jeavons
Valerie Lilley	...	Ellen
Patrick Marley	...	Lord Leconbury
Linda Marlowe	...	Gilda Glenn
Anne Stallybrass	...	Mrs. Dorothea Honeycott
Paddy Ward	...	Bartender

Perhaps the worst Agatha Christie treatment ever

The only reason that I watch any of the "Tommy and Tuppence" series is because Francesca Annis is so damned charming. Otherwise, this episode in particular, is likely the worst treatment of any Agatha Christie text ever. Just when you think that a high school drama class defines the bottom end of theatrical treatments, I defy you to say this is any better. Cheesy fake Irish accents? Check. Hugely over-the-top scenery-chewing? Gotcha. Painfully irritating minor characters? We've got 'em in spades. Logic? Right out the flippin' window, of course. The most clichéed dialog imaginable? Will you stop asking obvious questions?! I'll cut to the chase: avoid this episode at any cost.