Partners in Crime (UK TV series) commissioned by Ben Stephenson and Charlotte Moore for the BBC to mark the 125th anniversary of Agatha Christie's birth. The adaptation was produced by Endor Productions in partnership with Agatha Christie Productions. David Walliams and Hilary Strong (Agatha Christie Group) approached Hilary Bevan Jones and Tom Nash (development producer) of Endor Productions with the idea of re-inventing the Agatha Christie characters Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. Walliams liked the idea of a married amateur detective duo bickering over a dead body. Agatha Christie wrote stories featuring the Beresfords between 1922 and 1973, depicting Tommy and Tuppence from before they were married
Scrapyard Detectives main characters met and solved their first case. The introduction to the collected edition is written by J.M. DeMatteis, and also features pinups and artwork by Michael T. Gilbert, Jack Purcell and Derek Hunter. These collected volumes were created specifically to be sold to libraries, with all proceeds going back to the Diversity Foundation to produce more single issues of the comic book series. There are four issues of "Scrapyard Detectives". The Scrapyard Detectives: Collected Cases, Volume 1 Graphic Novel Scrapyard Detectives The Scrapyard Detectives is a free comic book series created by artist Bill Galvan and writer Chad Denton