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 actors' then-current starring roles in The Mousetrap. Oscar Quitak appeared in all episodes as Albert. Aside from a 1948 adaptation of Ten Little Niggers, this was the first adaptation of a Christie book for radio in the UK.
Adaptors: Rex Rienits and Colin Willock<br /> Music composed and conducted by: Alan Paul<br /> Producer: Audrey Cameron
Episode 1: Meet the Beresfords. Transmitted: Monday, April 13, 1953 at 7.30pm<br /> Additional Cast:<br /> Noel Coleman as Colonel Carter<br /> John Stevens as Inspector Marriott
Episode 2: The Mysterious Stranger. Transmitted: Monday, April 20, 1953 at 7.45pm<br /> Additional Cast:<br /> John Stevens as Inspector Marriott<br /> Norman Shelley as Dr. Carl Bower<br /> Russell Napier as Dymchurch<br /> Philip Ray as Coggins<br /> John Warrington as Sergeant
Episode 3: The House of Lurking Death. Transmitted: Monday, April 27, 1953 at 7.45pm<br /> Additional Cast:<br /> John Stevens as Inspector Marriott<br /> Cecile Chevreau as Lois Hargreaves<br /> Lockwood West as Inspector Berkshire<br /> Molly Rankin as Mary Chilcott<br /> Joan Young as Hannah<br /> Mary O'Farrell as Miss Logan
Episode 4: The Man in the Fog. Transmitted: Monday, May 4, 1953 at 7.45pm<br /> Additional Cast:<br /> Bryan Coleman as Bulger<br /> Grizelda Hervey as Gilda Glen<br /> Ronan O'Casey as Benjamin Reilly<br /> Philip Ray as Taxi Driver<br /> Peter Claughton as Constable<br /> Ann Codrington as Mrs Wilcott<br /> Molly Rankin as Ellen<br /> Oskar Quitak as Waiter
Episode 5: The Ambassadors Boots. Transmitted: Monday, May 11, 1953 at 7.30pm<br /> Additional Cast:<br /> John Stevens as Inspector Marriott<br /> Jimmy Dyrenforth as Randolph Bryant<br /> Arthur Hill as Richards<br /> Cecile Chevreau as Cecilia March<br /> Martin Benson as Pietro
Episode 6: The Thin Woman. Transmitted: Monday, May 18, 1953 at 7.45pm<br /> Additional Cast:<br /> John Stevens as Inspector Marriott<br /> Richard Williams as Local Inspector<br /> Rex Palmer as Doctor<br /> Duncan McIntyre as Robert Campbell<br /> Gwenda Wilson as Doris Evans
Episode 7: A Stab in the Back. Transmitted: Monday, May 25, 1953 at 7.45pm<br /> Additional Cast:<br /> John Stevens as Inspector Marriott<br /> Peter Claughton as Max Payne<br /> Molly Rankin as Secretary<br /> Noel Coleman as Colonel Carter<br /> Felix Felton as Morton<br /> Marjorie Westbury as Trina<br /> Geoffrey Wincott as William Hill<br /> John Gabriel as Walter Eccles
Episode 8: The Man with the Gold Tooth. Transmitted: Tuesday, June 9, 1953 at 7.00pm<br /> Additional Cast:<br /> Betty Hardy as Monica Dean<br /> Mary O'Farrell as Mrs Deane<br /> Elsa Palmer as Mrs Crockett<br /> Stephen Jack as Gardener
Episode 9: The Crackler. Transmitted: Monday, June 15, 1953 at 7.45pm<br /> Additional Cast:<br /> John Stevens as Inspector Marriott<br /> Betty Baskcomb as Marguerite Laidlaw<br /> Robert Ayres as Hank Ryder<br /> Keith Pyott as Monsieur Heroulade and a Croupier<br /> Oskar Quitak as Barman and a Sergeant
Episode 10: In Camera. Transmitted: Monday, June 22, 1953 at 7.45pm<br /> Additional Cast:<br /> John Stevens as Inspector Marriott<br /> Pamela Galloway as Beatrice Kingston<br /> Ine Cameron as Mrs Kingston<br /> Laidman Browne as Colonel Kingston<br /> Mavis Villiers as Mrs Hamilton Betts<br /> Olwen Brookes as Lady Laura<br /> Lewis Stringer as George Rennie<br /> Betty Huntley-Wright as Elise
Episode 11: Finessing the King. Transmitted: Monday, June 29, 1953 at 7.10pm<br /> Additional Cast:<br /> John Stevens as Inspector Marriott<br /> Deryck Guyler as Sir Arthur Merivale<br /> Molly Rankin as Catherine Merivale<br /> John Warrington as Waiter
Episode 12: The Unbreakable Alibi. Transmitted: Monday, July 6, 1953 at 7.45pm<br /> Additional Cast:<br /> John Stevens as Inspector Marriott<br /> Gwenda Wilson as Una Drake
Episode 13: The Man who was Number Sixteen. Transmitted: Monday, July 13, 1953 at 7.45pm<br /> Additional Cast:<br /> Noel Coleman as Colonel Carter<br /> Geoffrey Wincott as Wilson<br /> Humphrey Morton as Pendlebury<br /> John Warrington as Myers<br /> Maurice Denham as Vladirovsky<br />