![]() ![]() ![]() That of course is precisely the appeal of the thriller – vicarious danger. Shocking though that decision might seem to lovers of the books, it is in keeping with the spirit of Christie’s original dedication: “To all those who lead monotonous lives in the hope that they may experience at second hand the delights and dangers of adventure.” “‘Tommy, old thing!’ ‘Tuppence, old bean!’” That chance encounter is lost in the new BBC adaptation of the stories, which have been updated to the 1950s, by which time the couple (played by Jessica Raine and David Walliams) are already married but rather bored with their humdrum existence. ![]() On the page, Thomas Beresford and Prudence Cowley are childhood friends who bump into each other at the end of the first world war. ![]()
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