![]() ![]() ![]() Someone has figured out that if Miss Marple had undergone a similar aging process, she would have been 120 years old in her last appearance, which took place in 1976's ''Sleeping Murder.'' The young beautiful couple of the 1920's finished their days surrounded by devoted grandchildren. Thomas and Prudence Beresford (Francesca Annis and James Warwick), known to one and all as Tommy and Tuppence (she is always sticking her two cents into things), were created by Agatha Christie for her 1922 detective mystery ''The Secret Adversary'' and kept popping up periodically in subsequent works, ending with 1973's ''Postern of Fate.'' Unlike such other Christie creations as Miss Marple, I am told, the Beresfords were allowed to age, more or less gracefully, over the years. Its efforts to be lighthearted will leave you either slightly giddy or mildly irritated, depending on your tolerance for terribly sophisticated, flapper-era Britons. ''Partners in Crime,'' beginning tonight at 9 on WNET/13 as part of public television's ''Mystery!'' series, is very silly indeed. WITH the hustle and bustle of the holiday season getting under way in earnest, drooping shoppers may be looking for something silly in the way of harmless diversion. ![]()
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