BritBox has greenlit a six-part modern-day reimagining of Tommy & Tuppence, marking the first contemporary English-language TV adaptation of the crime-solving couple created by Agatha Christie.
The new version shifts the sleuths from post-WWI England to present-day Hampstead, with Phoebe Eclair-Powell penning the script in her TV drama debut. Best known for her theatre work on The Road Trip and Harm, Eclair-Powell steps into the Christie canon with a younger, sharper lens aimed squarely at modern audiences.
Backing comes from BritBox itself, with Happy Valley producer Lookout Point attached, alongside BBC Studios and Agatha Christie Limited. Global distribution will be handled by BBC Studios, positioning the series for wider reach beyond the BritBox ecosystem.
This commission extends BritBox’s strategic push into distinctive originals that leverage legacy IP with modern hooks. The platform already serves as a hub for Christie titles, but Tommy & Tuppence signals a genre recalibration: a franchise play with contemporary tone, domestic setting, and new creative voice.
It also fills a gap in the current TV mystery landscape. While period Poirot and Marple remain evergreen, the genre has skewed darker and more serialized in recent years. Tommy & Tuppence brings back episodic sleuthing, now wrapped in North London domesticity and laced with comedy, suspense, and relationship-driven storytelling.
Filming is set to begin later this year.
