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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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Paul Temple: Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair

Crawford Logan

Gerda Stevenson

Gareth Thomas

Michael Mackenzie

Simon Donaldson

Greg Powrie

Richard Greenwood

Meg Fraser

Francesca Dymond

Eliza Langland

Nick Underwood

Patrick Rayner

Francis Durbridge

Paul Temple: Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair: Episode 5: Virginia van Cleeve

Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair

Episode 5

Episode 5: Virginia van Cleeve

Virginia van Cleeve

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A sinister shop in the East End may hold a vital clue for the suave sleuth.

A sinister shop in the East End may hold a vital clue for Paul and Steve, as they continue on the trail of the murderous Mr Gregory. Stars Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson.

Part 5 of a new production of a vintage serial from 1946.

From 1938 to 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and his glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. Sadly, only half of Temple's adventures survive in the archives.

In 2006 BBC Radio 4 brought one of the lost serials back to life with Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson as Paul and Steve. Using the original scripts and incidental music, and recorded using vintage microphones and sound effects, the production of Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery aimed to sound as much as possible like the 1947 original might have done if its recording had survived. The serial proved so popular that it was soon followed by three more revivals, Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery, Paul Temple and Steve, and A Case for Paul Temple.

Now, from 1946, it's the turn of Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair, in which Paul and Steve go on the trail of the mysterious and murderous Mr Gregory.

Episode 5: Virginia van Cleeve

A sinister shop in the East End may hold a vital clue.

Producer Patrick Rayner

Francis Durbridge, the creator of Paul Temple, was born in Hull in 1912 and died in 1998. He was one of the most successful novelists, playwrights and scriptwriters of his day.

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The amateur detective and wife Steve pursue a deadly and mysterious criminal mastermind.

A new recording of a lost radio series from 1946. Paul and his wife Steve pursue a deadly and mysterious criminal mastermind.

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