Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery

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Paul Temple

Drama: Crime

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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1. The Coat

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A dangerous web of lies and murder awaits the sleuth when his wife disappears.

A dangerous web of lies and murder awaits the sleuth when his wife disappears. Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke.

A dangerous web of lies and murder awaits Paul Temple when his wife Steve disappears... 

Another thrilling case by Francis Durbridge must be solved.

Starring Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury as BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.

Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Sir Graham Forbes …. James Thomason
Superintendent Raine …. Simon Lack
Mike Langdon …. Tommy Duggan
Charlie …. James Beattie
Linda Kelburn …. June Tobin
Tony Wyman …. Jon Rollason
Telephone Operator …. Mary Wimbush

From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case-after-case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. 

They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case. 

Producer: Martyn C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1961.

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