A Case For Paul Temple

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Paul Temple

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The adventures of writer and amateur private detective, Paul Temple.

The adventures of writer and amateur private detective, Paul Temple. Created by Francis Durbridge

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Can private detective Paul Temple identify the link between ten drug-related suicides?

Is there a link between ten apparent drug addict suicides, all in one week? Reboot of the 1946 mystery. Stars Crawford Logan.

Ten apparent suicides in one single week and all of them drug addicts. 

Scotland Yard is desperate for Temple's help.

In this 2011 recreation of the 1946 vintage crime serial, Crawford Logan stars as Paul Temple and Gerda Stevenson as Steve.

Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.

Sadly, only half of their adventures survive in the archives. But in 2006, the BBC began recreating them using original scripts and incidental music, and recorded with vintage microphones and sound effects.

Paul Temple    ......    Crawford Logan
Steve    ......    Gerda Stevenson
Sir Graham    ......    Gareth Thomas
Major Peters    ......    Greg Powrie 
Supt. Wetherby    ......    Richard Greenwood
Sheila Baxter    ......    Melody Grove
Snooker Riley    ......    Jimmy Chisholm
Charles Kelvin    ......    Nick Underwood
Joy    ......    Lucy Patterson

Producer: Patrick Rayner 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2011.

Paul Temple: A Case for Paul Temple

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Private detective Paul Temple is on the trail of a mysterious West End drug dealer

Recreation of Francis Durbridge's 1946 detective serial. Private detective Paul Temple and his journalist wife Steve are on the trail of a mysterious West End drug dealer

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