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The Secret Adversary didn’t work as an adaptation and it didn’t work as a standalone movie for newcomers who’ve never heard of Tommy and Tuppence.

Everything in fact except the single most important component of any movie. Watching the three episodes back-to-back, just like a movie, showed that they spent money on costumes, sets, accessories, music, acting. What went wrong? The BBC is well-known for good adaptations of great British literature. I doubt if N or M? will be any better but that one is still waiting in the queue. The series was canceled after that and after watching The Secret Adversary, I can see why. N or M?, also three one-hour episodes, aired in August 2015. The producers filmed one season: The Secret Adversary consisting of three one-hour episodes, aired in July 2015.

Tommy and Tuppence start out as bright young moderns in 1919 and gradually age in real time until Postern of Fate (1973), when they’re in their seventies. For those of you keeping score at home, Agatha wrote four novels and a loosely connected series of short stories about them. The series set out to follow Tommy and Tuppence’s adventures. In this case, the BBC produced a series called Partners in Crime. This movie did not hold together.Īs with so many of the Agatha Christie film adaptations, The Secret Adversary was a television show. Keep in mind that I’m not a harsh judge of movies. After that, it devolved steadily into ridiculous plot contrivances until Bill and I were groaning, catcalling the actors, and rolling our eyes at what we were watching. One & 1/2 guns but only because it started off well and I like ’50s clothes and sets. Virtually everything else was altered from a little to a lot. The secret adversary of the title remains.