Tommy and Tuppence

I enjoy Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence mysteries. I believe she only wrote five of them. I've read three, and liked them loads, and I'm part way through the other two. (For some reason I got stuck in "N or M?," but I'm really enjoying "The Postern of Fate.")

I've seen two different interpretations of Tommy and Tuppence by actors, one on a PBS TV Miss Marple special, one in an old british TV show about their exploits.

Neither could I stand.

I don't mean to be picky, but... they were just so snooty -- in both portrayals!

I picture Tuppence as a sort of devil-may-care, funny flapper (and later, ex-flapper) who comes up with illogical but essentially right answers to everything. She's unexpected, spur of the moment, and intensely alive! Not snotty a bit.

And Tommy... he's more traditional. Not quite as bright as Tuppence in a flashes-of-brilliance way, but more plodding in his logic, and he always comes through. He's faithful, humorous in a low-key way, and they bounce off each other. They're great together.

I can't picture them as the British, snobby people those actors portrayed them as.

I feel strongly about this, obviously. Maybe everyone has fictional character portrayals they feel this way about.