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
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"