Episode details

Radio 4 Extra,13 Nov 1957,30 mins
Available for 15 days
Suave amateur private detective Paul Temple is drawn into the murder of the actress daughter of a theatre impresario. Starring Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury as BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife. Another baffling case of dastardly crimes must be solved. Written by Francis Durbridge. Paul Temple …… Peter Coke Steve …… Marjorie Westbury Det Insp Vosper …… Hugh Manning Charlie …… James Beattie Eric Lansdale …… John Graham Sir Graham Forbes …… Lester Mudditt Rupert Dreisler …… Brewster Mason Adrian Frost …… Simon Lack Judy Milton …… June Turbin Pete Roberts …… Thomas Heathcote Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective and his journalist wife solved case after baffling case. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars in one of BBC radio's most popular series. Producer: Martyn C Webster First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1957.
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