Partners in Crime. Finessing the King.

First broadcast 27th November 1983.

After seeing a suspicious coded message in the newspaper, Tuppence and Tommy attend a masked ball and find a costumed woman dying from a knife wound.

Francesca Annis ... Tuppence Beresford
James Warwick ... Tommy Beresford
Benjamin Whitrow ... Sir Arthur Merivale
Peter Blythe ... Captain Bingo Hale
Arthur Cox ... Inspector Marriott
Reece Dinsdale ... Albert
Anna Turner ... Widow
Annie Lambert ... Lady Vere Merivale
John Gillett ... Dr Stoughton
Terry Cowling ... Det. Sgt. Halliday
Pat Gorman ... Commissionaire
John Mangan ... Pinocchio guest