Tommy and Tuppence of Fate" they also have a small dog named Hannibal. In 1953 the BBC adapted "Partners in Crime" as a radio series starring Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim. The Tommy and Tuppence characters have been portrayed on television by James Warwick and Francesca Annis, first in the feature-length "The Secret Adversary" (1982), and then in the 10 episode series "Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime" (1983). The novel "By the Pricking of My Thumbs" was adapted in 2005 by the French director Pascal Thomas with the title "Mon petit doigt m'a dit...". The movie casts André Dussolier as Tommy (renamed Bélisaire)
Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1981–1982 speak all their lines in a whining, nasal tone, hence, a double meaning of their name. They both claim to suffer from diverticulitis, and neither eats anything but macaroni and cheese. In 1998, writer Stanley Ribbles, in a Turner-Allan magazine article, said this of "The Whiners": Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1981–1982 The following is a list of recurring "Saturday Night Live" characters and sketches introduced between October 3, 1981, and May 22, 1982, the seventh season of "SNL". An Eddie Murphy sketch. Debuted October 3, 1981. A parody of the "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney"